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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1905

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Examination of Teachers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 2

REGULATIONS are published in the "Gazette" with reference to the annual examinations of public school teachers. It is provided that an examination of teachers shall be hold yearly at…

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Public High School. The State Scholarships

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 2

AT the examination, held on December 1 and 2 last, the following candidate was successful and will be awarded State scholarship on production of the necessary proof of age:--…

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A Summer School. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 3

A summer school was opened at the Technical College yesterday, to give teachers far removed from the City an opportunity during the vacation of perfecting themselves…

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School Humor Some of Mr Barker's Stories

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

Fliteen years ago Mr H. J. Barker delighted the English and American public with his "Comic Side of School Life." Now, through Messrs…

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Narromine. School of Arts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

A COMMITTEE meeting of the School of Arts was held on Monday evening 10th inst. Mr G.A. Gu[?]mg was voted to the chair. There were also present Messrs J. Kert. M…

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Scholars on the Railway. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 5

The Rail way Commissioners deny that it islegally Obligatory upon them to carry high sehool. and superior public school pupils free of charge. The mutter has…

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Public School Holidays. Longer Christmas Vacations in Future

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 2

THE Mayor of Albury recently wired to the Minister for Education, asking, in consequence of the extreme heat experienced, that the public school vacation be extended for one week. The…

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The Railways and School Children

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners deny that it is legally obligatory upon them to carry High School or Superior Public School pupils free of charge. The matter has been referred to the…

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The Schools

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1905 · page 3

THE Dubbo Superior Public School resumed work after the Christmas vacation on Monday. The staff is unaltered, and no changes at all have been made. There was…

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St. Andrew's Sabbath School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

AT the conclusion of the Sabbath school service on Sunday, the Superintendent, Mr J. Murray, informed the teachers that Mr. J. Ayling had sent in his resignation as…

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State Schools

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

A sub-committee of the Cabinet, consisting of the Premier, the Ministers for Education and Mines, and Mr. Dick, has been appointed to make a careful study of the reports of the…

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Cobar S. P. School. Distribution of Prizes

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

On Wednesday of last week the distribution of prizes won in connection with the recent school examination took place, in presence of the School Board and…

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Foreign Languages a Schoolboy's Idea

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 3

A schoolboy, writing in the "Win[?] Magazine," says: "Languages, whether dead or alive, are a beastly nuisance. Yor never know where you are with…

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More Health and Less Geography. Doctors and the School Code

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 5

Five months ago an influential committee of the medical profession presented a petition to the president of the Board of Education in Great Britain,…

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The Teacher's Mistake

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 5

A Sunday School teacher not long ago asked his scholars to name the weapon with which Samson killed so many Philistines. The boys hesitated for a moment, when the teacher,…

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The Teacher's Mistake

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 4

A Sunday School teacher not long ago asked his scholars to name the weapon with which Samson killed so tunny Philistines. The boys hesitated for a moment. when the teacher…

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More Health and Less Geography Doctors and the School Code

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 4

Five months ago an influential committee of the medical profession presented a petition to the president of the Board of Education in Great Britain…

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School Parents on Strike. Against Insufficiency or School Accommodation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 3

C[?]ELL[?] public school was built to accommodate date sixty pupils (says a country paper.) When first it was opened there was a daily average attendance of 36. But Canbelege has…

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School of Arts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 4

A Committee of the School of Arte was held at the Library on Wednesday evening last. There were present -- Messrs, F. J. Grainger V.P., (in the chair), J. R. Kelk, F. J…

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Why Wear Waistcoats? Rational Dress for School Boys

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 6

RATIONAL clothing for schoolboys, according to Mr. E. N. Marshall, M.A.., the newly-appointed headmaster of Kingston Grammar School, England, should include…

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