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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1905

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Closing Down Schools

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 March 1905 · page 2

The Minister for Education says he intends to close down as many of the small schools as possible…

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Convent Primary School Concert. St. Patrick's Night

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 2

IN accordance time with long established custom, the p[?] of the Convent Primary Girl's School, produced on St. Patrick's night (Friday evening last), an interesting and well-rendered…

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Convent Primary Girls' School. Annual Concert

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 3

THIS event, which occurs annually on St. Patrick's night, is always looked forward to with pleasant anticipations as the occasion on which the pupils of the Convent Primary…

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School Children's Savings. [To the Editor.]

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 March 1905 · page 5

Sir,—The Post Office bank pays interest on school bank deposits. We take down to 1d from children and deposit the month's takings in the…

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The Passive Oyster a Schoolgirl's Poem

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 3

The "Academy" mentions that though il was not till 1882 that Miss Adeline Sergeant became a regular novelist, her "first book" was Issued as early at 1866…

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Public School Board

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 2

A meeting of the local School Board was held last night, present:—Messrs R. J. Parker(chairman), R. Neilson, E. May Steers, W Parkins, and G. B. McEwen…

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Wellington Grammar School

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 4

Parents in Wellington and district who have sons ready for higher education will road with pleasure that Mr. J. J. Isherwood, of the London…

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The Passive Oyster a Schoolgirl's Poem

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

The "Academy" [?] that though it was not till 1882 that Miss Adeline Sergeant became a regular novelist, her "first book" was issued as early at 1866…

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Canelego Jottings. Court Peculiarities—Interesting Decision to Storekeepers— Lethargic Public-Public School Wants—Social News, etc

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 2

What a peculiar spectacle the local court presented to the day. There was one can [?] tried for doing work and one waiting to be adjudged for doing no work. In other…

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The Average School Boy. What Does he Learn

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 6

IN the course of a lecture to teachers at Birmingham University Sir Oliver Lodge said the average schoolboy of to-day was ignorant: he did not know the subjects he had been…

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State Schools. Proportion of Female Teachers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 3

LAST year there were 15,005 persons engaged as instructors in the State schools of Australia, and of those the majority were women, though the female population at the combined States is…

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School of Arts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 5

A general meeting of subscribers to the Trangie School of Arts was held in Hefferman's Hall on Wednesday night. Present.--Rev. Mr. Sharpe (in the chair), Messrs. J. E. Reynolds,…

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Narromine. School of Arts

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 4

THE meeting of the School of Arts Committee has held at the Library on Wednesday evening. There were present : Messrs. G. A. Gunning(in the chair), F. J. McMahon, T…

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Public School Tennis Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 4

THE Public School Tennis Club, in spite of its recant establishment, is growing space, and the juvenile players are making rapid strides towards proficiency. In order to…

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Closing of Schools

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1905 · page 4

SEVERAL of our contemporaries have drawn attention to a recent utterance of the Minister for Education, and no more important subject could be treated…

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Male and Female School Teachers

The Castlereagh · Friday 14 April 1905 · page 5

Last year there ware 15,000 persons engaged as instruction in the State schools of Australia, and of these the majority were women, though the…

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Little Murchison's Debut; a Schoolboy Episode

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 April 1905 · page 4

It was the custom of the school to keep open house on the annual Speech Day, so that if you were a parent or an Old Boy[?] both—and…

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Trangie. (From Our Own Correspondent.) April 11. School Oe Arts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1905 · page 4

THE usual monthly meeting of the committee was held at Hafternan's Hall on Tuesday evening the 11th instant. Presont, MeasrsVerscliuer (chair), Boyd, Campbell, Rey,…

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Fair Land of Poland. the Schoolboys' Strike. a Typical Scene

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 5

Mr F. A. McKenzie, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," wrote from Warsaw on February 4th last:—…

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Cobar School of Arts

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 6

On Tuesday evening of last week the Committee of the above met. Present:—Messrs Breden (President), Leah, Duffy, O'Grady, F. W. Ward…

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