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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Schools

Schools, 1909

37 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Public School Holidays

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 2

THE Christmas vacation of five weeks for Public schools in the eastern division ends this weeks Under ordinary circumstances work would be resumed next Monday, but as…

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Mr Asquith's Schooldays. Jostling Through the Crowds

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

Mr Asquith was last night, (October 20) the guest at dinner of the City of London schools Committee of the. Corporation, of London at…

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Children's Bad Eyesight. 30,000 London Scholars Affected

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 5

No fewer than 30,000 children" in the London elementary schools are found yearly, to have defective vision. The efforts at present being made to…

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Peer's Chauffeur. Goes to Gaol. Death of Schoolboy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 3

The French chauffeur. Max Dalloz, formerly employed by Lord Newborough, was put on his trial at Guildford Assizes on Monday, November 20…

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Another View for Teacher

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 4

He is called Johnnie, and is aged mine, and is at a preparatory school, the assistant governess of which possess considerable charms of her…

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School Children's Teeth

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 4

The report of the medical officer to the Surrey County Education Committee states that during the past eight weeks 4080 inspections of children…

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The French School Girl. Proud of Her Training. in Spite of Its Drawbacks

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 March 1909 · page 4

Judged from on English point of view, the French schoolgirl's life seems irksome. Her studies necessitate endless drudgery. She is accompanied to…

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Distribution of School Prizes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 2

ON Tuesday afternoon, in the grounds attached to Christ Church, Queanbeyan, a very pleasant function took place. It was the occasion of the annual…

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Empire Day. Public School Celebration

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 May 1909 · page 2

Empire Day, May 24th, which fell this year on Monday last, was celebrated locally by the Public School children by a pionic in the police paddock, prior to which addresses…

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In School

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 4

The teacher was expounding to the best of his abilities the difference between an atom and a molecule. "An atom," he explained, is the smallest…

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Educating Pantomime Children. the School-room at Drury Lane

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 3

When, in a few days' time, "Cinderella" makes her final exit from the stage of Drury Lane, there will also come to an end one of the many "side-shows" in…

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School of Arts. Annual Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 2

THE annual general meeting of the subscribers of the Queanbeyan School of Arts was held in the card room of the institution on Tuesday night last. There was an…

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In School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 July 1909 · page 3

A tiny tot in the babies room was being scolded by her teacher for having dirty hands. "You naughty child! how dare you come to school with those dirty hands?"…

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In Aid of the Public School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

READERS will be interested to know that arrangements have been made for a Grand Bioscope Entertainment, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the purchase of…

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Bungendore. School of Arts

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above institution was held on Tuesday last in the reading room. The night was a very inclement one and in consequence the attendance was not…

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School Boy's Suicide. "He Who Is About to Die."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 4

From France is announced (says the "Westminster Gazette") an extraordinary, occurrence which has taken place at the Lycee Blaise Pascal in the city…

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School Boy's Suicide. "He Who Is About to Die."

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 6

From France is announced (says the "Westminster Gazette") an extraordinary occurrence which has taken place at the Lycee Blaise Pascal in the city…

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Drink and the Child. Lessons in British Schools. an Important Syllabus

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 4

An important step has (says the "Daily News") been taken by Mr Walter Runciman with regard to the teaching of temperance in public elementary…

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Dearth of Rhodes Scholars

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 3

There is in circulation among followers of college affairs a rumor that the American Rhodes scholarships despite the enthusiasm with which their Installation was attended,…

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John Milton's School. Four Hundredth Anniversary

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 4

St. Paul's School to-day celebrates the four-hundredth anniversary of its foundation (wrote Mr Roy Johnson in the "Daily Express" on July 7.)…

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