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Schools, 1906

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From Public School to University

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

No higher testimony of the advantages of the Stale system of scholarships can be given (the "Daily Telegraph " says) than the recent…

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Vaccination of Teachers

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

Mr. A. Birrell, President of the Board of Education, has declined, in response to representations made to him, to relax the Board's rule making the vaccination of…

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Coreinbob School Picnic

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

The Coreinbob Public School picnic was held last Saturday, the day being all that was desired for picnicers, and it was well attended, some 300 persons being…

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Wagga District School

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 2

In consequence of the continued and much regretted illness of Miss Symons, the headmistress of the Wagga District School, the Department of Education…

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School's Sunday Excursion. Condemned by a Bishop

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 4

Preaching at St. Paul's Church, Charters Towers, to a crowded congregation on Sunday night, Dr. Fordsham, Bishop of North Queensland,…

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Batlow School Picnic

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 2

THE annual picnic in connection with the Batlow Public School took place on the racecourse grounds on Friday last. There was a big muster of…

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Frog in the Throat. St. Kilda School Sensation

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 4
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The scholars of the St. "Hilda Park state school were plunged into a condition of intense excitement during play hour on Friday morning when one of…

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The Trail of the Serpent. Book the First. Respectable Young Man. CHAPTER I. the Good School Master

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 3

I DON'T suppose it rained harder in the good town of Slopperton-on-the-Sloshy than it rained anywhere else. But it did rain. There was scarely…

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School of Arts

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 5

The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday night. Present:—Mr. W. A. Neale (chairman). Dr. Cameron, listers, Johnson, Hogan, Yates Turvey…

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School for Beggars

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 6

'A new and wonderful school for beggars has been discovered in Paris (says the "Weekly Scotsman"). Its teacher is a retired actor, who coaches…

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Not Sending Children to School

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2

George Evans, of South Gundagai, pleaded guilty to the charges of neglecting to send his three children to school the stipulated number of days for the past half year. The police…

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School of Arts Library

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 2

The following books have been added to the circulating library of the Wagga School of Arts:—Under the Rose (F. Austey). The Web of Life (B…

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Situatiou in Russia. Schoolboys Stick Up a Bank. London. April 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 2

Four schoolboys in broad dayliglht stuck up a bunk at Kharkoff, in Russian and shot a policeman. They were captured while carrying off the loot…

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School of Arts

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 5

The committee of the School of Arts intend holding a grand ball and nipper at an early date. The proceeds are to be devoted in the construction of a small…

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School Agriculture

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 6

At the last Agricultural Show one of the most popular exhibits was the school tent, wherein was a varied collection of exhibits, for the most…

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School Teachers Conference

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 2

The annual conference of school teachers was inaugurated to-day, being opened by the Minister for Education, Mr. B. B. O'Connor. During the…

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Public School [?]Rison. [?]Sational Experience

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 3

[?] of the travelling [?] then long[?] resort at The Rock, [?] for the Catholic [?] this year…

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Easter Monday Picnics. Methodist Sunday School. Pic-nic and Concert

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 3

The Wagga Methodist Sunday School hold their annual pic-nic on Easter Monday. The day proved everything that could be desired. At an early…

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Poorly-paid Teachers

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

At the public school teachers' conferences it was stated that dissatisfaction prevailed throughout the service that there were still teachers receiving…

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