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Schools, 1908

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Ganmain Schools

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 4

At the break up of the [?] Public School and the [?] School, the pupils of the rendered a most excellen[?]…

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Items of News. School of Arts

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 2

A meeting of the School of Arts Committee was held last evening. There were present : Messers, Gormley, M.L.C. (chairman), Willans, Watte,…

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Successful Wagga Pupils

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 2

The final results in connection with the examinations for 1907 conducted by the Sydney College of Music, which concluded on 23rd December last, have…

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Telegrams. Today's News. School Attendance. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 2

As a result of the appointment of school attendance officers there has been a marked improvement in the daily attendance of pupils…

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Record School Attendances

The Worker · Thursday 16 January 1908 · page 5

Many people consider our school days the happiest of our dives. This, then, is a record of happy children: At the recent distribution of prizes in connection with the…

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“Cos They Cane Me.” Why He Shirks School

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 3

A woman summoned before Mr Francis at Lambeth on 14th November for not sending her boy regularly to school complained of the frequency with which…

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Continued Intensity in Victoria. Sunstroke and Heat Apoplexy Schools Closed. Tornado at Adelaide. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

Notwithstanding the enormous daily consumption of water, there is still sufficient in Prospect and Cataract reservoirs to last 260 days oven is not a…

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Public School at Oura

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

Notice appears in the "Government Gazette" that, in accordance with the provisions of the 34th section of the Public Instruction Act of (8[?]), it is…

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Record Sunday School Attendance

The Worker · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 5

Last week THE WORKER recorded the case of a girl who had not missed an attendance at school for five years. Miss Maggie M'Kinnon, a, scholar at the Marrickville…

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Convent School

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 2

THE Convent School will re-open on Monday next, 27th instant, and the Sisters request the parents not to delay in starting the children again. Besides…

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School of Arts

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 2

The annual meeting of subscribers to the School of Arts, which was to have taken place last evening, was postponed till next Friday owing to…

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Wagga Grammar School

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

Two students prepared for examination by the principal Mr. G. Eddington Clark, B.A., have passed. Free J. Shephard sat for the preliminary…

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Australian Defence. Appeal to Mr. Deakin. School Training. Developing the Cadet System Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. Deakin was interviewed to-day by the Victorin Branch of the Defence League, aho urgent that an appeal be made to Australian citizen…

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Other People's Views: an Open Column. Free Education and District Training Schools

The Worker · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 23

Dear Worker,— We are supposed to have free education, which is a very good thing, but would be much better if it was free in every sense of the term. Unfortunately for some pupils…

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A School for Mothers

The Worker · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 11

Belgium is nothing if not progressive, and the latest idea for saving infant life is a "school for mothers." The "school" has been instituted by a young Belgian doctor…

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The King's Governesses First Teachers of Royal Ties

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 3

The Queen-Mother of the Netherlands Went down to Exeter yesterday from Claremont to pay a visit to Mrs Aeland, her old governess. Mrs. Aeland, when…

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As a Schoolmaster

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 5

For some months, under the name of Frank Cleveland Richards, Redgrave has been conducting Richmond College claremont park, Blackpool. It was…

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Wagga School of Arts. Annual Meeting

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 7

The annual trading at the subscribe to the School of Arts was held last evening. The chair was occupied by the president, the Hon. Jas. Gormly, and…

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A Dreadful Scene Coolly Executed Plans. Youth Fires First. Leader an Ex-school Teacher. Alleged Extensive Plot. to Wipe Out All the Royalties. a Political Movement. Reported Proclamation of Republic

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1908 · page 2

A silent crowd watched the royalties slight from the Tagus ferry boat. The demeanours of the spectators displayed a certain amount of distrust and…

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School Staff Changes

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 2

Al the South Wugga Public School Miss Seain, who resigned precious to the holidays, has been succeeded by MIss Hawkes, and the position of…

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