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Southern Highlands · Schools

Schools, 1912

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Mittagong Public School

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1912 · page 2

The Hon. W. M'Court, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication, and has handed it to us for publications:—"Department of Public Instruction, Sydney…

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Masters and Boys. Revelations of a Coach. Public School Failures

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 4

The question of public school training, which is described as "amateurish and fatuous" by a writer in the "English Review," was discussed by a London…

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Schoolgirl's Squint

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 3

At the Old Kilpatrick Parish School Board a letter was read from a ratepayer asking the Board to purchase a pair of spectacles for his daughter…

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Cabinet and Teachers. Action in France

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 3

By a somewhat belated show of severity the Government has ordered the dissolution of all the school teachers' syndicates in France on account of the…

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School Fair and Exhibition

Robertson Advocate · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 2

A fair and exhibition of work in aid of the school and prize funds will be held to day (Friday), at the Bowral District School, the opening coremocy to be performed by Mrs…

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Methodist Sunday School Picuic

Robertson Advocate · Friday 6 December 1912 · page 2

On Wednesday last the annual picnic in connection with the Methodist Sunday School was held in the Glebe Fark, Bowral. The weather proved delightful; the sun…

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School Fair and Exhibition

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

The second annual fair and exhibition of work in connection with the Bowral District School was held on Friday lass, and proved an unqualified success in every way. It was…

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Moss Vale Public School

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 2

At a meeting of the Moss Vale Parents' and Citizens' Association held a short time ago it was decided, owing to the prevalence of measles,…

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Social Unrest. Public Schools' Part

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 December 1912 · page 3

"In view of the severe strictures levelled against the public schools as the very home and seat of the ills and evils generically termed 'social unrest'…

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School Tennis

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 2

Teams representing the Kangaloon public school and the Bowral District School Junior tennis clubs met in their first match on the farmer's court on Saturday afternoon…

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Mittagong School of Arts

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 December 1912 · page 2

A special meeting of the Committee of the above institution was held on Monday evening. Present: Messrs. J.W. Loreby (president), W. Collins, A. Ireland, A…

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Public School Concert at Berrima

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 2

The residents of Berrima woke up to the fact that there was a concert looming in the near distance, and Friday evening last proved to be the auspicious…

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Bewral School of Arts

Robertson Advocate · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the above institution was held last week, when there were present: Mr. J. Holman (president), Dr. Crawford, Dr…

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Avoca Public School Picnic

Robertson Advocate · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 2

The annual picnic in connection with the public school at Avoca was held as Saturday last, 16th instant, in the school grounds, which are admirably adapted for picnic…

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Parents, Pedagogues and Pupils. (A Weekly Budget of Educational Notes.) the University

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 3

Country residents have long looked upon the University as a matter of little or no interest, except to the people of Sydney. The very name—Sydney…

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School Entertainment

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1912 · page 3

On Friday afternoon 13th inst, the pupils of the Mittagong Superior pupils school gave an entertainment in the schoolroom which was crowded with visitors. The…

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School Miss. (All Rights Reserved.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 7

The garments, stiff with an accumulation of sweated dust, were rammed into a bucket of water. The operator filled and lit his pipe, seized a bar of soap, and, with…

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Our Educational System. Being a series of articles written specially for this paper. Iv. Fort Street School

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 2

In an eloquent and very instructive Address delivered at a Teachers' Meeting, in the Girls' High School, Sydney, six years ago, by one of the late…

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Bowral School of Arts Sports

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1912 · page 2

The principal attraction at Bowral during the holidays was the sports meeting under the auspices of the Bowral School of Arts, which took place on Boxing Day on the…

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