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Schools, 1900

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Australian Education. Cleveland-street School. Physical Drill. Chapter Ii

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 4

"I think we may assert that in a hundred men there are more than ninety who are what they are—good or bad, useful or pernicious, to…

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A Sunday School Contribution. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 6

On Saturday evening the Weslayan Sunday School sent to Sydney its first contribution for the sick and wounded. It included 12 flannel shirts, three hospital coats with a New Testament and hymn…

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Valedictory to Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 5

A complimentary farewell social was tendered at the Girls' High School last evening to Captains Pearce, Bennett, and other teachers who are leaving for the Transvaal with the second contingent. Mr…

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Sydney School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 7

The result of the examination held in December last at the School of Arts was as follows:- Commercial Class.—Senior division: Mr. W. Best, Mr. T. Owen commended…

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Teachers' Farewell Social

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 6

A complimentary farewell social was last evening tendered at the Girls' High School, Castlereagh-street, to Captains Pearce, Bennett, and Privates Dale, Dennison, Craddick, Hanby, and…

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Technical College and Branch Schools. Examination Pass List for 1899. Passes in City and Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 4

The following are the results of the most recent examinations at the Sydney Technical College and branch schools in the suburban and country districts. The returns for geology, metallurgy and mining,…

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Opening of a New Sunday School. The Lesson of Florence Nightingale's Devotion

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 3

Last Sunday afternoon the new Sunday School, at the rear of the Parramatta Congregational Church, was opened, at a short appropriate service. The R. F…

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"Well Played 'School.'"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 2

The Old Boys of The King's School are strongly represented at the front. Lieutenant Rundle is an officer in the Garabiniers at the sent of the war. Serving among the N.S.W…

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School of Arts Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 3

COROWA, Wednesday.--The annual meeting of the local School of Arts was held last night, and the following officers were elected:--President, Mr. C. T. Brewer; vice-president, Mr. A. Ford;…

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New Method of Learning French. a Successful Teacher

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 8

Early last year we announced the publication of a new book by Mr. Ed. Perier on how to learn to speak French. It was a new method, in that it made grammar take…

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School Overcrowding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 4

Serious complaints are made in reference to the overcrowded state of the Parramatta Superior Public Schools at Parramatta South, where there are nearly 1000 children on the roll. Some of the classes are…

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School Children and the Patriotic Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 8

Mr. Perry (Minister for Education) states that he has been applied to from time to time by persons who have desired that a subscription should be taken up throughout the Public schools of the colony on…

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Meeting of School Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 10

A preliminary meeting of officers (male and female) in the Education Department was held at the Department of Education yesterday afternoon. Mr. F. Bridges, Chief Inspector of Schools, was in the…

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National Teachers and Their Grievances

The Catholic Press · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 25

The national teachers have to pay dearly for the "actuarial mistakes" of public officials. The petition of right case of Mr. Patrick Owens, national teacher, was…

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A New School For Golden Grove

The Catholic Press · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 16

The latent addition to our Catholic educational institutions, and one that bids fair to soon stand in marked preeminence in the Archdiocese, is a new high school opened on…

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Dogs at School

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

A new profession has been invented by a young woman who recently found herself in circumstances that necessitated her gaining her own livelihood. She has started a school for pet dogs…

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An Alleged Disloyal Teacher Praying for the Boers

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 6

Mr. Perry, the Minister for Education, has now got one definite case of alleged disloyalty on the part of a public school teacher before him. It is stated that the teacher in question has been in…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, January 28, 1900. Baptism and Temptation of Jesus. Math iii. 13 ; iv. 11. Golden Text (Matt. iii. 17).—"This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.' A Word of Caution

The Methodist · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

In preparing this lesson do not be led astray by questions of secondary importance. The subject…

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An Awful Tale of the Sea. Shipwrecked Man in a School of Sharks

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1900 · page 8

The steamer Chingtu brought news to Sydney of the wreck of the steamer Hupeh with thrilling incidents. She left Pasveroean, in Java, on November…

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A School Teacher's Unwelcome Visitor

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2

On Thursday night last, about twenty minutes to 11 o'clock, Francis Donohue, teacher at the Marist Brothers' Schools at North Sydney, while in bed at his residence at the schools, heard a…

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