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Schools, 1901

1,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 88

The School of Arts Debating Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 9

The regular meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club was held last Thursday eveing. In the absence of the president, Mr. J. R. Firth (vicepresident) occupied the chair. There was a large…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, November 10, 1901. Israel Oppressed in Egypt. Ex. i. 1-14

The Methodist · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 2

GOLDEN TEXT (Ex. ii. 24).—" God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant." Night and Silence.—Israel is still in…

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Illawarra Schools' Athletic Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 1142

The Illawarra Public Schools' Athletic Association annual sports were held on the Centennial Grounds on Saturday. The pupils of the various schools marched from the railway station headed…

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School Sports at Armidale

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 1122

The sixth annual carnival of the Armidale District Public Schools Athletic Association took place on the 25th ultimo on the show ground, and was by far the greatest success yet attained…

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Public School Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 10

GERRINGONG, Friday. -- Last night the public school at Rose Valley (Mr. Harold Johnston, teacher) was totally destroyed by fire. Tho postoffice is in part of the building. No one lived…

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The Industrial Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 8

A short bill making certain alterations in the Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act is before the Minister for Education. The principal object of this bill is to give the Minister power to…

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St. George Sunday Schools’ Union Exhibition

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 2

THE exhibition in connection with the above Union was continued on Friday and Saturday afternoon and night, the Town Hall being densely…

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The Liverpool School of Arts Movement

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 5

IN a recent issue we published the adverse criticisms of the secretary and president of the Liverpool Progress Association upon our articles, contained in our issues of the 10th…

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Petersham Superior Public School Old Boys' Union

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 38

The above union has now been formed twelve months. It has for its patron Hon. John Perry, Minister for Public Instruction; president, J. Richard, the present headmaster of the school; and…

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Schools and Eyesight

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 15

The time-honored "blackboard," which has struck terror into the hearts of generations of unlucky youngsters, is doomed be that horrible limbo which contains the headsman's axe and the…

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The North Ryde Separation Movement. Meeting at the School off Arts. "Aldermanic Expenses" and Indignant Ratepayers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 11

A preliminary and largely attended meeting of North Ryde ratepayers was hold in the local School of Arts hall on Wednesday, to take into consideration the…

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Public School Teachers' Excursion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 8

Under the auspices of the Newcastle District Public Schools' Association an enjoyable river excursion to Morpeth took place yesterday. The steamer Sydney, of the N. and H.R.S.N. Company's fleet, was…

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Public Instruction. a New Departure. Mr. Perry's Intentions. Conference on Educational Requirements. University Training for Teachers. Preparing the Scholar for His Career in Life. Establishment of Continuation Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 5

Now that his Estimates have passed the ordeal of the committee stage in the Assembly, the Minister for Education says he will be able to proceed with a number of matters for the…

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Sydney Grammar School. Old Boys' Annual Dinner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 8

The fourth annual dinner and smoke concert of the Sydney Grammar School Old Boys' Union was held on Saturday evening in the main room of the Sydney Grammar School. Mr. R. J. Black, M.L.C.,…

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A Teachers' Outing. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 8

An excursion to Morpeth was held on Saturday under the auspices of the Newcastle Public School Teachers' Association. The Newcastle and Hunter River Company's…

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Public Schools' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 November 1901 · page 5

Members of the Newcastle District Public Schools' Athletic Association indulged in a river picnic on Saturday. The Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer Sydney was pressed…

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A Schoolboy's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 November 1901 · page 8

An inquest was conducted by the City Coroner yesterday on the body of a boy named Arthur Gresham Langdon, who died at Sydney Hospital on Saturday from the effects of injuries received through…

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School Boy Fatally Injured

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 November 1901 · page 6

Concerning the death of the lad Arthur Gresham Langdon, which occurred at the Sydney Hospital on Saturday as the result of injuries received on Wednesday last…

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Agriculture in the Public Schools. a Novel Innovation. Experimental Farm at Leichhardt. Applying Technical Knowledge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 5

While politicians are talking about the ever-increasing demand and need for technical education, one officer, at least, of the Education Department is endeavoring to meet the need in a way which…

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Concentration Camp Schools. English Teachers Appointed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 November 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Chamberlain is selecting 100 Englishwomen, who are trained teachers for the instruction of the Boer refugee children in the concentration…

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