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Schools, 1901

1,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 88

School Sports

Evening News · Thursday 7 November 1901 · page 6

ORANGE, Wednesday Afternoon.—The Public Schools Amateur Athletic Association sports are being held here to-day on the Show Ground for all, public schools in the Orange and Bathurst…

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The Concentration Camps. Teachers for Children

Evening News · Thursday 7 November 1901 · page 5

LONDON, November 6.—Mr. Chamberlain is selecting 100 Englishwomen, who are trained teachers of children, to proceed to the concentration camps in South Africa for a year. The…

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The Concentration Camps. Teachers for the Children. London, Nov. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 November 1901 · page 7

Mr. Chamberlain is selecting 100 Englishwomen, who are trained teachers of children, to proceed to the concentration cumps in South Africa for a year. The salary of each…

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Public School Sports. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 November 1901 · page 5

The third annual sports meeting of the Publie Schools Amateur Athletic Association of Bathurst, Orange branch, was held on the show ground today, and was perfectly successful. The crowd,…

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Life-saving Classes in Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 7

At the meeting of the Leichhardt Council held on Monday night, Alderman L. O'Toole moved,— " That a letter be written to the head masters of the Leichhardt Public schools asking them to approach…

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Parramatta District. Granville Wesleyan Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 7

In connection with the anniversary of the Granville Wesleyan Sunday-school, a concert and social was held in the church on Wednesday. There was a good gathering present, and the Rev. Dr. Sellors…

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Accident to a Schoolboy

The Australian Star · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 6

A boy of 9½ years named Reuben Knight, residing at No. 6 Victoria-road, Erskineville, was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday, having broken his arm through falling…

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Her Majesty's Theatre. Special Schools' Night

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 3

There was a very large attendance at the performance of "The Christian King" by Mr. Wilson Barrett's Company at Her Majesty's Theatre last night, hundreds of school children being…

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Primary Schools Examinations

The Catholic Press · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 14

The diocesan primary schools examinations commenced on Saturday last. There were about 800 candidates, and the subjects of the day were religious knowledge…

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Deniliquin Convent School Concert

The Catholic Press · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 15

The children attending the Convent Schools, conducted by the Sisters of Mercy, gave their annual concert in the Town Hall on Monday, October 18, before a crowded…

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Our Great Catholic Schools Riverview Revisited

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 14

The Eton of Australia, St. Ignatius' College, Riverview, is a name to conjure with, it may be said without exaggeration, throughout the world. Her sons have fallen in far away South…

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Millitary Intelligence. Infantry School of Instruction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 10

A special " field " course in connection with the infantry schools of instruction will be commenced on Tuesday, the 12th instant, and will end on Friday, the 22nd instant. The following strategical idea will…

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Parramatta School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 10
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

The committee of the parranatta school of Arts, finding that the innovation of having a billiard room in the institution his proved such a success, has decided to accept tenders for enlarging the room so as…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, November 17, 1901. the Childhood of Moses. Ex. ii. 1-10. Man's Extremity, God's Opportunity

The Methodist · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 8

GOLDEN TEXT (Prov. xxii. 6).—" Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."…

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Agriculture in Victoria. a Dairy School

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 1162

Last week the Minister of Agriculture gave the reporters a number of paragraphs concerning his intentions, and, although such utterances are now understood to mean very little, they always raise…

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New Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 1193

Applications for the establishment of new schools have been granted at the following places:—Illawambra, near Cobargo, provisional; Angledale, near Bega, Public (re-opening); Coolringdon, near…

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 6

The regular meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club was held on Thursday evening, Mr. P. J. Gandon (president) in the chair. Mr. J. A. Hendry's motion, condemning the…

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Rockdale Superior Public-School

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 2

MR. C. E. BROOME, principal of the above school. owing to the bad state of the approach thereto, has decided to arrange a concert, to be given by…

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Schoolboy Essays

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 62

The best of all schoolboy essays is undoubtedly the classic one of which everybody knows the majestic and profound exordium—"The Horse is a noble animal, and has four legs, one at each…

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