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Schools, 1901

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School Concert

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 2

ON Friday evening next, December 6th, the pupils attending Rockdale Superior Public-school will give a concert in Rockdale Town Hall, in aid of…

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Hurstville West Public-School

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 2

A CONCERT by the pupils of the above school will be held in Hurstville Hall on Thursday evening next. An excellent programme has been…

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St. George Sunday-Schools Union

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 2

THE distribution of prizes won at the recent competition will tabo place on Monday evening next, in Rockdale Town Hall…

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Public School Entertainments. Hoxton Park

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 5

THE pupils of the Hoxton Park Public School gave their annual entertainment, under the direction of Mr. Southwell, head-teacher, in the schoolroom on Saturday evening last, in the…

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A Parent Blames the Teachers. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 December 1901 · page 10

Sir,—Under the above heading you print the opinion of an "Experienced Teacher." As the father of seven children, kindly favor me with space to put the case from…

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Defects in Our State School System. (To the Editor.)

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 December 1901 · page 10

Sir,—You have done well in opening your columns for the discussion of matters affecting the State schools of the colony, and it is pleasing to see so many offering their opinions. In picking…

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State School Questions. Children's Savings Banks. How they Operate and How They Are Abused—Doing Unnecessary Work—The Interest and Unclaimed Funds

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 December 1901 · page 10

Chatting with a "Sunday Times" representative, a leading Public School teacher had something interesting to say in regard to the working of the Savings Banks in…

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School Inspector's Narrow Escape

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 December 1901 · page 8

Mr. Skillman, Public School Inspector, while driving down the Dorrigo Mountain, Bellinger district, in a buggy, had a remarkable escape from a terrible death. The…

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When Tommy Goes to School

The Dawn · Sunday 1 December 1901 · page 27

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Parramatta District. School Concert at Granville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 December 1901 · page 5

On Friday evening a successful school concert was held in the Granville Town Hall by the pupils of the Granville Superior Public School, under the supervision of Mr. Hooworth and Mrs. O'Byrne. The…

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Germanising Poland. the Schoolmaster at Work

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 December 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Every effort is being made throughout German Poland to substitute the German language for the Polish. Prussian schoolmasters flog Polish children…

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Where School Associations May Err

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 December 1901 · page 6

GOULBURN, Saturday.--The annual meeting of the Goulburn District Public Schools Amateur Athletic Association took place to-day, Mr. Flashman, district inspector, presiding. The…

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Public School Teachers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 December 1901 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The monthly meeting of the council of the Public School Teachers' Association was held in the rooms on Thursday evening last. Mr.P.J.Nelligan in the chair. A letter was read from the Railway…

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Sunday-school Picnic, Paddington Wesleyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 December 1901 · page 3

On Saturday the annual seaside excursion in connection with the Paddington Wesleyan Sunday School took place at Fern Bay. A large number of teachers and Scholars, with their parents and friends…

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Germanising Poland. the Schoolmaster at Work

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 December 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Every effort is being made throughout German Poland to substitute the German language for the Polish. Prussian schoolmasters flog Polish children…

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Public School Burned Down

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 December 1901 · page 6

COWRA, Monday.--The public school at Cucumgilliga was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning, together with its contents. No cause can be assigned' for the outbreak, as nobody lived…

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Public School Teachers' Association

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the council was held at the rooms on Thursday evening last, Mr F. J. Nelligan in the chair. The Railway Commissioners wrote stating, that excursion…

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School Concert. Cargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 5

The Public school pupils gave a concert on Friday in aid of the prize and library funds. Mr. J. R. Worrall presided. The hall was filled with an appreciative audience. Selections were rendered by Misses O. B…

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School Gardens to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 December 1901 · page 6

Sir,—The letter of "A Country Public School Teacher" affords another illustration of the manner in which what may be designated "primary agricultural education" may be…

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