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Schools, 1902

1,935 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 97

Demands on School Accommodation

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 September 1902 · page 5

Replying to a deputation this morning Mr. Perry, Minister for Education, said he was being continually approached by members by Parliament, of especially for metropolitan…

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Little Coogee School

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 September 1902 · page 5

Mr. D. Storey, M.L.A., this morning introduced a deputation from Little Coogee to Mr. Perry, Minister for Education, to ask for increased school facilities at Little…

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Church of England Grammar School. Eleventh Annual Sports Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 September 1902 · page 2

The Church of England Grammar School held its eleventh annual sports meeting on the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday afternoon. The attendance was fairly large, and as the young…

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Deputations. New School at Little Coogee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 8

A deputation representing the residents of Little Coogee waited upon the Minister for Public Instruction (Hon. John Perry) yesterday to advocate the erection of a new school to meet the requirements of…

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Athletics. Grammar School Sports

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 8

To-day, on the Sydney Cricket Ground, will be held the 29th annual sports meeting of the Sydney Grammar School. The first race will at 2 p.m., and there are in all some 25 events, with numerous entries for each…

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A Public School Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 8

A deputation representing Little Coogee yesterday waited on the Minister for Public Instruction and asked for improved school accommodation. The deputation was introduced by Mr. D. Storey, M.L.A., and explained that…

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The Minister for Education on Public Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 21

Public schools, from the religious standpoint, were defended by Mr. J. Perry (Minister for Education) in the course of an address at the official opening of the additions to St…

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Her Teacher Had One

The World's News · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 20

On one of the recent hot days a few pimples came up on the face of a little girl, aged six, who asked her mother what caused them to come…

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Agricultural Lessons in State Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 10

A deputation waited on the Minister of Agriculture and Education (Mr. Dalrymple) to-day and asked that agricultural lexsons be included in the State school curriculum. Mr. Dalrymple, in reply, pointed…

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Public School Children's Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 14

The fourteenth annual sports meeting of the P.S.A.A.A., to be held on the Agricultural Grounds on Wednesday promises to be the largest gathering of its kind yet held ni Sydney. The morning will…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, September 14, 1902. Loving and Obeying God. Deut. xxx. 11-20

The Methodist · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 8

Golden Text (1 John v. 3).—"For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments : and His commandments are not grievous."…

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Old Boys of the Sydney Grammar School Annual Dinner, A.b.c. Cafe, August 30, 1902

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 606

The annual dinner of the Old Boys of the Sydney Grammar School was held at the A.B.C. Cafe on Saturday night last. This school is developing quite a history of its own, and every year the…

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Public Schools. The Forthcoming Sports in Sydney

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 7

The children's sports in connection with the Public Schools' Athletic Association, so eagerly looked forward to by the 50,000 children attending the public schools in the…

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Kensington School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 14

The new School of Arts recently constructed at Kensington was formally opened on Wednesday evening by Mr. D. Storey, M.L.A. There was a large attendance, in declaring the institution open, Mr. Storey…

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Public School Sports

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 12

The programme of the 14th annual sports meeting of the P.S.A.A.A., to be held on Agricultural Grounds, Wednesday week, shows that the morning will be devoted to athletic events (in…

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Ryde Police Court. Tuesday, September 2. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., and Messrs. G. M. Pope, R. T. Sutton and T. G. Dole, J's.P.) School Cases

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 11

William Henry Jupp appeared in answer to a summons issued at the instance of Sergeant Ross, charging him with a breach of the compulsory clauses of the Public Instruction Act…

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Illness of a Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 4

Mr. Simonds, a Parramatta pupil teacher, and son of Mr. Simonds, of the Blacktown public school, has been very seriously ill of late with pleuro-pneumonia…

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Aboriginal Assaults Lady Teacher

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 September 1902 · page 8

At Swinden, a small township near Port Augusta (S.A.), an aboriginal made a violentt attempt to assault a young school teacher…

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Schools' Sports

Evening News · Monday 8 September 1902 · page 2

The 14th annual sports meeting of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association, to be held on the Agricultural Ground on Wednesday, September 17, promises to be a most successful…

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Mount Kembla Disaster. Public Schools" Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 September 1902 · page 8

A meeting of the general committee of the Department of Pubbo Instruction Mount Kembla Relief Fund was held at the Girls' High School, Castlereagh-street, on Saturday morning. Mr. F. Bridges…

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