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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1902

1,935 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 97

The Bible in State Schools. Warning to New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 September 1902 · page 7

Speaking at North Bondi on Saturday, at the laying of the foundation stone of a Presbyterian Mission-hall, the Rev. R. Kay (Moderator of the Sydney Presbytery) said he that morning read…

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Teachers and Pupils in Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 7

Japanese school-children are wonderfully patient wonderfully docile—they revere their teachers, however unpopular personally they may be, so long as they are clever—but they will not tolerate a master…

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Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 7

The undermentioned tendars in connection with public schools have been accepted by the Government:—Annandale South, new buildings, J. C. O'Brien, Alexandria, £4794 3s.; Alblan-street, new…

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Schools and Athletics

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 6

A great gathering is expected at the 14th annual carnival of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association, to be held on the Royal Agricultural Society's Showground on…

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Public Schools' Gathering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 10

Attention is directed to an advertisement elsewhere respecting the fourteenth annual sports meeting of the Public Schools' Athletic Association, to be held to-day at the Royal Agricultural Society's Ground,…

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The Anglican Synod. Opening of the Session. the President's Address. the Divorce Laws. Religious Instruction in State Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 5

The second session of the twelfth synod of the Diocese of Sydney was opened yesterday Members of the synod met at St. Andrew's Cathedral at 11 a.m., when the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was…

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Public Schools' Demonstration

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 759

The annual show by the children of the Public schools will take place to-day at the Agricultural Ground. The number of competitors exceeds all previous affairs of the kind,…

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Casualties. Fatal Accident at School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 8

Elsie Perrin, 10, living in Samuel street, Surry hills, was playing at school yesterday afternoon, when she fell. She did not appear to be seriously injured at the time, but suddenly become ill…

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Association Football. The School's Final

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 4

With an equal amount of willingness, both Carlingford and Parramatta South A. teams took the field at Clyde Engineering Sports ground, on Saturday, in the presence of a…

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Parramatta Police Court. Friday, September 13. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.m.) School Attendance Cases

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 1

James Creatrix, charged with neglecting to send his son Jonas (11) to school the requisite number of days, pleaded guilty. Mr. Kennedy deposed that, though the boy…

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The King's School Sports Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 2

The 32nd annual sports gathering of The King's School Athletic Club will be hold on the Parramatta Cricket Ground this afternoon. The first race will start at 1.30. The entries…

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Killed by a Swing. a Schoolgirl's Death

Evening News · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 4

The death of a little school girl named Elsie Macleay Perrin, aged 10 years, who resided with her mother at No. 11 Samuel-street, Surry Hills, formed the…

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Public Schools' Demonstration. a Successful Gathering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 10

The fourteenth annual meeting under the auspices of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association was held yesterday at the Agricultural Society's Ground, Moore' Park. The day was fine until about…

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King's School Amateur Athletic Club. Annual Sports Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 11

The thirty-second annual sports meeting of the King's School Amateur Athletic Club took place on the Parramatta Cricket Oval yesterday afternoon. In the presence of a large number of visitors, parents of the boys, and friends…

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Public Schools. Annual Sports Meeting. a Record Attendance

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 8

The children's annual carnival--the yearly sports mooting of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association of New South Wales--was held at the Agricultural Ground yesterday, and,…

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Cleansing Public Schools

Evening News · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 2

The fact that some teachers have been called upon to supplement from their salaries the amount paid by the department for cleansing public schools has been responsible for grumbling,…

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Sydney Jewish Sabbath School

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 8

The Annual General Meeting and Distribution of Prizes, of the Sydney Jewish Sabbath School, will be held on Sunday morning, 21st September at 10.30 o'clock, at…

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Cleaning Public Schools

The Australian Star · Friday 19 September 1902 · page 7

Under the old Education Act, when teachers were paid in part by salary, and part by fees, the necessity, of defraying the cost of keeping the schools clean devolved upon…

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A Board School Teacher's Ingenuity

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 3

There is a cruel story in circulation concerning a certain teacher in one of the public schools who has been highly complimented because of the success attending…

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Musical Examinations. Catholic School Passes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 18

The following is a list of schools and colleges which have so far sent in returns from the recent Trinity and Royal College musical examinations. As will be seen from the list, the…

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