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Schools, 1903

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A School of Imperial Law

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--At the instance of Sir Robert Finlay, the Attorney-General, and with a view to maturing the scheme for a great school in London for the systematic leaching of…

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University Extension Board. Lectures for Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 3

At a meeting of the Senate of the University, held yesterday, authority was given for a series of 12 lectures to be delivered to teachers. The inaugural lecture will be delivered in the…

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Newcastle Notes. Schools' Carnival

Referee · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 4

The swimming carnival promoted by the Public School's Athletic Association took place in the Corporation Baths on Saturday, but fell decidedly flat. The attendance of spectators was only moderate,…

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Earthquake in Victoria. Sharp Shock at Warrnambool Many Buildings Damaged. School Children Stampede in Fright. the Shock Felt at Other Places

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A very severe shock of earthquake was felt at Warrnambool this morning at 9.52. There was intense consternation amongst the residents. The disturbance…

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The Primary Schools of the Diocese of Maitland. The Inspector's Report

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 32

The report on the primary schools of the Maitland diocese has just been published, and it is a satisfactory document in every way. The percentage of attendance is the…

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South-western District Schools' Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1903 · page 10

The seventh annual carnival of the South—Western District Schools was held yesterday atternoon at Hellings' baths, Domain There was large attendance. During the afternoon a display of fancy…

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Leichhardt Superior Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 8

The presentation of prizes in connection with the recent public school swimming carnival took place on Wednesday afternoon at the Leichhardt Superior Public School. The prizes were presented by Mr. J. S…

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Maitund Diocesan Schools. the Inspector's Report

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 16

We make the following extracts from the able and exhaustive report for 1902 of the Inspector of Schools for the Diocese of Maitland (the Very Rev. J. O'Donohoe). The…

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The Christian Brothers' High School, Waverley

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 20

The Christian Brothers announce elsewhere in our columns that their High School at Waverley is now complete and ready for the reception of pupils. For a long time the want…

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Current Items. the Smith Street Superior Public School—

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 6

Recently the senior pupils of the Smith-street Superior School paid a visit to Lover Brothers' Sunlight Works, Balmain, with a view…

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Botany School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 5

At a meeting of the committee of the Botany School of Arts held on "Wednesday evening tenders for the new reading-room and recreation quarters which it [?] proposed to build were opened, and the…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, April 19, 1903. the Law of Love. Rom. xiii. 7-14

The Methodist · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 3

GOLDEN TEXT (Rom. xiii. 10).—"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."…

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Public School Bazaar

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 2

The bazaar at the Public School, Mo[?]man, held for the purpose of raising fund for a school library, was opened on Friday afternoon, April 3, by the Mayors of…

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Ryde Police Court. Tuesday, April 7. (Before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M., and Messrs. H. E. Jordan, G. M. Pope, T. G. Dole, E. Worthington, and H. St. John Tucker, J's.P.). School Cases

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 8

Henry Rose, of Brooklyn, neglecting to send his child to school the required number of days, was fined 1s and 8s 4d costs of Court, or 24 hours…

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Love by Mail. The Modern Fable of Two Young People and Two Photographers and the Correspondence School of Wooing

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 April 1903 · page 3

Once there was a lovely Two-Stepper who went to a Swell Hop and there met a Corkerina who had come to visit a School Friend…

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King's School Team

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 12 April 1903 · page 6

The King's School team opens the season next Saturday: but it will be some time before the big Schools games are on. The blue and whites have seven or eight of last year's…

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A School Master's Sudden Death

Evening News · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 7

At the Burwood Police Court on Monday, the Parramatta District Coroner held a magisterial inquiry as to the cause of the death of Mr. James Scott Ferguson, late headmaster of the Burwood…

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Rowing. Inter-state Schools' Race. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 8

The inter-collegiate rowing match between Geeiong Grammar School and St. Peter's Collegiate School was contested on the Port River to-day over a course of 1 mile and 550 yards. The visitors held the lead…

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The Christian Brothers' High School (Waverley)

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 33

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Tale of a Money Box. Two Schoolboys' Adventures

Evening News · Thursday 16 April 1903 · page 4

Albert De Groen, 29, described as a seaman, appeared before the Water Court, yesterday, on a charge of receiving one lady's workbox, two silver watches, one silver chain with sovereign…

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