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Schools, 1903

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School of Arts Chess Club

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 May 1903 · page 2

The team match tourney, which has been the principal club event during the last two months, concludes next week. The leading scores to date have been made by Dr. R. Hodgson, Messrs…

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Brushgrove School of Arts. Brushgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 May 1903 · page 5

The School of Arta was officially opened by the State Governor at midday. Thsre were between 300 and 400 persons present, also children from the South Arm, Cowper, and Lower Southgate Public…

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St. Joseph's Convent, North Sydney. the Cardinal on Denominational Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 May 1903 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon, Cardinal Moran, who was accompanied by the Bishop of Lismore, opened and blessed the important additions which have recently been made to St, Joseph's…

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Methodist Sunday-school Anniversary

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 May 1903 · page 2

The anniversary services in connection with the eighty-first celebration of the Macquarie street Methodist Sunday-school, Parramatta were held yesterday, when the Rev. J. Penma [?]…

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The Railway Strike. Back of the Strike Broken. Tarring the Line. Service Still Improving Disloyal Teachers

Evening News · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday Afternoon.—The Railway Department considers that the back of the strike has now been broken. Trains have been dispatched to-day to Sale,…

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Sunday-school Anniversary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 3

On Mondny evening the celebrations in connection with the eighty-first anniversary of the Macquarie-street Methodist Sunday-school were continued, when a public meeting was held in the Macquarie Hall. The annual report of the…

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Rose Bay Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 8

The annual distribution of prizes in connection with the public school, Rose Bay, took place yesterday afternoon. The prizes, some 60 in number, were distributed by the Rev. G. E. C. Stiles and Mrs. H. S. Patterson, in…

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Sydney Grammar School V. Newington College

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 8

This game in the Great Public Schools' Competition was played on the Sydney Cricket. Ground on Friday, and won by the Grammar School by 16 points to nil. During the first half the ball way dry, and the play…

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Agricultural Lessons in State Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 10

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. J. Kidd) has approved of a suggestion made by Mr. W. H. Clarke, editor of the "Agricultural Gazette," that certain officers of the department should contribute a series…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Thirty-eighth Annual Session. Pitt-street Church. the Centenary Evangelist. a Methodist Deputation. Sabbath School and Religious Instruction. the Seventh Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 5

The proceedings of the thirty-eighth annual session of the Presbyterian General Assembly of New South Wales were continued yesterday in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street. The Moderator,…

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Schoolboy Cigarettes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 8

Youth is the imitative age, and a boy win smoke as naturally as a duck takes to water. How can a smoking magistrate or a smoking schoolmaster dare to punish a schoolboy…

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Parramatta and District. Methodist Sunday School Anniversary

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 10

The eighty-first anniversary of the Macquariestreet Wesleyan Sunday school, Parramatta, was celebrated in the School-hall on Monday night, when the building was filled. The chair was…

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A Schoolgirl's

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 24

The happiest hour in my life is when I get a prize. Mariah Ridler, aged 14. years, Becnloigh, Q…

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The Schools

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 3

Owing to the rain only one match wag completed in the Schools Competition on Friday. Granville North defeated Auburn South by 4 goals to nil…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Australian Star · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon C. Whiting, a schoolboy, aged fell heavily In the playground of Pyrmont Public School and sustained a fracture of the right thigh. Whiting, who…

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Tempe Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1903 · page 7

At the last meeting of the St. Peters Council, Alderman Osgood called attention to the unsatisfactory condition of the school buildings at Tempe. The attendance was, he said, rapidly increasing, but the sheds wore in a very…

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The Pupil Teacher System

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 16

Notwithstanding the adverse criticism by the Director of Education in Victoria and others, there are redeeming features in the pupil-teacher system. It is natural and…

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South Africa. the Transvaal Schools

Evening News · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 4

LONDON, May 15, 3.15 p.m.—There are now 22,166 children in the Government school in the Transvaal…

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The Sunday School International Lesson. Sunday, May 24, 1903. Paul Before Agrippa. Acts xxvi, 19-29

The Methodist · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 4

Golden Text (Acts xxvi. 22).—"Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day. Suggestions to Teachers.—Connect…

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The Young People. Home from School

The Methodist · Saturday 16 May 1903 · page 10

My precious child, my happy boy, I wonder what I'd do Had there, near come into my life A loving boy like you…

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