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Schools, 1904

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A Terrible First Night at School

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 1

Another popular theory with regard to ghosts is that the majority of haunted houses are haunted by the spirits of persons who met with violent deaths. It…

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Churches, Schools, Hospitals, Libharils

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 7

If I were fortunate enough to be a multimillionaire I would take steps to improve the condition of those who stand in need of help—spiritual, financial, physical, and…

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School of Arts Chess Club

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 2

The seventh team match tourney has just concluded, with the following result: First prize, Mr. V. Bracey; second prize, Mr. A. Croal; third and fourth prizes, tie between Messrs. A. MeNaught and…

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"Teacher Says."

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 5

"Oh, but Teacher says" so-and-so is a quite usual reply of school children when they are corrected by their parents within the bounds of some department of…

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The Perils of School Life

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 5

Most people look back on their school days as a happy time. The happiness was the happiness of ignorance. What with all the infinite varieties of microbes which…

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School Dodgers

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 4

With all due deference to the value of the report of the New South Wales Education Commissioners, much of which is necessarily theoretic, some…

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N.s.w. School Teachers Win in Victoria

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 7

A team of teachers from New South Wales visited Victoria during the vacation. After Visiting the Lakes they played a team of local teachers, and won by 10 wickets. The…

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School Teachers at Play

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 6

A team of teachers from New South wales visited Victoria this vacation to play cricket. After visiting the Lakes they played a team of local teachers, and won by 10 wickets. The…

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Educational Matters. New Scheme of School Inspection. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 8

Taking advantage of the presence of many of the State school inspectors in Melbourne, a conference of those officials has been held during the afternoons of the past week at the…

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Inspection of School Children's Work

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 4

A departure is to be made in the present method of looking over the work of pupils in State schools. The standard of excellence was once arrived at by a system of examination…

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The Summer School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

At the Summer School to-day the different lectures and lessons were largely attended. The principal new feature of the day's work was the opening of a model school intended to…

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Military. Submarine Mining School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 9

Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. P. Murray, of the New South Wales Irish Rifles Regiment, has successfully passeed the examination in connection with the School of Submarine Mining special course for…

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Military News. Schools of Instruction

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 3

Three schools of instruction will toe held during February. The first is an army signalling school for all ranks, and will extend over 24 days, from February 1 to 13 and February 22 to…

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Chess in Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 122

A short time ago the Russian Ministry of Education issued a circular giving instructions that the study of chess should be added to the curriculum of schools. In an article in one of the German papers Dr. Tarrasch…

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Our Public School System

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 9

At the last meeting of the Evangelical Council, the suggestion made by Mr. Knibbs for the subsidising of denominational schools was considered, and a resolution was adopted, protesting…

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Meeting of School Inspectors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 6

An informal meeting of school inspectors' took place at the Education Department yesterday. Mr. Bridges. Acting-Under Secretary, presided. The object of the gathering was to…

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Teachers and the Superannuation Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 6

"Teacher," who says he has had 30 years' service, has paid into the Superannuation Fund till now, and has nine years still to go before he can retire and claim a pension, asks a…

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The State and School Subsidies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 6

Included in the comprehensive and highly valuable report of the Education Commissioners is a proposal by Mr. Knibbs, one of the commissioners, in far or of "a wise…

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Annual Dinner,of the King's School Old Boys' Union. (From a flashlight photo, by the Exchange Studios.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 25

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This Old Public School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 2

What is now popularly known as the old Congregational Hall, but formerly known as the old Public School — the first National School in Parramatta — is to be…

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