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Schools, 1904

2,186 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 110

Schoolgirls and Sedition

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 April 1904 · page 8

Three hundred school girls have bean excluded from the High Schools at St. Petersburg for having taken Part in a seditious demonstration…

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School Children And The "Beautiful."

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 April 1904 · page 5

Some droll theories ware put forward at the Education Conference. An inspector, who said that morality should permeate every operation within the school—by the…

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ROWING. The Schools' Regatta. Grammar School Scores Heavily. The Inter-State Crews

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 April 1904 · page 7

Although it was very fair weather for the competitions at the Great Public Schools Regatta on the Parramatta River yesterday, still the spectators felt the snappy south-east…

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Rowing. Great Public Schools' Regatta

Evening News · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 3

The eleventh annual regatta of the Great Public Schools' Athletic Association of N.S.W. was held on the Parramatta River on Saturday, under (contrary to expectations) favourable…

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Great Public Schools' Regatta. Fine Rowing by Sydney Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 3

The eleventh annual regatta of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales was held on the Parramatta River on Saturday afternoon. There was a large attendance of schoolboys on…

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New Zealand. Religion in State Schools. Agitation by Roman Catholics. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 8

Archbishop Redwood and the Roman Catholic Bishop, at a meeting at Wellington prior to the departure of Archbishop Redwood for Rome, drew up a pronouncement on the…

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"Two-ui" School Surprised Five Arrests

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 7

The Globe police, who for some time past have been trying to break up a "two-up" school, which has its meeting place on some vacant land near the stormwater canal, Annandale, yesterday succeeded in surprising the…

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Religious Instruction in State Schools. Movement in New Zealand. by Roman Catholic Bishops

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1904 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.--At a meeting here prior to Archbishop Redwood's departure for Rome, the Catholic Archbishop and Bishops drafted a pronouncement in reference…

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Baby Lion in Sunday School

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 4

With a baby lion in his arms, the Rev Charles H. Woolson faced 1200 pupils in the Sunday school of his church, in Philadelphia, and drew from the restless beast a moral beneficial to the…

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The New School Syllabus. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 3

Sir,—I understand that the Educational Department has introduced a new syllabus, and amongst other items to be taught are—making paper hats and playing the new game of football. Surely this is…

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The Plague. Inspection of Schools. Another Case Yesterday

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 6

Late yesterday afternoon it was stated by the health authorities that another case of plague had been discovered. The victim on this occasion is a youth…

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School Girls in Trouble

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 3

A school-girl, 13 years of age, named Annie pleaded guilty at Newtown Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing a gold watch and brass chain, value £4 10s, the…

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Robbery by a School Girl

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 8

At the Newtown Court, before Mr. C. N. Payton, S.M., Annie Kerr (13), a school girl, was charged with stealing a gold watch and brass chain, value £4, the property of Annie Linde Madden, at Newtown, on December…

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The Churches. Newtown Methodist Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 12

The Methodist Sunday School at Newtown has reached its 60th anniversary and the event is being celebrated. On Sunday last special services were held in connection with the movement. The morning…

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Robberies by Schoolgirls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 6

At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., a schoolgirl 14 years of age, named Bertha Senatrer, was charged with having stoleu from the person of Alice Dorman, 11 years old, the sum of 2s 6d, the…

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A Sunday Gambling School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 6

For some time considerable annoyance has been caused to the residents of the Glebe living near Federal Park by the presence of a gambling school which had been meeting each Sunday in the immediate vicinity of the…

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Schools' Regatta

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 4

The most successful regatta that has ever been held under the auspices of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools, eventuated on Saturday last on…

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Great Public Schools' Regatta

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 48

The eleventh annual regatta of the Great Public Schools' Athletic Association of N.S.W. was held on the Parramatta River on Saturday, under (contrary to expectations) favourable…

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St. Patrick's New Presbytery. Parramatta. Concert by the Convent Pupils

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 24

The pupils of the Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta, gave an excellent entertainment at the convent school on Wednesday afternoon last week, in aid of the memorial building…

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District Teachers' Association

Evening News · Thursday 28 April 1904 · page 6

PICTON, Thursday.-In order to properly carry out the requirements of the new educational system, the teachers of this district are holding meetings every Saturday afternoon, at…

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