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Schools, 1904

2,186 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 110

A Subsidised "School." More Artful Than Mechanical Its Unfair Competition with Booksellers. Its Mortgage, Its Overdraft, and Its Subsidy. Strange Secrecy About Salaries

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1904 · page 5

The report of that institution for providing light literature for the amusement of the womenfolk of the bourgeois, which is called the Sydney Mechanics' School…

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Leichhardt Superior Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1904 · page 7

On Wednesday evening the pupils of the Leichhardt Superior Public School will reproduce the operetta, "Playmates," in aid of the funds of the local Ladies' Benevolent Society…

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Sydney School of Arts. a Successful Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 3

The 71st annual meeting of the members of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts was held last night, Mr. William Reid (president) occupying the chair. The report of the committee showed that the year…

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Sydney School of Arts. Annual Meeting

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The annual meeting of the Sydney School of Arts was held in the hall last night. Mr. William Reld presided. The chairman, in opening the meeting, said: It will be noted,…

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School of Arts

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 7

"Well Wisher" writes:—I should like to ask the committee of the School of Arts why such secrecy is maintained respecting the salary ol the secretary. I consider that he is overpaid,…

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Balmain School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 7

The forty-fifth annual meeting of the Balmain School of Arts was held on Monday night. Mr. J. P. Franki (president) occupied the chair. The report and balance-sheet…

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"Young America" A Nautical Preparatory School

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 284

The accompanying view of the handsome three-master auxiliary ship Young America, represents a promising attempt to solve the serious problem of giving the youths of the…

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St. Leonards School of Arts

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 7

The annual meeting of the St. Leonards School of Arts was held last night at the institution, in Mount-street, North Sydney. There was a large attendance of members…

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Promotion of Public School Teachers

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 7

Many of our readers will be pleased he learn that Mr. C. S. Willson, the popular and able teacher of the Dunkeld Public School is among the…

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Attack on Primary Schools Syllabus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 5

At a conference of school inspectors of the colony, held at Wellington, Mr. Goyon, of Otago, attacked the new syllabus issued by the Education Department, for the primary…

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Recovery of School Fees. an Important Point Raised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 8

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday a case of considerable Importance to the Public Instriction Department was decided against that department by Mr. W. M. Macfarlane, S. M. Senior-constable W. C…

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St. Leonards School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 3

The 45th annual meeting of the above institution was held on Wednesday evening, and was well attended. Mr. W. A. Dixon presided. The report showed that great progress…

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St. Leonards School of Arts. Annual Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 8

The forty-fifth annual meeting of members of the St. Leonards School of Arts was held on Wednesday evening at the premises, Mount-street, North Sydney. Mr. W. A. Dixon, the president, was in the chair, and there was…

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William-street School Old Boys' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 6

The old boys of Wllllam-street Public School hold a reunion and smoke concert at the Queen's-hall on Wednesday evening. An excellent programme was provided. The president of the…

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Catholic School Cadet Corps

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 24

The proposed scheme of cadet corps mentioned by the Cardinal at the meeting of St. Patrick's Day committee has been formulated by the Irish Rifles. The details provide: (1)…

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St. Leonards School of Arts

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 3

At the forty-fifth annual meeting of the members of the St. Leonards School of Arts, the committee's report announced continued progress. The revenue had increased by £170,…

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Schoolboy's Fatal Duel

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 1

"When the small—or big, for that matter—Briton quarrels, he usually decides disagreement with his fists, to the detriment of his personal appearance. We are not accustomed to seeing…

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Fatter Fat Boy. Weighs Nineteen Stone and Goes to School

The World's News · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 5

The biggest schoolboy in England is Charles Law Watts. He weighs 19st., and was 12 years old on December 28…

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Food at Fourpence a Day. Reform Experiments on School Children. a Vicar's Crusade

The World's News · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 4

The nation's food will cost considerably less than it does at present if the reforms advocated by the Rev. J. P. Sandlands be generally adopted (says an English exchange)…

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