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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1905

2,188 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 110

MR. A. J. KILGOUR. Headmaster of Fort-street School

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 2

Mr. Alexander James Kilgour. B.A., LL.B., head teacher of the Chatswood Superior Public School, has been appointed to succeed Mr. J. W. Turner in the headmastership of…

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Swimming. Public Schools' Carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 10

The annual swimming carnival under the direction of the Public Schools A.A.A. will be held at tho Drummoyne Baths on Saturday. The tram authorities are putting on a special service, and have also granted…

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Schools Inter-district Match

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 10

This afternoon teams selected from schools in the eastern district playing first grade will meet a similar team from the western schools on No. 2 area at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The following boys have been…

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Great Public Schools Premiership

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 4

The King's School and the Church of England Grammar School met on Friday and Saturday at the North Sydney Oval in the Great Public Schools' premiership…

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Educational Reform. Views of Public School Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 6

The views of public school teachers as to the merits and demerits of the new syllabus were placed before the new Under-Secretary on Tuesday by a deputation from the Public School…

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The Catholic School at Lightgow. The Cardinal's visit. the Changing, Yet Unchanging Elements of Holy Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 12

It is seventeen years since his Eminence the Cardinal visited Lithgow, and his arrival in that busy mountain town on Saturday to open the new parochial schools,…

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New School at Ashfield

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 19

His Eminence the Cardinal will bless and open the new parochial school at Ashfield on Sunday afternoon, when the Vincentian Fathers anticipate there will be an ever…

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Education Reform. Some Projected Changes. Deputation of Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 8

In the absence of the Minister for Education (Hon. B. B. O'C[?]nor), Mr. P. Board (Under-Secretary) and Mr. P. Dawson (Chief Inspector) received on Tuesday afternoon a…

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Public Schools' Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 7

The first districts' match in the Public schools' competition was played yesterday between teams representing the Eastern and the Western Suburbs, and resulted in a draw. Owing to the courtesy of the…

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Swimming. Public Schools Athletic Association. Western Division's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 7

Elkington Park Baths were filled by a large gathering yesterday afternoon to witness the annual swimming carnival of the Western Division of the Public Schools Atheletic Association. The weather was fine, the racing…

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A School of Happiness

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 6

Mr. Beerbohm Tree has touched a button this week which lias sent an electrical thrill through the English-speaking world. He says we…

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Swimming. St. Leonards S.p. School Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 9

The St. Leonards Superior Public School first annual carnival was held at the Lavender Bay Baths on Tuesday. Donations were given by the Mayor of North Sydney (Alderman Carter), Mr. Creswell…

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Pyrmont Superior Public School Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 9

At the Pyrmont Baths last night the local Superior Public School Swimming Club held their annual carnival. The weather was unfavourable, but there was a fair attendance, and the different events passed…

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Parramatta District. King's School Commemoration Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 4

The annual commemoration service in connection with the King's School was held on Tuesday afternoon, when there was a large gathering present, including the Hon. G. C. Wade (Attorney-General), the…

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Drunken Russian Officers. Shoot Several Schoolboys. LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 1

While soldiers were repressing a rising at Kutais, in the Caucasus, a number of drunken officers fired upon some pedestrians, with the result that several school boys were…

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Sport and Pastime. To-morrow's Fixtures. Public Schools' Swimming Championships

The Australian Star · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 3

The sporting fixtures for to-morrow are:-- TURF. Moorefield Race Club…

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The Cardinal at Lithgow. the Church and Change. Civilsation's Debt to Catholicism. New Convent School Blessed and Opened

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 25

The Cardinal visited Lithgow on Saturday for the purpose of blessing and opening the new Convent School of the Sisters of St. Joseph. He was accompanied by Monsignor…

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Public Examinations. St. Mary's Cathedral Girls' School Scores

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 24

Among the succesful candidates in the recent examination held for telephone attendants in this State, six were pupils of the above school. Frances Connolly, who scored…

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THE Tel. 4158. Rewsletter. A Critical, Social, Dramatic, Sporting, Political, and General newspaper for the People. Neither by Fear, Nor by Fevor, Not by Truth Alone. Political Economy in Schools

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 4

Political Economy has been called " the dismal science," and…

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More School Howlers. a Genuine English Collection

The World's News · Saturday 4 March 1905 · page 28

A Brighton correspondent of a London paper, who has evidently derived pleasure from reading some of the delicious school howlers recently published, sends a few extracts from a…

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