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Schools, 1905

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Forage Allowances to Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 6

Correspondence recently appeared with reference to the reduction of forage allowances in connection with public school teachers. The Under-Secretary for Education, Mr. Board,…

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Medical Inspection of School Children. Board to Be Appointed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 7

LONDON; Tuesday.--The Board of Education has, with the concurrence of Mr. Gerald Balfour (President of the Local Government Board), appointed a committee to…

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Health of School Children. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1905 · page 8

Sir,—Your report of the deputation to the Minister for Public Instruction brings under the notice of the public a subject of vast importance to those who have the welfare of the young people of this land at heart…

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Our Educational System. Inspection of Schools. General Rules Adopted. Guide to Inspectors and Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 3

The Minister for Education, Mr. B. B. O'Conor, has approved of a new s[?]t of general rules relating to the inspection of schools. They will be issued to both inspectors and…

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Health of School Children. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 8

Sir,—I beg to take exception to a remark made by Mrs. Isett on the occasion of the visit of a deputation to the Minister for Education. She states that Dr. Carroll and…

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School Inspection

The Australian Star · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 4

The new general rules drawn up for inspection of schools by the Under-Secretary for Education, Mr. Board, are indications of a true perception of educational needs. With…

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The Inspection of Schools. New General Rules Adopted. the Aims. to Be Kept in View

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 7

The Under-Secretary for Education (Mr. Board) has prepared a set of general rules for the guidance of inspectors under the new system which has been adopted. These rules have been…

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New System of School Inspection

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 4

Some important general rules relating to the inspection of schools are about to bo issued to inspectors and teachers. As the Under-Secretary for Education (Mr. Board) explains, they…

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England's Most Dutiful Scholars

The World's News · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 19

The Church day school at Barton-le-street, Malton, claims the record attendance for England with an average of 99.4 for last year. Emily Wright, a scholar, has not been absent a single…

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Archbishop Carr's Pastoral. Scripture in Schools. Catholic Truth Society

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 31

The Lenten Pastoral of Archbishop Carr touches on the question of fasting in Lent, a penance which offers the tenth part of the year to God. A subject of importance which…

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Irish Convent Schools

Watchman · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 6

A parliamentary paper asked for by Mr. T. H. Sloan, M.P., says there are 326 convent schools under the National Education Board of Ireland, and that these receive…

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Police Surprise Party. Supposed "Two-up School" Raided

Evening News · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 4

Sub-inspector Sherwood, assisted by Senior-sergeants M'Crimmon and Brooks, Sergeant Cheney, and a large force of plain and uniformed police, formed themselves into a surprise…

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Drummoyne School of Arts

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 5

On Friday night, 17th, the committee of the Drummoyne School of Arts held a fair in the local public School grounds. It was very well…

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Health of School Children. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 13

Sir,—In reply to the letter of F. L. Owen in this morning's issue of your valuable journal, 1 wish to inform the public generally that I did not wish to convey the impression that all the ragged schools had…

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The Ragged Schools to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of Tuesday, the 21st inst, I noticed a report of a deputation from the "Child Study Association," to the Minister for Public instruction. asking for medical inspection of schools…

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The Sunday School. [This page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department.] Our Boys and Girls, A Post Card Competition

The Methodist · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 4

Girls and Boys,—I am not going to write a long letter this week to the boys and girls. An ex­planation of the competition I want you to engage in will occupy all the space. The subject about…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, April 2, 1905 Golden Text : "I am the Good Shepherd : the good shepherd giveth His life for the sheep."—John x. 11. INTRODUCTION

The Methodist · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 4

Jesus is still in Jerusalem at the Feast of Taber­nacles, where He healed the man who had been born blind, and who had now been expelled from the Jewish Church. The unkind treatment of the…

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The Average Schoolboy

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 6

In the course of a lecture to teachers at Birmingham University Sir Oliver Lodge said the average schoolboy of to-day was ignorant; he did not know the subjects he…

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What A"school" Is Like? Police Raid

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 6

The "school" is one of two which are particularly well-known, for the reason that a "two-up school" was many years ago found away down in the Haymarket, up an…

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The Police Raid a House. Charge of "Heading' Em." Excitement in Castlereagh-street. Sub-Inspector Sherwood and Senior-Sergeant Cheney Organise a Posse of Police and Dress Them in Plain Clothes; They Jump Off a Tram and Rush a Supposed Two-Up School Last Night

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 6

For years past premises in Castlereagh street have been viewed with longing eyes by the police, who have always desired to pay a visit to the room upstairs, with the…

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