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Schools, 1905

2,188 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 110

Public Schools A.a.a

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 April 1905 · page 3

The annual swimming carnival of the Public Schools A.A.A. of eastern districts was held at Phil Farmer's Baths, Bondi. The racing was very interesting throughout. The…

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School Children's Teeth. Further Researches to Be Made

Evening News · Monday 17 April 1905 · page 3

Some weeks ago, with the approval of the Minister for Public Instruction (Mr. B. B. O'Conor), the president and members of the Dental Association visited the Plunkett-street…

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Naremburn Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1905 · page 4

At present there is a serious outbreak of diphtheria at Naremburn, and this is, rightly or wrongly, attributed by residents to the insanitary conditions prevailing at the local public…

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Opinions Differ. Naremburn School Sanitation

Evening News · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 8

"If the council displayed only half as much backbone in its relations with, the Public Instruction Department as it does with some of the poorer people who might have to mortgage…

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School Exhibition. Scone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 8

An exhibition of school work, combined with competitions in music and elocution, was held in connection with the School of Arts on Friday and Saturday last, and proved…

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Rowing. Tasmanian Schools' Champion Race. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 11

Under the auspices of the Southern Tasmanian Rowing Association the schools' champion rowing race, on the Derwent, took place on Saturday, for the shield annually presented by Mr. F. N. Clarke. It was won by the…

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The Suburbs. Annandale. New Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 5

With reference to the proposed Public school at A[?] North, Mr. S. J. Law, M.L.A., has been advised by the Department of Public instruction that the Minister has approved of the sketch plans for the…

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Secondary Education. Discussion by Teachers' Association. Some Proposed Reforms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 8

A meeting of the Teachers' Association was held at Vickery's-chambers, Pitt-street, last night. Professor David presided. The Rev. C. J. Prescott moved a series of…

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Public School Bazaar

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 2

A most successful bazaar was opened by the Mayor (Alderman Mallet) of Camperdown on Friday afternoon in aid of the piano fund of the local school. The…

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School Children's Teeth

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 4

The Dental Association yesterday asked the Minister for Public Instruction for further facilities in the way of inspecting the teeth of the public school children. Members of the…

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Meeting of Teachers. an Important Manifesto

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 7

A meeting of the Teachers' Association was held at Vickery's-chambers, Pitt-street, last night, Professor Harper presiding. A committee had previously been appointed to consider a…

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Billiards. Kogarah School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 8

The American tournament now in progress at the Kogarah-School of Arts is providing some excellent sport for the members. The first division of the tournament has resulted in Wild defeating Nesbitt. Smee, Holt, Lynn,…

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Darling-road School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 5

The Darling-road Superior School Swimming Club closed the season at Balmain by holding a school car[?]ival. During the year nearly 150 pupils had learned to swim, and considerably over 100 members…

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The Suburbs. Camperdown. Public School Bazaar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 9

A bazaar was opened by the Mayor of Camperdown (Alderman Mallet) in the local Town Hall on Friday afternoon, and was continued on Saturday with much success. The object was to raise funds for the…

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Our Superior Public Schools

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 1

I.--Mr. William Swann, headmaster of the Superior Public School, Parramatta North, and President of the Teachers' Association for 1905…

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Glebe Ragged School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 7

The annual presentation of prizes to the scholars of the Glebe Ragged School--one of five conducted in different parts of the suburbs--took place on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. T. P…

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Nature Study. How It Might Be Approached in Rural Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 11

What is Nature study? And what form should it take in rural schools more particularly? Some suggestive answers are supplied by Mr. L. H. Bailey in one of the series of teachers'…

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Education in London. the Cost of Elementary Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The London County Council's education committee reports that it will cost £523,495 yearly to provide for elementary education in the…

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Sir Antony MacDonnell: The Man of Iron Will. Schooldays

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 3

It was in the small boarding-school in Athlone in which I was taught that when I was ton years of age I first saw the man who is now known to the world, as Sir…

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Ireland To-Day. St. Clare's School, Waverley

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 30

Dear Playmate,—I have been following with much interest your interesting competition. All the playmates I see have gone back to former days to speak of Ireland's…

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