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Schools, 1905

2,188 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 110

Schools of Arts. Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 July 1905 · page 10

The annual meeting of the Bourke Mechanics' Institute was held last night. The annual report and balanco-sheet were adopted. The receipts for the year amounted toa £136…

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School Concentration

Evening News · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 4

The State Minister of Public Instruction is to be commended for a policy, which he baa announced, repairing certain educational extravaganee. At one time the facilities for public…

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Naremburn Public School. Question of Sanitation

Evening News · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 3

The sanitary condition of the Naremburn Public School has cropped up with great regularity at the meetings of the Willoughby Council. The subject came again under notice last night,…

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Deputations. School for Rooty Hill. Consolidation Scheme Proposed. a Higher Standard of Education

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

Mr. J. Angus, the president of the Rooty Hill Progress Association, and Messrs. W. E. Smith, W. T. Cable, J. Ashworth, W. Hamlin, and Lieutenant-Colonel Pringle waited upon…

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Manufactures Exhibition. to Be Held in December. Public Schools Asked to Join. a Sympathetic Reply

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

A deputation representing the Australian Natives' Association, headed by Mr. J. P. Finegan, president, explained to the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday that…

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S.p. School for Rooty Hill

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 7

Mr. B. B. O'Conor (the Minister for Public Instruction) received a deputation yesterday from the Rooty Hill Progress Association in relation to a Superior Public School…

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NEW R.C. SCHOOL. Ceremony at Forest Lodge

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 7

The plot of ground adjoining St. James Church and Presbytery, Forest Lodge, was hung with flags on Sunday afternoon. The occasion was the laying of the…

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Deputations. Reducing the Number of Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 6

Mr. James Angus, president of the Progress Association at Rooty-hill, and other residents of that district, asked the Minister for Public Instruction to-day that a superior school should…

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Schools of Art. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 10

At the annual meeting of the Grafton Mechanics' Institute to-night the report, which was adopted, showed there were 204 members. 7291 books and 2256 magazines had been issued…

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An Old-school Grande Dame

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 169

The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn (writes Lady Violet Greville in the "Graphic"), who has just passed away, was a unique and distinguished figure in society. A real…

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Botany School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 8

The following officers were elected at the annaul meeting of the Botany School of Arts:-- President, Mr. R. T. Stephen; vice-presidents, Messrs. J. Herford and J. Bruce; hon. treasurer,…

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Suburban Sydney. Naremburn Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 8

It seems that the insanitary nuisance which exists at the Naremburn Public School, and which has been the subject of much vigorous agitation of late, is at length in a fair way to be…

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Ignorance of Schoolboys

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 35

Sir Oliver Lodge, in the first of a series of lectures at Birmingham University to teachers, had some hard things to say of the modern schoolboy…

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Schools

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 4

Granville North and Granville Superior met on Friday. The result was a sterling, game, the Granville North surprising their opponents by some pretty forward…

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The Cardinal at Forest Lodge. The New Schools of the Good Samaritan. the Church and Education

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 14

When the resumption by the Govornment some few years ago of the Mother House of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, for the purposes of…

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Australian Rules. Public Schools Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 11

The latest results are:— Petersham beat Kegworth, 5 goals to 3, Chatswood beat Ryde, 6 goals to 5. Erskineville beat Leichhardt West, easily…

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Schools of Art. Progressive School of Arts. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 10

The annual meeting of sudscribers of the School of Arts was held last night. The report and balance-sheet showed that satisfactory progress had been made during the year…

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In Parliament. Scripture in State Schools. an Elective Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 8

WELLINGTON, Wednesday. -- A Private Schools' Plebiscite Bill, introduced by a private member, and providing for a poll being taken at the general election on the question of…

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Sydney Hebrew Schools Formal Visit of Rabbi Cohen

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 9

On Sunday morning last the Rev. A. B. Davis (President), and the following members of the Education Board:—Mr. Neville Cohen, Vice-President; Mr. Coleman P. Hyman, Hon…

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New Zealand. Bible Lessons in State Schools. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 7

The House of Representatives devoted several hours last night debating a bill brought down by a private member to refer to a referendum the question of Bible lessons…

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