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Schools, 1906

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School Crop Experiments

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 February 1906 · page 2

The president of the Canterbury (N.Z.) Agricultural College, speechmaking the other day, told an interesting story of a Victorian school teacher's experiments,…

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Schoolmaster Murdered. London, Saturday, 6.41 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 11 February 1906 · page 1

A man named Zippel has been arrested in connection with the murder of Thomas Reid, a Scottish schoolmaster, who is missing at Peidelberg, S.A…

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The Rural Voice. Pupils for Farms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 7

To the Editor.--Since the inception of the Immigration League of Australia, an important and growing branch of the work has been the placing of youths with farmers throughout the…

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The Schoolboy and the King

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 6

After a lesson on King Edward VII., some school children (says "The Schoolmaster," London), were asked to write an essay on the lesson. One child, in reference to His…

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Our Secondary Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 9

Sir,—Your leader of this morning (February 9), on "Our Secondary Schools ought to be a most valuable basis for a full discussion on a question which is probably of more…

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Burwood School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 3

Mr.J.F.Hennessy presided at the annual meeting of the Burwood School of Arts last week. The annual report allowed material progress in connection with the institution. The resoration of the main hall and the…

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The Training of Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 4

It has been mentioned that the training college for teachers has started with a large number of students, who will under the new system receive systematic instruction to fit them for the…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, February 13, 1906. Our Secondary Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 4

The point of our comment the other day on one aspect of the curricula of our secondary schools seems in some danger of being missed. It may, however, be made…

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Attempted Suicide. in Buckingham-street. Schoolmaster Shoots Himself

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon a man named Joseph Michael Kelly, 89 years of age, said to be a schoolmaster, was taken to the Sydney Hospital suffering from a bullet wound in his…

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R.p.a. Hospital: School or Hospital ? to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 7

Sir,--The whole of the present trouble is 9 contained in the above question. Last year a graduate of the University Medical School--Miss O'Reilly--desired to be…

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Technical Education. School Extension at Granville

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 9

For many years it has been the ambition of Granville to form classes for practical carpentry, plumbing, and carriage building, three distinct branches of trade which are closely associated…

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The Soil Settlement and Production. Instruction for Farmers. Proposed Winter School. at the Hawkesbury College

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Moore) has at present under consideration a scheme for holding a winter school tor farmers and orchardists at the Hawkesbury College, and he…

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Military Officers' School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 8

The defence authorities are commencing on Monday next a school of instruction on somewhat new lines. It is to be held at Port Melbourno orderly-rooms, and will be…

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Our Secondary Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 13

Sir,—I have read with interest your leaders on the above subject, and quite agree with your correspondent, Mr. Newbury, when he states that the subect is one of far-reaching…

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Religion in Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 9

The Premier, interviewed to-day, said he had no objection to a referendum on the question of religious teaching in State schools. As promised by his predecessor, the matter…

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Empire Flag for Bathurst School

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 429

A. G. RALSTON. Who has been appointed Acting District Court Judge and Chairman of Quarter Sessions for the South-western district…

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A Bush-fire Ballad. Teacher Vales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 433

The 28 pupils of a remote Public school in Gippsland would have lost their lives in the bush fires which occurred in January, 1906, but for the heroic efforts of their teacher, H. B. Vales, who saved them after a…

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The Schools. Sydney Grammar School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 11

Cricket is eminently the strong point of the Sydney Grammar School athletics, and a little knowledge of the tremendous extent of its operations in the cricket field explains why the school has left so deep a mark…

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School Boards

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 2

It would be interesting to know what the real functions of School Boards are, and how they are attended to by the said Boards. No doubt, if properly organised…

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Among the Schools. Chronicle of Events. Contributed Mainly by Pupils

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 2

Mr. J. D. St. C. Maclardy, acting principal of the Training School, has taken up the editorship of the "Educational Gazette," Mr. J. Conway, having relinquished the position…

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