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Schools, 1906

2,834 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 142

Parramatta District. Granville School Bazaar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 5

Mr. J. W. Turner, Assistant Under-Secretary, Department of Public Instruction, opened a bazzar and sale of work in the Granville Town Hall on Friday, the effort being in aid of a…

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Fatalities and Accidents. School-teacher's Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 6

The Coroner conducted an inquiry yesterday concerning the death of a man named Joseph Michael Kelly, aged 39 years, who resided at Buckingham-street with his wife. On…

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Subsidised School Teachers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

Sir,—So much is now being said and done in the matter of education reform, to the advantage of pupils, and so little for the benefit of teachers, that one is inclined to…

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The Country School Teacher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 5

How much about farming the average country school teacher will ever teach the farmer's children is open to question. Too often he is drawn from a city atmosphere and…

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Frog in the Throat. a School Sensation

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

The scholars of the St. Kllda Park (Vic.) State school were plunged into a condition of intense excitement during play-hour on Friday when one of their number, a boy of 8…

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Public School Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

On Saturday evening a grand concert was given in the Pymble-hall, at which Mr. C. G. Wade (Attorney-General) presided, by the pupils of the Gordon Public School. The programme, which was of a very interesting…

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Cricket. Public Schools V. Grammar School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 8

The following boys have been selected to represent the combined public schools against the Sydney Grammar School at Petersham Oval to-morrow:--Walkom, Landon, and Bosward (Fort-street), Law and Gordon (Petersham),…

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Subsidy to Schools of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 6

BATHURST, Monday.--At a meeting of the School of Arts Committee to-night, a communication received from the Education Department stated that the Minister considered it time…

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Goulburn Schools' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 6

GOULBURN, Monday.--The annual meeting of the Goulburn District Schools' Association was held on Saturday. The report showed that the association had had a prosperous year. The…

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Public Schools' Association. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 10

The annual meeting of the Public Schools' Association was held on Saturday morning, Inspector Flashman presiding. The chairman said that moving about from school to school…

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School's Sunday Excursion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 8

Archdeacon Garland, referring to the Cha[?]ters Towers telegram announcing the success of the State school Sunday excursion, said it was a matter of opinion that the excursion…

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Suicide by Shooting. Ex-schoolmaster's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 5

At the Coroner's Court, King-street, yesterday. Mr. W. Clarke, P.M., acting City Coroner, conducted an inquest on the body of Joseph Michael Kelly, 39, an ex-schoolmaster, whose death occurred on March 30…

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Pupils for Farmers

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 4

One of the branches of the Immigration of Australia's business is a provision for placing the city youths on the soil to enable from learn how…

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The Small-school Teacher and His Pay. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 14

Sir,--As people are taking more interest in educational matters since the Education Commissioners returned from Europe, and as I take a deep interest in matters pertaining thereto,…

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State Schools and Sunday Excursions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 9

It is understood that as the result of an interview between Archdeacon Garland and the Premier, an assurance has been given that in future no permission will be given for…

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Schools of Arts. Reduction of Government Subsidy. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 10

The School of Arts committee is in receipt of a communication from the Public Instruction Department intimating that it is the intention of the Minister for Education…

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Public School Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 12

The concluding round in the First Grade Competition was begun on Friday. Leichhardt School was holding its annual swimming carnival on that day, so, as they were hopelessly out of the competition, they decided to…

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The Schools. Great Public Schools' Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 12

The present team of the North Shore C.E. Grammar School will probably go down to history like the '88 team of St. Joseph's, or in a greater sphere, the memorable Australian Eleven of '84. Records have been…

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Our Great Public Schools. I. the King's School, Parramatta. (See illustrations on pages 30 and 31.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 29

The King's School, the senior of all the schools of this country, owes its origin mainly to the efforts of Bishop Broughton, the first Bishop of Australia. The Bishop, who had…

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Teachers' Picnic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 4

The Parramatta District Teachers' Association, instead of holding their meeting at Parramatta this month, departed from their usual custom and arranged a…

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