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Schools, 1906

2,834 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 142

The Sunday School [This page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department.] Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, April 29, 1906. The Parable of the Sower.—Mark 4: 1-20

The Methodist · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

GOLDEN TEXT.—"The seed is the word of God."—Luke 8:11. I. PARABLES. This parable is one of a series which our Lord…

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Kogarah School of Arts

The St George Call · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 1

A score of years marks the existence of the institution which forms the subject of this week's picture. In 1886 Mr. Carruthers called a meeting of those…

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Mosman Superior Public School

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

Miss M. G. Wootten, a teacher at the local public school for the past three years, has been promoted to…

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A Board School Story

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 9

The Inspector was testing the class in general knowledge. 'Now, lads, he said gravely, 'your teacher, I expect, has explained to you the meanings of most of the…

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North Granville S.P. School. Prize Distribution

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

There was a large gathering of pupils, their parents, and others interested in their welfare, at the North Granville Superior Public School, on Thursday…

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The King's School Old Boys' Union. The Annual Dinner

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 12

As is usual, when the annual dinner of The Kind's School Old Boys' Union is timed for show week and the autumn racing carnival week, there was a great…

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School Marm V. Schoolmaster

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 April 1906 · page 3

If Lady teachers, as a late conference demanded, are made eligible for all positions in the Service, it is assumed that they must, owing to the lower salaries…

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School Agriculture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 5

MOLONG.—At Bumbury Publie School recently there was a large gathering of parents and visitors, the occasion being the opening of an experimental garden. Mr. Davies, the…

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Pupil Teachers. and the Education Department. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 5

Sir,--Permit me to endorse all that your correspondents "Veritas" and "Cash Down" have written respecting the withholding of the increases in salary due to pupil-teachers…

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Billiards. Parramatta School of Arts Tournament

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 5

Messrs. H. Mason and Minnett off the final for Dr. Bowman's trophy in the billiard tournament at the Parramatta School of Arts on Thursday evening. Mason's handicap was 10 behind, and Minnett 70 on…

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Education Reform. Training of Teachers. Opening of a Tasmanian College. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 10

A training college for State school teachers was opened this morning. Altogether 48 students attended. The Director of Education, Mr. W. L. Neale, was present at the opening,…

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Raid on a "Two-up" School. Pines Aggregate £774

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 8

The hearing of the adjourned cases arising out of the recent raid on a "two-up" school in Engine-street was continued yesterday at the Central Court, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M…

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Winter School for Farmers. at the Hawkesbury College

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 7

The success which attended a recent summer school for teachers connected with the Public Instruction Department, at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College has, no doubt, prompted…

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School Teachers' Conference

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 17

The twelfth annual conference in connection with the N.S.W. Teachers' Association was opened at the Sydney Town Hall on Wednesday morning by Mr. B. B. O'Conor, Minister…

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Practical School Agriculture

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 8

A wire from Bathurst says:—One by one the schools in the Bathurst district are beginning, to take up practical agriculture. The latest is the Bathurst…

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A Winter School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 6

The winter school to be held at the Hawkesbury College between June 19 and July 17 has some good features. It takes place at a time when farming operations are…

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School Rowing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 11

What may be considered the ghost of past regattas in connection with the Great Public Schools will be held on the Parramatta this afternoon. Time was when the G.P.S. regatta ranked among the very biggest aquatic…

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Public School Football. Rugby, [?]

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 11

The council of the P.S. A.A.A. having sent the report of the football sub-committee back for further consideration, the committee called in the aid of the schools' advisory board representatives, and the whole matter…

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Technical School, Erskineville

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 12

The Minister for Public Instruction has leased the premises at Erskincville known as Walters' boot factory, for the purpose of forming a boot-making school, and to give instruction in the…

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Raid on a "Two-cup" School. Further Fines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 13

Further evidence was taken at the Central Court in the cases wherein the four men--William Smith (21), groom, George Doherty (41), laborer, William Butcher (21), gardener, and William Smith (31), laborer…

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