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Schools, 1906

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Rugby Football. Great Public Schools Competition. First Grade

The Australian Star · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 7

St. Joseph's College defeated Sydney Grammar School, at Hunter's Hill yesterday, by 5 points to nil. The Second Grade match between St…

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Camperdown Public School

The Australian Star · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 7

The celebration of Empire Day was carried out at the Camperdown Superior Public School yesterday, 24th inst., when the pupils were treated to a feast by a committee of…

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Chief Secretary and the Glebe Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 8

Mr. J. A. Hogue (Chief Secretary), the Mayor (Alderman P. C. Lucas), Dr. Clouston, and several of the aldermen made up a party to visit each of the Globe schools and take part in the…

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Amongst the Children. the School Celebrations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 8

"If ever a higher sense of public duty is to take possession of the nation," said the Earl of Meath, one of the promoters of the Empire Day movement, "it will be through the…

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Ragged School Demonstration. Address by the Chief Secretary

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 8

Mr. Hogue (Chief secretary), Rev. Dr. Clouston, Rev. W. A. Charlton, and Rev. J. Buchan, Mayor Lucas, of the Glebe, and several of the local aldermen, made up a party and visited…

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Northern Suburbs Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 8

At St. Leonards Superior Public School every effort was made to meet the adverse circumstances. In the girls' schoolroom the senior scholars assembled, sang their patriotic songs…

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Imperial Parliament. Nonconformists Astonished. a Ministerial Faux Pas. Cutting the Schools Adrift

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday. -- The debate on the Education Bill was resumed in Committee in the House of Commons yesterday. The Nonconformists were thunderstruck…

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The Governor at the Schools. What Liberty Means. Unfurling an Empire Flag

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 7

Sir Harry Rawson, the State Governor, spent a busy morning. Starling at 10 o'clock, he addressed the children at the Woollahra Public School; at 11 he was at Cleveland-street…

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The Sunday Sihool [This page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department.] Scholars' and Teachers' Examination

The Methodist · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

Copies of the syllabus for the next annual examinations, to be held on 31st August and 7th September next, have been posted to the superintendents of every Methodist Sunday-school in New South Wales…

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Mr. Frank E. Down's Pupils' Recital

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 12

An introductory recital will be given at Paling's on Tuesday, June 5, by Mr. Frank E, Down, when four of his pupils, Misses Harker and Middenway, and Messrs. Starkey and Brand…

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Psychology, for Sunday School Teachers. X. Reasoning

The Methodist · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

We have considered the aim of education, and have inquired into matters such as interest, imagination, apperception, etc., which may serve us now to inquire into the mind's methods of approaching any and all…

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Irish Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 8

Mr. T. M. Healy asked the Chief Secretary whether ho is aware that the system of quarterly payments cantos much inconvenience, to many national school teachers in Ireland…

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The Discovery of Australia. Proposed Ter-centenary Celebration. Competition for School Children

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 31

The historical facts attending the discovery of Australia are too little known, and it is therefore the duty of all who wish to spread knowledge on the subject to aid in the good…

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The Lismore Diocese. a Progressive Province. New Church-school at Mullumbimby

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 36

The foundation block of a new church and school for tho picturesque town of Mullumoimby, in the Lismore diocese, was laid with impressive ceremony on Sunday, 13th inst…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, June 3, 19O6. Golden TEXT.—"Great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt."—Matt. 15:28. The Gentile Woman's Faith. Mark 7: 24-30. I.—the Retirement of Jesus

The Methodist · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

To learn the reason of Christ's retirement into the borders of "Tyre and Sidon," and then into a house where he hoped no one would find him, the whole of this chapter should be carefully read. It will be seen…

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Empire Day Among the Schools

The St George Call · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

ARNCLIFFE was favoured with the presence of two of the members of the School Board, Aid. J. G. Farleigh and Mrs. Monahan. About 200 of the senior…

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Sandringham Public School

The St George Call · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 1

The pretty little school in the southeastern corner of our district, known to many who use the Rocky Point Road en route to Sans Sonci, forms the subject of…

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A Schoolboy. Badly Burned

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 11

About 1 o'clock yesterday a little fellow five years and a half old, who resides with his parents at 4 Rutland-street, Redfern, and goes to school, was sitting in a chair rocking…

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Sporting. Rugby Football. Public Schools' Competition

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 7

In the Second Senior Grade Newtown A played Parramatta South at St. Luke's Park yesterday, and the game resulted in a win for Newtown by 22 points to nil. Tries were…

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Australian Football. Catholic Primary Schools

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 7

St. Vincent (Redfern) played a scratch match with St. Thomas' (Lewisham) at Redfern this morning. Scores: St. Vincent, 68 points; St. Thomas, 34 points, Goal-kickers…

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