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Schools, 1907

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Sydney School of Arts Chess Club

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 January 1907 · page 5

The 51st annual meeting of this old-established club was held at the club-rooms on Wednesday evening. The president, Mr. W. Briggs, occupied the chair, and there was a very satisfactory…

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Pathfinders of History Robert Raikes and the Public School

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 13 January 1907 · page 5

Among the Pathfinders of History Robert Raikes, the founder of the Sunday School, and, indirectly, of the Free Public School, deserves an honourable mention…

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Death of a School Girl

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 13 January 1907 · page 1

The school girl Eileen O'Connor. 7 years of age, who was knocked down by a tram in Crown-street on Friday afternoon, and had her left leg severed, died in the Sydney…

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Anglican Missionary Movement. the Summer School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 6

WENTWORTH FALLS Sunday.--The summer school was continued at Wentworth Falls on Saturday, the Archbishop (Dr. Saumarez Smith) presiding Canon Jones gave the dully Bible lesson, and delivered an…

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New Catholic' School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 9

At Kensington yesterday afternoon the new Shooll church of the Sacred Heart Fathers was : Messed by Cardinal Moran. The building has been erected on a site in…

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Summer School for Teachers. Conservation of Fodders. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 7

At the summer school of teachers at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College to-day "The Conservation of Fodders" was the title of an instructive lecture given by the principal[?] [?]n…

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The Summer School. the Hawkesbury Agricultural Farm. Chapter I.

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 4

"What is the good of a "Summer School anyway? You get a hundred school-teachers for three weeks, and you fill them full of facts about…

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Roman Catholic Schools. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 7

Dr. Bourne, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, appeals for £100.000 to execute immediate repairs to and extensions of Roman Catholic schools in…

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Agriculture for Boys. a Continuation School. Appointment of Principal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

Arrangements are now complete for the opening of the Agricultural Continuation School at Hur[?]stone College, and the Public Service Board have appointed Mr. Frank…

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New Appointment. Hurlstone Agricultural Continuation School Mr. M'mullen Appointed Principal

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 6

Mr. Frank M'Mullen, M,A. has been selected by the Public Service Board for the position of principal of the proposed-Hurlstone Agricultural Continuation. School…

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J0hnst0n-st. and Crystal-st Schools

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

Some time ago Mr. B. B. O'Conor, Minister for Education, accompanied by Mr. W. H. Mahony, M.L.A., visited the existing Superior Public School in Johnston-street,…

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Agricultural Continuation School. the Principal Appointed. Purposes of the Institution

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 10

Mr. Frank M'Mullen, M.A., of the Lindfield Public School, has boon appointed Principal of tho Agricultural Continuation School at Hurlstone…

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Rural Camp Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 132

Many inquiries are being made by teachers and parents as to the programme of the camp schools during 1907. It is generally expected that the work will be resumed…

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Teachers and Farming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 141

Conversation with some of the teachers now in Sydney for their holidays shows that their attention is being directed very keenly to farming. In the summer holiday schools…

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Music. Will the Teachers Disappear?

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 176

A correspondent wrote recently asking the "Mail's" opinion as to whether the increasing popularity of gramophones and piano-playing machines will destroy the present fashion of…

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Hawkesbury Summer School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 11

The Summer School students are still in residence, and have another lap to go, as they will not break up till the beginning of next week. Work is kept steadily in view, but on Saturday they had a half-holiday, which…

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School Improvements

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 11

Mr. B. B. O'Conor, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. W. H. Mahony, M.L.A., recently visited the Superior Public School in Annandale, with a view of deciding upon a number of permanent improvements. It was decided to…

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The Schools. the School Excursion

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 11

Recent comment has directed some attention to the control of schoolboys at camps, etc., and by a very easy transition the discussion among teachers has centred upon the amount of responsibility incurred by the teacher--…

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Domestic Economy Schools in England

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 10

LONDON, December 10.--After the exhibition of 1872, when the South Kensington School of Cookery was founded on the Exhibition grounds, Mr. Buckmaster started cookery lectures with…

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Church Missionary Association. Summer School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 10

WENTWORTH FALLS, Tuesday.--The summer school in connection with the New South Wales Church Missionary Association continues to be well attended. Yesterday Canon Jones…

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