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Schools, 1908

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Rhodes Scholars Colonial Candidates' Success

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 7

The trustees of the Rhodos Scholarship Fund have adopted a wise course in publishing annually for general information a report on the operation of the Trust and the…

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General Notes. School Teachers' Summer School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 9

One [?] state school teachers will go into residence at the Hawkesbury College to-morrow with the object of improving their acquaintance with scientific agriculture. They will constitute…

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State School Teachers. and Roman Catholic Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Some weeks ago the Premier called upon the Teachers and Schools' Registration Board for a report on a memorandum submitted by Archbishop Carr…

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New South Wales Teachers. Visit to New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.), Dec. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 8

The party of school teachers who are on a visit to this Dominion tame over by the Wimmera. On Tuesday they were officially welcomed at the offices of the Wellington…

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Rifle Ranges for the Schools

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 3

The Department of Public Instruction are at present busily engaged in considering the novel suggestion recently put forward that a miniature rifle range be installed at every…

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Our School System. a Frenchwoman's Opinion

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 5

"You leave something for the child to do for itself. We place everything too much in line for him. There is a great amount of individuality in your young people which should be very…

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Teachers' Salaries. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 8

Sir,--In your [?] Conference you state that two members of the Government and the Director of Education so obviously attended prepared for criticism that they must have…

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Summer Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 10

The usual summer schools for teachers, with the addition of music and manual work, are in operation during present vacation. The most important is the three weeks attendance at Hawkesbory Agricultural College…

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Assistant Teachers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 10

Representatives to the general council of the Public School Teachers Association were nominated by the assistant teachers, but there was evidently some misunderstanding, as two whose names appeared on the ballot…

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The Schools.. New Zealand Cricket Tour

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 10

The New, South Wales, teachers' cricket team now touring New Zealand had a very pleasant trip across the Tasmun Sea. For two days the water was as calm as a Manly trip, and although the imagination of one or two…

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Harbor Excursion for Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 10

On Saturday, the 4th inst., the country delegates, with their wires, to the recent teachers conference, will be the guests of the Sydney Ferries Co., who have invited them to take a round-the-harbor trip in the Kookaburra,…

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Ashfield Superior Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 10

The annual speech day and distribution of prizes in connection with the Ashfield Superior Public School took place on Friday week. Funds from the Parents' Association had provided a beautiful Christmas tree…

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Rhodes Scholars Colonial Candidates' Success

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 6

The trustees of the Rhodes Scholarship Fund have adopted a wise course in publishing annually for general information a report on the operation of the Trust and the…

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Miss Nellie M'donnell S Bright Pupils

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 29

Miss Hilda Hadley, daughter of Mr. Hadley, of "Mona Vale," Percival-road, Stanmore,' has distinguished herself by gaining the Teachers Diploma of the London College…

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Queensland Schools. Breaking-up Entertainments. Charters Towers Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 22

No greater compliment could be paid the Christian Brothers than the immense audience that assembled at the Theatre Royal, on the 12th ult., to witness the concert…

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Prize Days in the Schools Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 11

The people of Lewisham look forward yearly to an entertainment of a high order at the annual distribution of prizes by the Christian Brothers' High School. Seldom are they disappointed, but…

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The "Poor Clare's High School."

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 11

Before dispersing for their Christmas holidays the pupils attending Our Lady's High School, Waverley, gave their parents and friends n most delightful afternoon's entertainment in the shape of…

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Christian Brothers' School. Balmain East

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 11

Each year the pupils of the Christian Brothers' School, St. Augustine's, Balmain East, achieve new triumphs at the entertainments connected with the distribution of prizes. On Wednesday week the…

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Lavender Bay School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 11

St. Francis Xavier's Catholic Primary School held their break-up on Wednesday evening last. The Rev. Father Gately, S.J., presided, and distributed a handsome…

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Diocese of Goulburn Prize Examinations in the Catholic Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 28

The annual competitive examination of the Catholic school children of the fifth, fourth, and third classes in the Diocese of Goulburn was held on the 28th and 29th…

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