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Schools, 1908

3,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 158

North Newtown School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 7

Mention has been made of the unsatisfactory condition of matters in connection with the North Newtown Public School. The Under Secretary for Education, Mr. Board, had the…

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Danish Dairy Schools

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 9

The dairy schools in Denmark work under a similar system as do the schools in Germany. Sweden and other dairy countries. The plan of…

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School of Arts. Germanton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 11

At a special general meeting of members of the School of Arts the constitution, rules, regulations, and bylaws, recently revised, were adopted. Messrs. T. Barnett and H. Floyd…

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School for Arncliffe West

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

Representatives of the Rockdale Municipal Council and the Arn[?]liffe Progress Association interviewed the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday, in support of a request…

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Eastern Suburbs Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 10

The fourth annual carnival of the 20 Public schools in the eastern suburbs will take place this afternoon at Bondi baths. Each school will be represented by schools races which will be followed by age champion…

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Glebe Superior Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 10

The annual carnival of the above club will take place to-night at the Drummoyne baths…

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Holocaust in Ohio. School in Flames. Only One Exit. Blocked with Writhing Bodies. Hundreds Incinerated. [?]Adequate Fire Appliances. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7

'A terrible calamity has occurred at Cleveland, Ohio. The Lake View Common School, attended by 360 children, ranging in age from 5 to 14, was burnt to the…

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New South Wales Schools Liability to Fire Very Remote

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 1

Mr. Peter Board, the Under-Secretary for Public Instruction, was seen by a "Star" reporter this morning and questioned on the subject of the schools in New South Wales…

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Dreadful Disaster a School in Flames Another American Holocaust 178 Persons Perish Nearly All Child[?] London, Thursday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 1

Upwards of 160 children burned or crushed Art death or other wise killed, and scores of Others dreadfully injured -- this was the appalling result of yesterday's terrible calamity…

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Some Previous School Fires

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 1

Disasters of this sort, though happily of carer occurrence than those of which theatres and other places of entertainment have been the scene, have been frequent enough…

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Country Teachers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 3

Sir.--It is astonishing the unrest and dissatisfaction which exist in the ranks of the teaching profession And from, various causes. That £60,000 was not an unmixed pleasure. In the first place, it was distinctly…

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Fires. Public School Totally Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 8

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--At an [?] hour this morning the public school at Elialong was totally destroyed by fire. The cause of the outbreak is unknown…

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Fire and Panic. As American School Horror. Stampede of Young Children. Terrible Loss of Life. Mad Rushes for the Exits. Agonising Scenes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--A terrible tragedy occurred yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., as the result of an outbreak of fire in the Lake View Common School in that…

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Teachers and School Apparatus. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 17

Sir,--Your sympathetic leader in to-day's issue on the subject of school apparatus will receive the thanks of thousands of harassed teachers. We teachers have no objection to the parents helping on much as they wish,…

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From School to Stage

The World's News · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 2

Miss Dorothy Dix, the young actress who is appearing in Mr. Lewis Waller's new Indian drama as Nat-u-ritch, the Indian wife, received her entire stage education at the Guildhall…

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Australia's Captain. the Noble Testimonial. School Boys Join In

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 13

A beneat match has been decided upon. As to what it will be, remains to be seen. It will probably be Australian XI. v Rest of Australia…

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The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices of tho Council of the Sunday School Department. The Conference Gatherings

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

The pronounced success of the several Sunday school, demonstrations Thursday, 27th February, has shown the wisdom of holding these sectional gatherings. No doubt a huge assemblage of thousands of…

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Conference Public Meetings Sunday School Demonstrations

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 8

A certain blind preacher once declared that though he had never seen the "human face divine." yet judging from the ceaseless murmur of discontent that he heard, it must wear an expression of sadness…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, March 8th, 1908. Jesus the Bread of Life. John 6:22-51

The Methodist · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

Golden Text.—Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of Life.—John 6:35. I.—Introduction. After the miracle of feeding the 5000, Jesus sent…

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Kogarah School Carnieal

The St George Call · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 5

There was a splendid attendance at the 12th annual Carnival at Sans Souci on Saturday, when some excellent sport was witnessed…

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