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Schools, 1908

3,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 158

Education. Teachers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 12

The council held its monthly meeting on Friday, at the Public Servive rooms. The chief business was the report of the deputation to the Minister for Education on…

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School of Arts. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 7

A mock banquet, arranged by the committee of the Parliamentary Debating Club, recently established in connection with the School of Arts, was held on Thursday…

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Public Schools and Fire Risks

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 649

For such a disaster as that reported from Ohio to occur in New South Wales is practically impossible. The modern school in New South Wales is practically fireproof. Even in…

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Unclassified Teachers' Increases

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 689

Unclassified teachers under the new scheme of salaries have received an increase from £72 to £84 in the first year, and £96 in the second. After one year's satisfactory service…

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Swimming. To-night. Palace Emporium Carnival. Cleveland-street School Carnival. SATURDAY. Public Schools A.A.A. Carnival. Fort-street Carnival

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 2

The school from which so many of our champions have sprung was favored with glorious weather for the carnival, which was held at Rushcutter Bay Baths on…

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School Tragedy Boy Found Shot in a Bedroom

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

An inquest was held on January 25 at Rainton Grove, Houghton, the residence of Mr. V. T. Thompson, J.P., shipowner, on the body [?] Alwyn Thompson, aged fifteen, who was…

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Evening Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 14

Salaries of evening school teachers being fixed at an annual rate, the Public Service Board has approved of salary being paid for January to all such teachers whose employment in evening schools is carried forward from…

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Ravenswood School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 7

On Saturday afternoon Miss M. Fidler entertained a large number of parents of scholars and friends in the grounds of "Ravenswood," Gordon, on the occasion of the opening of additions to the school buildings. The…

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Sub-metropolitan Association of Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 14

The Hornsby section of the Sub-Metropolitan Association of Teachers held its annual meeting on Friday at Hornsby. The president, Senior-Inspector Lobban, occupied the chair, and in addition to a large number of…

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Associations of Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 14

There is a distinction between the "Teachers' Association" and the "Association of Teachers." The Teachers' Association has been in existence for many years, and is the watchman on the tower of teachers' rights and…

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The Schools. Good News for Ex-students

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 14

Several letters have been published recently complaining that ex-students were not paid at the usual rates for the month of January. The matter was thoroughly ventilated, and the department has reconsidered the position,…

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Public School Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 14

Crown-street beat St. Leonards by an innings and 30 runs. Jenkins made 21 not out. while Fox for Crown-street took two wickets for 10 and six for 7, and Jenkins took four for 9 and four for 7. and…

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Great Public Schools Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 14

North Shore came along with another big total last week, this time, at the expense of King's School. There doesn't seem any doubt that the S.C.E.G.S. still has a hot lot when they get going, but it looks as if they…

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Southern Section Teachers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 14

The first annual general meeting of the above was held in the Girls' High School on Wednesday 26th ult. The annual report and balance-sheet were read, showing an enrolment of 285 members, and a credit balance of…

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Kurri Infants' School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 8

Our Kurri Kurri correspondent telegraphs that at a meeting of the local progress committee on Monday night the question of the conditions under which the infants' school is conducted…

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Fire in a School. Big Death Roll

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 56

Our London correspondent cabled on March 5: -- A terrible calamity has occurred at Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. The Lake View Common School, attended by 360 children,…

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Physical Culture in Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 30

The administration of physical culture in schools has proved to be a thorough success and its effect upon the brains as wall as the physiques of scholars is in every way…

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A School in Flames. Appalling Fire in America

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 34

The dreadful loss of life by the fire at a school in Cleveland, Ohio, in which the majority of the 360 children were burnt to death, is an instance of the calamitous lack…

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St. Mary's High School

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 19

Last year St. Mary's High School considerably enhanced its distinguished position amongst the educational establishments of the State by its remarkable success in the more…

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Cleveland-street Superior Public School. Annual Gala

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 10

The thirteenth annual aquatic gala of the Cleveland-street Superior Public School was held yesterday, at the Drummoyne baths. There was a lengthy programme, which was carried out successfuly…

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