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Schools, 1908

3,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 158

The Schools. "Go West, Young Man, Go West!"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 12

"What should they know of New South Wales, who only Sydney know?" Very little, according to the Chief Inspector of School, who has apparently assumed the mantle of Horace Greeley, and preaches the Gospel…

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School Apparatus

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 12

The Department of Public Instruction recently stated that the department supplied all necessary apparatus. Upon this a teacher suggests the apparatus considered necessary by various inspectors. Like Silas Wegg he…

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Public School Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 12

The only match in the second senior grade that can affect the competition is a postponed match between Forest Lodge and Parramatta South. The match was begun some time ago, and one day's play gave…

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S.g.s. V. Combined Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 12

This afternoon, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Grammar School will play thirteen boys picked from the public schools. The last match was played on a mud puddle at the Sports Ground during the prolonged test…

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Great Public Schools' Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 12

Sydney Grammar School has come into its own again, and for the tenth time in fifteen years has carried off the cricket premiership of the Great Public Schools. Way back in 1893, they tied with Newington and St. Joseph's…

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Teachers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 12

The council of the Teachers' Association met on Friday, but nothing of any consequence was done. A proposal to ask the department to create a "Board of Appointments" was referred to the next conference, in…

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First Aid and Stretcher Drill. Grand Displays by Marist Brothers' Pupils

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 23

A novel feature in connection with the St. Patrick's Day spores was the display given by the pupils of the First Aid Class of the Marist Brothers' School, Church-hill…

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New Boys' School at Mt. Carmel, Waterloo

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 28

The new boys' school recently erected at Mt. Carmel, at a cost of £1200, will be blessed and opened on Sunday, April 5, at 3 o'clock by his Eminence Cardinal Moran…

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Opening of New Schools at Villa Maria

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 28

The new schools, to replace the ones destroyed by fire last year, at Villa Maria, Hunter's Hill, will be opened on Sunday afternoon next at 3.15. His Eminence the…

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In the Armidale Diocese. Notes and News. New School for Tamworth

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 26

The Bishop came to Tamworth by the 9 p.m. train from Armidale on Wednesday, the 18th inst., and returned to Armidale by the morning train on Friday, the 20th…

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The Sacrosanct Schools Act

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 21

No law ever imposed quite so much upon credulity of a people as Sir Henry Parkes Public Schools Act. That measure was passed an the Undertaking that it was so be…

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New School at Tempe

Evening News · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 8

Mr. Hogue, Minister of Public Instruction, officially opened the completed portion of the Tempe Public School on Wednesday, in the presence the Mayors and aldermen of St Peters…

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Sydney Grammar School v Combined Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 10

A match was yesterday played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, No. 2, between the Sydney Grammar School and [?] team of 12, representing combined Public schools, which resulted in an easy win for the former,…

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North Sydney School of Arts

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 6

At the last meeting of the North Sydney School of Arts it was reported that there were a good many outstanding subscriptions, and it was resolved to take prompt…

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Tempe Public School. Official Opening Ceremony

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 11

The ceremony of officially opening the completed portion of the Tempe Public School was performed yesterday afternoon by Mr. J. A. Hogue (Minister for Education) in the presence of a large gathering, including the member…

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Wallsend School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 4

Representations were made to the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday by a deputation from Wallsend with regard to the necessity for improvements to the infants' school at Wallsend. What was desired, it was stated,…

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Public Schools Immune From Fire Risk

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1908 · page 6

Mr. Hogue, Minister for Education, speaking at the opening of the Tempe Public School yesterday, said that no doubt they had all read of the frightful calamity that recently took place in…

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Cirlie's School Frock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 11

Girlie probably only has thin summer frocks, and the sudden cool days, now frequently coming, are even more dangerous whilst her blood is…

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A School of Fancy Work

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 11

As I hurry from shop to shop buying for my friends in the country I cannot help thinking of the treat in store for those whose Rood fortune it…

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Billiards. Hornsby School of Arts Tournament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 10

The following are the handicaps of the billiards tournament to be held in conjunction with the ab[?] institution:—L. M'Donnell (owes 100). E. Sav[?] (owes 90), P. C. Law) (owes 80). A. Marshall [?]…

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