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Schools, 1908

3,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 158

Scripture in State Schools. Victorian Suggestion

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Bent to-day received a letter from a country resident suggesting that the best way out of the "Scripture in State schools difficulty was to have the Ten…

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Attendance at Public Schools. Results of Supervision. Private and Denominational Establishments

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 10

The Minister for Public Instruction has received a report from the department's principal attendance officer staling that as a result. of the appointment of five school attendance officers in…

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Evening Public School Teachers' Association. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 14

Sir,--The members of the abovenamed association were very much astonished to read remarks in "The Daily Telegraph" on their movement as a separate body. Your representative forgot to mention that we were…

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Prize Competition for Boys and Girls at School. Pounds for Pennies

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

Competitors, boy or girl, in any school, may compete for prizes in this column on historical or other educational subjects as submitted…

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Religions Instruction. in Public Schools. Examination Results

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 10

The board of examiners, Church of England Synod committee, have presented an interim report of their work during tie past year, to which, they append the names of those…

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School for Nursemaids

The World's News · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 17

A school for nursemaids is being started in Brussels. It is hoped to recruit the nurses largely from the orphan asylums. The young nurses will practise on the children of a creche,…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, January 12th, 19O8. Jesus and John the Baptist. —John i., 25-34

The Methodist · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

Golden Text.—John 1:29: "Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." I.—A GREAT PERSONALITY. John was "a man sent from God." He was under…

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The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. Thanks

The Methodist · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 4

The Treasurer of the Sunday-school Department desires to thank the following donors of Bannerettes for Sunday-school examination distinction. Mr. E. Basham, 30/-; Rev. C. T. Newman, 30/; Messrs. J…

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Schoolboy Howlers

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

In a recent number of "Past and Present," a journal for pupils of Friends' Schools, there is a long and "absolutely genuine" collection at "howlers." Here are a few specimens:--…

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Health Matters Up-to-date Ideas "To wilful men the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.--SHAKESPEARE. When the Nose Bleeds

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

When the nose is bleeding never hold it over a basin, or hold the hand down in any way. This only causes a further rush of blood to the broken tissues in the nose. The head should be held up and back, the…

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Scholars' Remarkable Records

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1908 · page 12

At the recent distribution of prizes in connection with the Hoxton Park Public School (N.S. Wales), the report presented by the principal, Mr. A. D. Southwell, showed that Doria May…

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"The Marseillaise" at Sunday School

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1908 · page 12

At Mr. Tom Mann's Socialistic Sunday-school at Broken Hill the children were made to sing "The Bed Flag." The red flag was saluted, and the proceedings…

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New Publie Works. Tenders Accepted. More School Improvements

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 3

Tenders were this morning accepted for the following public works:- Construction of a new rifle range at Cooma, R. Hood, Auburn, £193…

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Country News. School of Arts. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 5

The half-yearly report of tne committee of the Mechanics' Institute states that at the close of 1907 there were 196 financial members, and the total number of books in the library…

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Infant Socialists. at the Melbourne Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 7

During a recent visit to Melbourne, Mrs. Molyneux Parkes attended the Socialist Sunday School held by Mr. Tom Mann, and in the last issue of the Monthly Record of the…

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School Shows

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 4

DURING the proceedings of the recent Public School Teachers' Conference in Sydney a member made some remarks, which elicited the sympathy of many of his…

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Teachers at Cricket. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 8

The New South Wales teachers played the last match of the tour, at Rotorua, defeating the local team by 159 runs. The scores were: —New South Wales, first innings, 93; second…

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New Use for a Gaol. a Technical School. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 7

When in Cooma recently the Premier, Mr. Wade, was approached about granting a portion of the large gaol buildings, formerly used as a lands office, for use in connection with…

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Schoolboys From India

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 6

One recent result of Dr. Arthur's letters in the Anglo-Indian press has been a number of inquiries from parents who are willing to send their, sons to Australia to he educated. One…

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Teachers' Summer School at the Hawkesbury College

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 37

If there is one subject more than another on which the Government of New South Wales may be congratulated, it is the determined effort to inculcate and extend a…

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