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Schools, 1908

3,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 158

Third Grade. High School v. NEWINGTON

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 3

High School met Newington on Newington College grounds. The game was a very slow one, being mainly confined to the forwards. The High School pack was much faster than…

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School of Arts for Mosman

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 4

The Mosman Progress Association are moving in the matter of the establishment of a School of Arts in that suburb, and have written to the local council asking the aldermen to inaugurate a a public movement, as the…

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Gardener's Road School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 4

At the last meeting of the North Botany Council, a report was read from the assistant medical officer of health of the metropolitan combined sanitary districts, on the sanitary conveniences of the Gardener's-road…

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Slaves of the Cow. the Child in the Country. Farm Labor and School Attendance

Evening News · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 8

According to reports of the Public Instruction Department inspectors, the 'difficulty experienced in country districts in maintaining the attendance is due to the…

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Scarlet Fever at Sofala. Public School Closed. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 11

On account of an outbreak of sca[?]let fever, the Public school at Sofala has been closed. It was stated at the shire council meeting yesterday that there were 16 cases. The first…

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Schools' Display

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 7

Mr. P, Board, Director of Education, has issued the following memorandum to teach[?] ers:- In view of the visit of the American fleet to…

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Great Public Schools' Premiership. Sydney Church of England Grammar School v St. Joseph's College

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 11

This match was played on Wednesday at North Sydney, and after a very fast and exciting game resulted in a win for S.C.E.G.S. by 13 to 3. For St. Joseph's the most conspicuous were…

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Enlarging a School

The Australian Star · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 1

Three buildings adjacent to the Glebe Superior Public School have been resumed, In order to extend the school area. The new buildings will be a boon, inasmuch as for…

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The Fluctuating Surplus How It Was Bolstered Up Remarkable Instance From Lithgow Dilapidated Country Schools

The Australian Star · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 1

Mr. Waddell, the Treasurer, has announced the estimated surplus, at £1,500,000; Mr. Carruthers ex-Treasurer and Premier, announced it in London as £2,000,000; whilst…

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School Wanted at Bellevue Hill

The Australian Star · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 7

Colonel Onslow, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from the Waverley and Woollahra Councils to the Minister of Public Instruction (Mr. Hogue) yesterday for the purpose of…

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Decreasing School Attendance. Legislative Action Required. "Child Slavery."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 8

The Department of Public Instruction yesterday published the reports of various inspectors, which show in a most pointed way that the unsatisfactory state of school attendance referred…

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School for Bellevue-hill. Representations to the Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 4

A number of aldermen from the Waverley and Woollahra Municipal Councils, including Ald. Latimer, M.L.A., waited upon the minister for Public Instruction yesterday, to urge that a public school be established at…

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Pupils' Concert

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 14

The pupils of Mrs. M. Golding gave a very creditable performance at the Standard Theatre last evening in the presence of a large attendance. The dancing and song actions…

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Mrs. Perrins' Pupils Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 14

On Thursday, June 18, the pupils of Mrs. Perrins will give a recital of elocution and music at St. James' Hall. The assisting artists will be Miss Josie Miles and Mr. Chas. Rolfe. Cards are available at Paling's…

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The Nepean Times. Saturday, June 6, 1908. Penrith Public School

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

At different times during the past decade have efforts, rather spasmodic in their nature, been made to induce the Government to remove the…

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Schoolgirl Bride

The Arrow · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 8

AMERICAN society is highly amused over a little romance of a juvenile secret wedding which took place in New York last month. The heroine is a…

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Smokers Beware. Pupil Teacher's Penalty

Evening News · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 14

The small town of Cannock in Staffordshire, England, was at latest mail dates talking of little else than the manner in which Herbert William Jellyman, aged 18, a pupil teacher, was…

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An Irish Type. the Old School

Evening News · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 11

In the death of County Court Judge Adams (says the Dublin correspondent of a London paper), there has just passed away a type of the Irishman who is dying out, or, perhaps…

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The Bush Schoolmaster

Evening News · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 13

Is the bush schoolmaster of the type New South Wales has been familiar with for a century on the verge of passing, away? High educational authorities say he is. They have…

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School "Howlers."

The World's News · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

Some amusing extracts from essays written by school-children were quoted at the annual meeting of the Dover branch of the Royal Society for 'Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,…

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