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Schools, 1908

3,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 158

Our Schools Monte Sant Angelo, North Sydney

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 June 1908 · page 6

THIS school is situated on the heights of North Sydney, and for position is unrivalled, the views from the balconies being splendid. It stands within about…

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Public Schools' Competition

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 June 1908 · page 10

Gladstone Park (Balmain) S.P.S. b Darlingroad (Rozelle) 3 goals to nil at Birchgrove Park. Goal-kickers were : J. McDonald, C. MeFarlane, and C. Casey. This is the end of the first round…

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School Football

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 14 June 1908 · page 14

In the Rugby competition being run by the scholars of Kogarals Public School, Waratah deleted Triers by 6 points to 3. Jarvis scored two tries for the winners and Goodwin one for the losers. Shamrock and…

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Combined Schools v. UNIVERSITY

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 14 June 1908 · page 14

To be played at the University Oval on Wednesday next Combined Schools First Fifteen,-- Quinn (St. Jos.), Goodall (N.C.), B. Pockley (S.C.E.Q.S.), Lamrock…

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Granville Association Barlow School Competition

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 14 June 1908 · page 3

Carlingford beat Granville South by 1 goal to nil. Granville North beat Parramatta South by 2 goals to nil…

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Public School Competition

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 14 June 1908 · page 3

Gladstone Park (Balmain) Superior Public School v Darling-road (Rozelle).--Played at Birchgrove Park, and won by Balmain by 3 goals to nil. The goal-kickers…

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Red, Red! Socialist Sunday-school. Opened Yesterday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 7

Winston Hall was a blaze of red yesterday, when the Socialist Sunday-school was inaugurated. The walls were festooned with red flags and red bunting, red draperies…

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School Inspectors Salaries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 6

The necessity for appointing a new public school inspector having again drawn attention to the anomaly whereby a teacher can be promoted to inspector at a loss in salary, the…

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Church of England Grammar School Concert

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 10

The annual entertainment given by the Church of England Grammar School attracted a large audience to the North Sydney School of Arts on Friday evening, and under the direction of…

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The Drama in London. Australia a Better School. Mr. G. S. Titheradge Interviewed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 8

Frankly delighted to be in Sydney once again, amongst so many friends--whose pleasure at the opportunity of offering him welcome is just as keen as his own--Mr. George Titheradge landed…

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"Jekyll and Hyde." in Real Life. Sunday School Teacher and Burglar. Sent to Gaol for 12 Years

Evening News · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Monday Evening.—John Frederick Spencer, a draper at Leicester, and a former Sunday-school teacher, has been sentenced to 12 years' penal servitude upon five…

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Education. Public School Teachers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 10

The council held its monthly meeting on Friday evening. The chief business was the discussion of the position of the schools during the visit of the American fleet and the…

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Did Not Scream Loudly. Might Have Injured Her Voice. a Music Teacher Assaulted

Evening News · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 5

In the summons division of the Water Police Court this morning, Madeline O'Loughlin proceeded against William Stuart on an information charging him with assaulting her. The…

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Large School of Fish. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 8

Large quantities of school fish are now making their way north. These include kingfish, salmon, tailer, yellowtail, and mackered, followed by the barracouta. On Friday the…

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Schools' Entertainment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 10

The circular of the Department of Public Instruction to its schools with reference to the attendance of school children during school hours at various entertainments…

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Summer Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 10

At a meeting of one of the country associations of teachers, whilst recognising the great advantages of summer schools, it was proposed that teachers object to summer…

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Inspectors of Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 10

The Department of Public Instruction, having the need for additional inspectors of schools, has appointed Mr. G. T. Cotterill, headmaster of Paddington S.P.S., to one of the…

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School Holidays and the American Fleet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 10

The council of the Teachers' Association decided, in view of the national importance of the visit of the American fleet and the fact that during its stay in Sydney the schools…

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Our Schools

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 4

(We have arranged to publish each Tuesday special notes under the above heading. It will assist as and add to the interest of the column if teachers and responsible scholars will forward notes of…

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Schoolmaster's Misfortune

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 8

PENRITH, Monday: -- Mr. A. J. Owens, head master of Cranebrook Public School, who was assisting at a bonfire that formed part, of the school's Empire Day celebrations, fell down…

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