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Schools, 1908

3,153 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 158

The Schools. Male and Female Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 14

Someone once referred to the universal power wielded by the rocker of cardies, but of late years the creche, the kindergarten, and the primary school have so completely usurped the function of cradle-rocker, that the…

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Shot Through a Door. Pupil Teacher's Peril

Evening News · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 3

A case of attempted murder has occurred at Edendale, in Southland, New Zealand, where a half-caste Australian aboriginal named Stott shot a girl named Brown, employed as a pupil…

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Date of the Schools' Demonstration

Evening News · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 8

The bitch which has occurred in connection with the proposal to hold the public' schools' annual carnival during the visit of the American Fleet, and to bring the Michaelmas…

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The Schools. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 12

The settlers and station people around Torrowangee, Eur[?]ow[?]e, and surrounding portions of the Barrier district are agitating for the establishment of a travelling Public…

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Agricultural Education. a King's School Protect

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 7

An interesting portion of the annual report presented by Rev. P. S. Waddy, headmaster of The King's School, Parramatta announces an important departure from the usual routine of…

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Farmers' Winter School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 7

RICHMOND. Tuesday,--The proceedings of the third annual winter school for farmers at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College were opened to-night by the principal. On behalf of…

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Assistant Teachers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 14

In Friday's issue the secretary of the Assistants Association wrote correcting two alleged mis-statements in last week's "Schools," although the paragraph in question was written on information supplied by the…

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Health of School Children

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 14

One of the most sensible of recent developments of education is the care now devoted to the body of the child. Health and physique were too often a matter of chance in the past, but the modern teacher who neglected…

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Public Schools' Football

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 14

For some time past it has been the practice of the football, committee, as the season draws to a close, to divide the schools into four districts, and play inter district matches. There has always been keep compe…

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Sydney C.e. Grammar School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 14

The quarterly magazine ("The Torch") of the North Shore Grammar School contains portraits of the crew that brought home the tile "Head of the River," and a portrait of the first fifteen--the leading team in the…

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Great Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 14

The match against the University last week was rather a disappointment to the supporters of the Schools, especially after the encouraging showing of the first few minutes. Towards the end they went to pieces against…

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Compulsory Attendance in Public Schools. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 12

Sir,—-It is a disgrace to the mother State, which prices itself on its education system, to think that, judging by this year's inspectors reports, from 26 to 33 children out of every 100 are absent from school each day…

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Public Schools' Demonstration. Practical Deadlock

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 10

The position in connection with the public schools demonstration remains in a most unsatisfactory state. The teachers, who are responsible, emphatically state that they cannot…

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The Game of Hockey-- School Girls at Play

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 28

An excellent sport is hockey, and there are many in Sydney who know its value. Several clubs have been formed, and, furthermore, girls attending the Fort-street…

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Among the Players. No. Xx. Miss Beatrice Day. a Clever Leading Lady. The School of Observation. Some South African Experiences

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 27

"The second part is the touchstone of a player's success." This opinion, although penned many, many ' years ago, in regard to one of the greatest…

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Studied of Schoolboys

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 16

"The Human Boy Again," by Eden Phillpotts, London, Chapman and Hall, Limited (sole agents for tho colonies, Hodder and Stoughton); Sydney, Angus and Robertson…

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St. John's School, Kent-street. Annual Meeting. a Splendid Charity

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 13

The annual meeting of St. John's School. Kent-street, was held there yesterday afternoon. There was a good attendance of sympathisers of this excellent work. His…

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St. John's School, Kent-street. Annual Meeting

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 24

The Right Rev. Monsignor O'Haran, in the unavoidable absence of his Eminence the Cardinal, presided at the annual meeting of the friends of St. John's School, Kent-street…

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An Industrial School Playground. Successful Appeal Against Assessment at Manly

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 17

An important decision was given by Mr. A. N. Barnett, S.M., at the Water Police Court on Tuesday last regarding the liability of charitable institutions under the…

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The American Programme Suggested Race Meeting. Display by School Children

Evening News · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 6

Among members of the sporting community it is felt that the demonstration in honor of the American Fleet would be incomplete without a race meeting. A great difficulty, however, at…

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