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Schools, 1909

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Supplementary Readers for State Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 3

The contract for some £4000 worth of supplementary readers for the schools of New South Wales requires that the books shall be delivered by May of the present year. The…

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Richmond Rural Camp School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 3

This camp for city boys commences to-morrow, the first session lasting a week. A week's interval will then elapse before the second session is held, while a like interval…

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Schools of Arts. Portland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 10

The official opening of the new school of arts building was performed on Saturday afternoon by Dr. A. Schiedel, managing director of the Commonwealth Portland…

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School Children's Physical Training. a Queensland Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 6

It is one of the aims of the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to secure provision for physical training for all children in the various schools throughout the…

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Our Schools

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

At Work and at Play. We have arranged to publish each Tuesday special sports under the above heading. It will assist us and add to the interest of the column if teachers and responsible scholars will forward notes of thing worth noting. Communications about as addressed to the Editor, and marked "Round the School"…

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School Teacher Injured

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 6

Miss Gertrude Fletcher, aged 36 years, a teacher at the Camdenville Public School Newtown, was alighting from a tram in King-street, Newtown, this morning, when a…

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School Teacher's Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 10

Gertrude Fletcher (36), a teacher at Camdonville public school, Newtown, was alighting from a tram, in King-street, Newtown, at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and was knocked…

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Great Public Schools' Cricket. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 10

Canterbury defeated Otago at cricket by 245 runs…

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Training School Children. a Queensland Scheme

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 5

It is one of the aims of the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to secure provision for physical training for all children in the various schools throughout the Commonwealth. "We…

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Catholic Schools and Education

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 10

TAMWORTH, Tuesday.--On Sunday the foundation-stone of the new girls' school, in connection with St. Nicholas's Church, was laid by Right Rev. Dr. O'Connor, before a large…

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Good for the Teachers. New Bill in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 10

MELBOURNE. Tuesday.--The Teachers Bill Just circulated by the Murray Government, contains provision for the betterment of practically every class ot teacher in the State. The…

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Public School Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 12

Next Wednesday tennis selected from the Combined Public Schools will play Sydney Grammar. School First and Second, and in order, to bring out any latent talent a practice, match will be played next Monday on the…

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Great Public School Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 12

The G.P.S. cricket competition was renewed on Saturday after the Christmas holidays break. Sydney Grammar School piled up 454 against St. Joseph's. Lamrock making 153, Farrar 84, Barbour 64, and Buckle 50…

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The Modern Schoolmistress. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 12

Sir,--I am a young pupil teacher, bred in one of the well-known country towns, and recently arrived in Sydney to take up a scholarship tenable at the Sydney Training College. for several months past my mother and the…

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Western Section-metropolitan Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 12

The annual meeting of the Western Section of the Metropolitan Association of Teachers was held at the Girls' High School on Friday. The report set-forth that regular illustrated lectures had been given throughout…

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The Schools. the Inspectoral Appointments

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 12

Mr. Dawson, Acting Under Secretary, stated last night that the recommendation of the department in connection with the two new inspectors to be appointed was still before the Public Service Board, so no…

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Summer Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 12

The Summer School conducted at the Hawsebury Agricultural College is deservedly popular, but that held at Perteen (Vic.) seems to have had additional charms. In the first place. the site of the school--the quarantine…

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The King's School. Commemoration Day. The Holeting of the Flag. The Glorious Present and the Premise of the Future

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 2

Saturday was "The Great Day of the Year" with, and at, The King's School, Parramatta—Commemoration Day. The proceedings thereat included three…

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The De La Salle Brothers in Sydney The New School Blessed the Cardinal Welcomes Them in Surry Hills

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 9

Although the foundation scone of the new boys' school at St. Peter's, Surry Hills, was laid in August, 1906, and the building finished some months later, it was not occupied…

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New School for Tamworth. Foundation Stone Laid by Bishop O'Connor. Catholics Educate 44,000 Children Unaided

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 27

In the afternoon of Sunday last a large concourse of people assembled in the [?]ity of St. Nicholas' Church to witness the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of…

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