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Schools, 1909

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Sedition in Indian Schools. Government Takes Action

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- At a durbar at Meerut yesterday. Sir J. P. Hewett, Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. announced that, owing to…

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School Work

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 8

We cannot say that school work on the whole was up to the standard, though there was some excellent work shown. As a matter of fact, some of the exhibits…

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Sunday School Demonstration

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 12

On Thursday evening combined Sunday school demonstration took place in the Macquarie-street Methodist Church. Parramatta, in connection with the…

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School Children and Consumption

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 February 1909 · page 5

Dr. W. Philip says, regarding tho occurrence of consumption in school chil-dren, that he is satisfied that the disease at this ago is vastly more frequent than…

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The General Gossip Page n Gossip About Notables From Pupil Teacher to Under Secretary

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 February 1909 · page 6

Mr. Peter Board, M.A., the Under-secretary for Education, who is visiting America in search of ideas, has risen from the lowest rung of the departmental…

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The Haunted House. Raid by the Police. on a Bush Two-up School. Excitement at Clontarf

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 4

For some time past the police have been aware that a "two-up" school has been carrying on operations somewhere in the bush at Clontarf. A number of individuals who had…

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Sabbath School Quarrel. Christ Church, Geelong. Incumbent and Superintendent. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 8

Recently Mr. Pearson was dismissed from the position of superintendent of Christ Church Sunday school, Goolong, by the Rev. F. R. Newton, who succeeded Canon Nash…

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The Roth Challenge Shield. Won by Fort-street Public School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 5

M Drummoyne Municipal Baths on Friday night the annual competition for the Roth Challenge Shield took place, the event creating much interest among members of the surf brigades and district swimming…

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Schoolteacher's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1909 · page 8

On Saturday a schoolteacher named Charles Fagan, while reading in the Public Library, suddenly collapsed. He was carried to the Sydney Hospital, where life was declared extinct,…

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Rural Camp Schools

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

The first of the series of rural camps for Sydney schoolboys, held last week at Richmond, was most instructive and enjoyable. The boys, who numbered 144, from 12 schools…

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Education the Teachers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 3

Circular letters have been issued within the past week from the central council to all branches ot the association in the country affected by adverse conditions, to…

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A Bush Two-up School. Police Raid at Clontarf. Five Men Captured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 10

Arthur Cook, 29, David Kiely, 3S Hamilton Stewart, 22 Harry Cole, 3l, labourers and Robert Quigley, 20 usher, were presented before Mr. J. L. King, S. M., yes terday morning, at the Water Police Court, to answer…

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To Keep the School Boy Clean

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

The "school hair cut" is the latest proposal of tho up-to-date elocutionist. He says that there must be in every nursery school a nursery attendant, corresponding somewhat…

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Alleged Sweating of Teachers. Charges Against Business Colleges Denials by the Principals

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 1

Perhaps of all classed of teachers none are more overworked, and underpaid than are the employees of the specialised from of sweating shop known as the…

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Our Schools. At Work and at Play

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

(We have arranged to publish each Tuesday Special notes 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…

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Burwood School of Arts

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 2

New life has been instilled into the management of the Burwood School of Arts since the annual meeting held last month, and members generally are beginning to exhibit…

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Alleged "Two-up School."

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 8

Thomas Shepherd, Harold Naismith', and Herbert Briggs, three young men, appealed at the Darlinghurst Court today, before Judge Backhouse, against their conviction…

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Beery Dairy Science School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 3

Out of respect to the memory of the late Sir John May, the public meeting to have been held at Berry to-morrow afternoon to urge the Minister for Agriculture to proceed with the…

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Dulwich Hill School

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 4

The Marrickville Council, at its last meeting, received a communication from Mr. M'Coy, M.L.A., stating that about a fortnight ago he saw the Minister for Education with regard to…

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Schoolboy Swimmers

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 8

The sturdy Sydney schoolboys, who figured prominently in the annual swimming carnival of the public schools on Saturday, are pictured by separate portraits and group photographs in…

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