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In the prescrce of a large gathering of local residents the ceremony of laying the foundition-stone of the Peakhurst School of Arts took place at the site in Forest-road, opposite the Public school, on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Vaucluse Council, at its last meeting, considered a letter from the Redfern Council inviting cooperation and finincial assistance towards the cost of a test case to ascertain the powers of municipalities in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the Paddington Courthouse yesterday. Mr. Barnett, S.M., dealt with matters concerning assessments of properties for rating purposes by the Woollahra Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To the Editor.--I am a puzzled Illawarra farmer, living in the thick of the dairy school controversy, and cannot make out what it is all about. M. Morton, M.L.A., at Dapto, outlines the Ministerial proposition as a school for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Thursday.--Lord Strathcona, Canadian High Commissioner in London, has donated £50,000 for the encouragement of physical and military training in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"We had a spelling-match in school to-day, and I spelled all the boys down and won the meddle."…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Golden Text.—"In every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him." Acts 10:35. Suggestions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Judged by present day requirements, the early schoolmasters of New South Wales must be pronounced deficient. Their classification was not high; they had given little, if any, attention to "nature…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. A. O. Benson, son of the late Archbishop Benson, and formerly a master at Eton College, asks, in the "Church Family Newspaper": What, as a rule, are the accomplishments of an average boy, who…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →It is generally understood that the Parents' Associations established in connection with many public schools are favorably viewed by the Department of Education, because of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →To the Editor:--In last Saturday's issue 1 noticed one of Mr. Meares's periodical wails in opposition to the establishment of the Berry Dairy School, and a slur on ex-Hawkesbury College students. As an ex-student and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →In one of her recent confidences Madame Patti said:—"When I am asked to advise young singers I always ask—not can you shake, not can you imitate a lark, but can sing a simple ballad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have experimental farms and Agricultural Colleges in New South Wales, and many students are bolus instructed. The college and farms no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Canadian House of Commons, amid cheers, [?]manimously accepted the gift by Lord Strathco[?], the High Commissioner, of £50,000 for the encouragement of physical and military training in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In the final for the Premiership of the Great Public Schools. Sydney Grammar School broke the world's record by making 916: E. P. Harbour scored 356 and F. M. Farrar 229. Their…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. Batchelor, Minister far External Affairs, is an Australian native, he having been born in Adelaide. He began life as a pupil teacher, but, early tiring of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In last Sunday's "Sun" the first of this series of articles appeared, dealing with the importance of safeguarding the health of children who attend our public schools. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Minister for Defence returned to Sydney by train this morning from Brisbane, where [?] spent the week end, being engaged in departmental business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eighty teachers, representing districts from Wollongong, on the north, to Tomerong on the south, attended a school of methods at the Nowra Superior Public School yesterday. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Speaking at the reopening of the Violet Town State school, the Director of Education, Mr. Tate, said that, while they were talking of presenting a…
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