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Schools, 1909

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Topics of the Day School Buildings

The Australian Star · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 4

Complaints continue to come from country centres, notwithstanding repeated assurances from the Public Instruction Department to the contrary, regarding dilapidated school…

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Schools Resume on January 27

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

Tuesday next being Anniversary Day will be observed as a holiday. The Minister for Public Instruction-has had under consideration the date of the reopening of the public schools…

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School Exhibitions. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

Sir,—Under the above heading in the "Herald" of 12th inst. it is stated that the promoting and carrying out of such exhibitions is purely a matter for teachers themselves,…

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School Requisitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

It is intended by the Department of Public Instruction to issue amended forms of requisition for school material for 1909. Much of the old stock that was at one time…

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Teachers on Tour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

On Saturday the party of teachers who have been touring Tasmania, playing cricket and tennis, returned by the Westralia after a pleasant holiday lasting nearly four weeks…

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Schoolboy Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Edward Wilkins, a schoolboy, aged 9, who was living in King's-lane, Surry Hills, was admitted on Sunday night to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he died yesterday morning…

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Leichhardt School of Arts

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 1

There was a satisfactory master of members at the annual meeting of the Leichhardt Workers' Institute (now School of Arts), which was held last night under the chairmanship of Mr. T. Hall. It was reported by…

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Our Schools. At Work and at Play

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3

[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 it teachers and responsible scholars will forward notes of any…

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Leichhardt School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 7

The annual meeting of the members of this institute was held on Monday night, when there was a good attendance, and Mr. T. Hall presided. The report stated that there were now 210 members, an increase…

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Schoolboy's Death. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 9

The death of Edward Bridges, the school boy, who was decapitated on the railway line at Elsternwick last Wednesday, formed the subject of an inquiry to-day. The evidence…

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Returning to School. the Date Postponed

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 7

The Minister for Public Instruction has had under consideration the question of the date of opening the schools following upon the Christmas vacation, and in view of…

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University Camp for Great Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 14

On Monday the first annual University Camp for Great Public School began at Newport, and the Juda will stay under canvas until next Monday. The camp has an ideal situation about a mite and a half from the…

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Teachers Versus "The Office."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 14

The annual cricket match, Teachers versus Officers of the Department, was played on Monday, at Manly with disaffect upon the cricketing reputation of the officers, The fixture has of late years…

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The Soil Settlement and Production. School for Factory Managers. the Government Proposal. to Acquire Berry Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 7

In his New Year's address to the rural workers of the State, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Perry, makes the following announcement: The subject of, dairying is so important to our…

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The Schools. Schools Not to Open Till

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 14

Some cynic once wrote that a holiday was necessary after every vacation, but that is probably not the reason why the Department of Public instruction has decided that the public schools are not to open till next…

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Dorothea's School Gifts

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 32

"It seems very queer," said Dorothea thoughtfully, "people who are, going to do something nice always have presents given them, but people who are going to do…

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Re-Opening of the Primary Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 28

All the primary schools of the archdiocese will re-open on Monday next 25th inst. after the summer vacation…

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Rydalmere School-Church Bazaar

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 28
Also in Freeman's Journal

"The bazaar and sale of work in aid of the Rydalmere School-Church will be opened on Tuesday afternoon, January 26. In the Rydalmere Town Hall at 3.30. It is…

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