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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1909

2,788 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 140

School Picnic

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 2

The school children at Castle Hill celebrated Empire Day by holding a picnic. The children had canvassed the district, and, as a result of their endeavours, over…

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Perth Schools' Rowing Championship. Won by Christian Brothers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 24

At a recent rowing regatta held ill Perth (W.A.), the 1900 Schools' Championship of Perth was contested, and was won by the Perth Christian Brothers' College, with the…

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Catholic Requisites, School Supplies and Stationery

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 27

Mrs. J. H. Macfarlane, late of Dwyer and Manufacture, has commenced business at 288 Pill-street, Sydney. She has a very large stock of Catholic requisites, school…

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A Popular Schoolteacher

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 38

A large and representative gathering of the residents of The Oaks district assembled in the local School of Arts on Thursday, 6th ult., to bid farewell to Mr. Kenniff and…

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Itinerant Preachers. Attack the Catholic Schools. a Forceful Rejoinder

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 27

The American evangelists now in Sydney kept their powder and shot until the were leaving Melbourne (writes our) Melbourne correspondent). Parson Chapman attacked…

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School Punishments. Constructive Paper. Novel Plan Suggested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 11

At the monthly meeting of the Parents and Teachers' Union of New South Wales on Tuesday night. Mr. E. J. Forbes delivered an address entitled, "Children's Ideas on Rewards…

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Alarms of Fire. Effect in Sydney's Public .Schools. the Boys Well Drilled. Their Escape Rapidly Made. Buildings Emptied in a Minute

Evening News · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 8

At 20 minutes to 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, nearly 500 boy pupils of the Glebe Public School were engaged, at their general tasks in the' class-rooms of the well-known building in…

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Successful School Agriculture

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 8

On a fertile flat on the bank of the Yass River the pupils of the Yass district school have achieved much success with their little garden. At the…

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Parents and Teachers Union. Rewards and Punishments

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 3

Last Tuesday night Mr. E. J. Forbes read a paper on "Children's Ideas of Rewards and Punishment." It appeareds that a thousand essays had…

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The Dairy School

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 7

What of the dairy school Its establishment seems as yet something very indefinite. What an uproar there was when the announcement…

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Great Public Schools' Premiership. Sydney Church of England Grammar School v Sydney Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 10

The above terms met on Wednesday at North Sydney in the presence of a large crowd, and the game ended in a victory for the Church of England G.S. by 14 points to nil. The scores at half-time were 11 points…

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Randwick Public School

The Star · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 2

Some of the Randwick aldermen have bet shocked to discover that the local publi[?] school has got no more forward for the [?] 20 years, Alderman Cooper dropped[?]…

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The Lord Roberts Flag. Ceremony at the St. Leonards School

The Star · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 10

The Minister for Public Instruction visited the North St. Leonards Public School yesterday for the purpose of unfurling Lord Roberts's family' flag, which was won by…

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The Significance of the Flag. Patriotism and the Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 10

At the North St. Leonards Public School yesterday afternoon, the Minister for Education unfurled the flag presented by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts for annual competition amongst…

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Why He Went to Sunday School

Evening News · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 14

Children do not always attend Sunday school with the same object in view as their parents. One youngster was asked by a teacher why he did not go to Sunday school, especially as some…

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Dairymaids' School

Evening News · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 3

The University College of North Wales has a farm at Lleweni Hall, Denbigh, at which instruction in dairy work is given to local elementary school girls. it is the only diary…

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The Three Ages of Man. Report of a young English schoolgirl of a lecture on "Phases of Human Life—Youth, Manhood, and Age":—

The World's News · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 6

"In youth we look forward to tho wicked things we will do when we grow up—this is the state of innocence. In manhood we do the wicked things of which we thought in our…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, June 13th, 1909. Heroes of faith—Heb. 11:9-40

The Methodist · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 4

Gulden Text.—"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."—Heb. 11:1. I.—Suggestions. Ask each scholar to bring an illustration of faith…

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The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices of the Council the Sunday School Department. The Bathurst Convention

The Methodist · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 4

Our friends of Bathurst are to be congratulated upon the manner in which they are making the most of the S.S. Convention which is to be held there on 6th and 7th inst. A neat and natty syllabus lies before us…

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Sunday School Notes. Organisation v. Spirituality

The Methodist · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 10

One day last week it was remarked to me that in certain quarters there is a fear, lest the attention now being given to organisation should tend to lessen…

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