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Schools, 1909

2,788 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 140

Ex-pupil Teachers of 1905

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 3

The Regulations of the Department of Public Instruction at present controlling the issue of teachers' certificates took offect from January 1, 1903. Candidates for third-class…

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Poetry in the Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 3

As a part of the subject—English—in the schools, "poetry" receives a special place. The opinions of inspectors of schools in their recent reports on this subject are…

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Our Schools. at Work and at Play

The Star · Tuesday 22 June 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 toward notes of…

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My Deaf Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 5

A few years ago I saw an advertisement in a daily paper for a governess to go on a station to teach four children. It said that a personal interview would be given in one of the…

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Sydney School of Arts. Institution Renovated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 12

Yesterday afternoon the School of Arts committee inspected the renovations which have just been effected throughout the building. The roof has been repaired, renewed and all…

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Continuation Schools

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 9

The Anglo-Saxon is a citizen of acute obsessions. It seems absolutely impossible for him to entertain more than one idea at a time. The fact that the London County…

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Barrier Water Supply. School Children's Appeal Postcards for Parliamentarians

The Star · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 7

The Broken Hill Sunday school children recently held a demonstration in favor or the carrying out of the supplementary water supply. During the demonstration amateur…

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A Schoolboy's Death

The Star · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 7

At the inquest yesterday on the body of the schoolboy Jack Dean, aged 9 years, who fell 40ft from a chimney stack at an unused brickworks at Ryde on Thursday,…

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Inspection of Catholic Schools. Archbishop Carr's Request

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Archbishop Carr to- day asked the Minister that there should be provisions for the inspection and examination of Roman Catholic schools by State school…

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Schools Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 14

Birchgrove S.P.S. beat Smith-street by fire goals to nil, and leads in the competition. The school has won six matches out of seven played, scoring 28 goals to four…

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Sydney School of Arts. a Brighter Institution

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 5

The president and members of committee of the Sydney School of Arts met yesterday afternoon at the institution to formally inspect the extensions, renovations, and repairs to the…

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C. of E. Grammar School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 12

The Torchbearer," the organ of the Church of England Grammar School, just issued for the last quarter, is as full of interest as usual. It contains a reprint of the celebrations held at the inaguration of the school,…

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Teachers' Tennis Tournament

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 12

Entries close on Friday, with the secretary, Mr. W. J. Liggins (North Annandale), for the teachers' tennis tournament, to be started on Saturday week (July 3) on the Stanmore courts. The handicap events include:…

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The Schools. Plasticene Work

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 12

Mr. W. Harbu[?]t has succeeded in reviving a lot of interest in plast[?]ene work. For some weeks he has been demonstrating, at various schools, the audience consisting of the headmaster, the mistresses, and one…

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The Schoolroom Beautiful

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 12

Reference has recently been made to the adornment of school was with works of art. Although it is not intended to go to the length suggested by one of the inspectors in his annual report, and provide paintings by…

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Schools' Rugby Competition

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 4

On Friday last, at St. Luke's Park, Burwood, was witnessed ono of the keenest struggles in football for many years. Stanmore and Parramatta District School…

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Inspection of Catholic Schools. Archbishop Carr's Request. MELBOURNE

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 21

Archbishop Carr to-day asked the Minister that there should be provisions for the inspection and examination of Catholic schools by State school inspectors on the…

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Topics of the Hour in Brisbane June 18. Capturing the State Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 38

The Anglican Synod has concluded its deliberations in our midst. With the exception, perhaps, of the Bible in State school movement, its business was mainly of a…

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St. John's School, Kent-street. the Annual Meeting. His Eminence the Cardinal Presides

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 11

The annual meeting of St. John's school, Kent-street, Sydney, was held at that institution last Friday afternoon. There was a big gathering of the little folk, who were…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Religious Riots at Liverpool Protestants and Catholics, Public Schools Closed

Evening News · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—Serious riots between Catholics and Protestants in Scotland road, Liverpool, commenced, on Sunday, and still continue. Many arrests have been made…

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