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Schools, 1909

2,788 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 140

Aberglasslyn School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 10

The Minister for Education has p[?]mised a deputation, consisting of Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., and Mr. Noble, that he would reconsider the reports made on the Aberglasslyn school, which had been closed, and obtain…

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Small School Teachers and Inspectors. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 11

Sir,—The Christmas vacation being over, and schools reopened, and as inspectors will next month commence their round of inspections at the different schools in their…

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School for Marsfield

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Eastwood Municipal Council, a letter was read from the Public Instruction Department, through Mr. D. Fell. M.L.A., Intimating, with reference to the erection…

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Fire at Balmain. St. Thomas School Destroyed! Complaints About Water Supply

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 5

St Thomas Presbyterian School, at the corner of Weston-road and Darling-street. Balmain, was destroyed by fire shortly before noon to-day, and nothing but the tremendous…

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Fort-street Model School. Enobmous Eush of Applicants

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 10

Fort-street Model School was re-opened after the Christmas vacation on Wednesday last. As usual on such occasions it was expected that there would be a large number of applications…

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Newcastle School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

The annual meeting of the Newcastle School of Arts was held this evening. The report presented by the secretary stated that the revenue from members had shown an…

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The Public School Hour. I.—introduction

The Methodist · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 10

Our opportunity (on paper) in the Public Schools of N.S.W. is a great one. Through this medium, ministers may meet and come to know quite familiarly, most…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, February 7th, 1909. True and false brotherhood.—Acts 4:32-37 and 5:1-11

The Methodist · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 4

Golden Text.—"Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly are His delight." Prov. 12:22. I.—Suggestions…

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The Sunday School This Page is under the auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. a Sunday by the Sea

The Methodist · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 4

Cronulla, by the sea, is a most restful retreat for the city toiler. On a recent Sabbath, no less than three families from metropolitan manses, besides a lonely country clergyman on holiday bent, were found…

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Blaze at Balmain. School-house Destroyed

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 13

A spank from some smouldering rubbish pet fire to the commodious school house owned by the St. Thomas's Church Trustees, in Weston-road, Balmain, shortly…

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Schoolboy Humor. Some Curious Answers

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 7

The chird-mind is absolutely fresh and alert. It is to the adult mind as is the plastic clay to the baked brick. It is not already overlaid with impressions; It is not…

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"With Shining Morning Face." the Happy Schoolboy

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 7

A comparison between the English schoolboy and the German was drawn by the Rev. E. Lyttelton, headmaster of Eton, in a recent speech at Slough (Eng.). Three…

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More School "Howlers."

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 11

A most amusing collection of schoolboy "howlers" is published in the "University Correspondent." Some of the best are the following:—…

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Schoolhouse Burned

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 7

Yesterday morning there was a fire at St. Thomas' Church of England school. Weston-rd., Balmain, which consumed the bulk of the building and contents before…

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Death of an Old King's School Boy

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 1

The Ven. Archdeacon Gunther, of Parramatta, received a cable last, night to the effect that his eldest son, Mr. W. J. Gunther, had died at Cornwall, England, of typhoid…

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Rhodes's Scholars. a New Zealand Idea

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 8

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Sunday.--The University Senate has considered a motion submitted by Mr. F. E. Baume, M.H.R., "That it would be in accordance with the views expressed by the late…

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Fire at Rozelle. St. Thomas' Schoolroom Destroyed. Inadequate Water Supply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 4

About 10.50 on Saturday morning ' amen was seen issuing from the shingle root of one of the two buildings known as St.Thomas, schoolroom, in Weston-road, Rozelle. A…

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Fire at Rozelle. St. Thomas's School-hall Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 5

The old weatherboard building which has for years served as a Sunday-school for St. Thomas's Anglican Church, Rozelle, and which has had a score of other uses, from…

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School of Arts. Murwillumbah

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

The committee of the School of Arts last night resolved to borrow £2000 from the Bank of New South Wales or otherwise at 6 per cent…

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The Schools. Singleton

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

Since about three months prior to the Christmas vacation, the boys' department of the Singleton Superior Public School has been one short of its proper complement of teachers,…

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