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Schools, 1910

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Trade School for Illawarra Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 6

Mr. W. Taylor, M.L.A. for St. George, introduced to the Minister for Education yesterday a deputation from the Illawarra suburbs, which asked for the establishment of a trade school…

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Teachers' Salaries. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 5

Sir,--Perhaps the following will give the "powers that be" some food for consideration when readjusting teacher' salaries. The teachers to whom I refer are in charge of schools within eight miles of each other…

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Schoolmaster's Tragic Death

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--There was a sensational occurrence at the Flemington State School today, William Hulme, first assistant-teacher, meeting his death under tragic…

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Married Teachers' Salaries. Two Pounds a Week Net. Specific Cases Instanced

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 8

So many complaints have been recently made against the low salaries paid to teachers, that inquiries were made yesterday as to the exact position of those concerned. The class that…

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Another Dairy Science School. on the Middle North Coast

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 14

A fifth dairy science school is being arranged for by the Department of Agriculture to meet the requirements of what may be called the Middle North Coast—that is, the districts…

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Latest in Strikes School Cadets Resent Reprimand

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 2

Absolutely the latest in the way of strikes comes from Katoomba, where there is a school cadet corps of nearly thirty. Last week a number of these boys…

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Sports and Games. Football. Rugby. The Schools Premiership The Big Match. St. Joseph's Beaten

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 4

A very large number of spectators witnessed the big match of the year in Parramatta, in school football, on Saturday last. The two teams competing were the…

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The All-schools' Team

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 4

For the big All-Schools' match of the year the team has to be picked curly this week. Last year the present inadequate (but posibly necessary) style of picking…

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South African Rhodes Scholars Better Sportsmen Than Students

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Dr. Parkin, who toured South Africa to inquire why the South African Rhodes scholars excelled in sports but failed in work, whereas…

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Rhodes Scholars. Sport Versus Work. London, June 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 9

Dr. Parkin, organising representative of Rhodes-Scholarship Trust, recently toured South Africa in order to inquire why South African Rhodes scholars excelled in sports,…

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State School Teachers. Revised Rates of Pay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 4

In the course of his policy speech at Chatswood the Premier announced that the Government proposed to set apart £21,567 per annum for improving the position of the lower…

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The Children's Columns For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press" Competition Essays. Ireland: the Island of Saints and Scholars

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 48

Ireland is a dear little isle in the Atlantic Ocean. Though so small, it has produced many saints, scholars, and great men. Indeed, it is called "the island of saints and…

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Women of Spain and "Lay" Schools. the Protests of Senorita Maria Echarri

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 39

The re-opening of a number of "lay" schools in Spain by the late Liberal Premier, Senor Moret, and the prospect of further openings, not unreasonably to be feared…

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Bundarra's School of Arts and the "Freeman." (To the Editor "Freeman's Journal.")

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 22

Dear Sir,-The "Freeman" might well feel indignant at the action of the Bundarra School of Arts committee in rejecting it as a sectarian paper; but by those better…

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Our State Schools

Watchman · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 9

In 1876 there were 281 public schools in South Australia, the total number of teachers being 550, and the number of children instructed 25,889. The average attendance…

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The Bible in the Schools

Watchman · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 9

We referred last week to the activity of the Anglicans in the matter of enlisting public interest in this important question. Some weeks back the Presbyterian…

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Combined Schools v UNIVERSITY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 12

The annual matches between the University first and second teams against the Combined Schools will take place on Monday, the 13th, on the University Oval. The schools teams have been selected as follows:…

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A Schoolmaster's Death. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 9

A post-mortem examination held to-day on the body of William Hulme, first assistant master of Mount Alexander-road State school, Flemington, who died suddenly after a quarrel…

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British Schoolboys in Australia

The Star · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 7

The English Public Schoolboys' Association of Australasia has been successfully launched in Sydney. Mr. E. Du Faur, an old Harrovian, and president of the National Art…

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Too Expensive and Too Extensive. Existing Schools Only Slightly Affected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 7

"Too expensive and too extensive" was the opinion of the Premier's proposal expressed by Rev. Father Gartlin, rector of Riverview College…

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