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Schools, 1911

3,132 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 157

Cardinal V. Public Schools. to the Editor

Watchman · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 11

Sir,—I read with interest the report of the Cardinal's hostility to Public Schools in the "Dally Telegraph's" issue of the 4th, and as one of the great majority of our…

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School Strike Succeeds

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 5

The headmaster of a school at Auriol near Marsediles, in France having earned the displeasure of his pupils, the latter left their lessons in a body one Monday recently, and…

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Sydney School of Arts. Satisfactory Annual Report

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 5

The seventy-eighth annual report of the committee of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts for the period ended December 27, 1910 states that the transactions during the £369 16s., notwithstanding the…

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Schools of Arts. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 10

At the annual meeting of the School of Arts the balance-sheet disclosed the receipts to be £636 2s 6d, and the expenditure £531 2s 2d, leaving a credit balance of…

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Sydney School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 10

The report of the committee of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts for 1910 shows a very satisfactory state of affairs. Transaction during the year resulted in the surplus of £360181. There wa[?]an increase of £1307…

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New School at Mudgee

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

The Minister for Education and Labor (Mr. Beeby) will visit Mudgee next Monday, for the purpose of officially opening the new public school. He will, at the same time, inquire…

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School Children and Drink. Proposed Compulsory Teaching

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 6

Mr. Beeby, Minister for Public Instruction, was occupied this morning with a big deputation, organised by the Independent Order of Good Templars, which urged the…

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The Sunday School This Page Is Under the Auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. New Teacher Training Scheme

The Methodist · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 4

We have been favoured with a copy of a circular issued by the Committee, representing the Presbyterian Sabbath School Union, Methodist Sunday School Department, Congregational Sunday School Union Baptist Sunday School…

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Continuation Schools. South Sydney's Requirements. Deputation to Mr. Beeby. Guarantee Asked For

Evening News · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 10

A deputation representing the South Sydney Parents and Citisens' Association, the South Sydney School Board, and the Mayors of the municipalities in the district, waited upon Mr…

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Notes. Compulsory Continuation Schools

Evening News · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 8

Mr. Beeby is finding that neither parents nor youths seem to be enthusiastic about the "continuation" schools which were to supply that education especially in the direction of…

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Ask a Schoolboy

The Arrow · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 7

If you tell a schoolboy that the longest side of a triangular field measures 100 rods, and that each of the other sides measures 50 rods, and ask him to estimate the value of its grass at £1 per…

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Continuation Schools Failing. Minister Threatens Compulsion. Trades Classes Not Patronised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 13

The Minister for Education told a deputation yesterday that the continuation schools already established in the suburbs had not been sufficiently patronisedd, and he…

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Tempreance Education. in Public Schools. Mr. Beeby's Counter Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 10

Yesterday Mr. Beeby adroitly turned aside the necessity for the direct answer that makes adversaries, when he replied to a request for the instruction of temperance in…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, February 5th, 1911. Elijah the Prophet Appears in Israel.—1 Kings 17

The Methodist · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 4

Golden Text.—"They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing."[[Psalm 34:10. I.—Suggestions. Trace on the map the journeys of Elijah, noting the…

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Fire in School of Arts. Newcastle

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 9

A fire broke out early to-day at Carrington School of Arts, resulting in the destruction of the billiard-room and its contents, including a valuable billiard table. The…

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Full Citizen Rights for Teachers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 6

Sir,--Your correspondent, "Always a Citizen," quite overlooks the principle involved in my letter. Is he in favor of himself and every other citizen being accountable to his employer as to how he employs his own…

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Continuation Schools. the Matter of Play Grounds. Interview with the Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 20

A deputation representing the South Sydney Parents' and Citizens' Association and the Redfern School Board waited upon the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday morning, to ask…

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Money a Schoolgirl Inherits £6,000,000

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1911 · page 19

By the death of her brother. Leis Campbell. a schoolgirl of sixteen, becomes heiress to an estate valued at £6,000,000. Miss Campbell is a daughter of Mr. James…

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Taxing Churches and Schools. Labour Platform Emphatic. Attack on the P.l.l. Secretary Mr. Grant Vindicates His Attitude

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 9

Comments were made at the State Labour conference on Saturday on the remarks made by Mr. J. Grant, general secretary of theo Political Labour League, in the course of an…

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Arrington School of Arts Partly Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 10

Shortly before 3 o'clock on Saturday morning a fire broke out in the Carrington School of Arts. Although the local fire brigade was promptly on the scene, considerable damage…

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