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Schools, 1911

3,132 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 157

Military. Schools of Instruction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 12

A school of infantry instruction (refresher course) will be held at the Victoria Barracks in February from 7th to 11th. From February 7 to 17 a field artillery school will…

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Military. Physical Training in Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 3

Colonel A. Paul, V.D., has issued a very encouraging report regarding tho effort to encourage physical training in schools. He remarks;--…

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Labor and the Teachers. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 5

Sir,--The Council of tho Teachers Association, having carried a motion of the last Teachers' Conference setting forth that the salaries of headmasters and headmistresses should ho increased, the way is being…

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A School-teacher's Bag

Evening News · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6
Also in The Sun

"That is my own bags declared Richard Grosaer, 23. a German, who offered a Giadstons bag in pledge to a city pawnbroker, on the 5th or last month…

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School Swimming Cusses

Evening News · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 12

The Acting Under-Secretary for Education, Mr. J. Dawson, has issued a c[?] to public school teachers on the subject of swimming cl[?] it is [?] out that swimming…

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Training of School Boys. Arn N.Z. Boys Exempt?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 4

A number of school headmasters doubtful as to how far the regulation providing for the registration of [?] between the ages of 14 and 17 all…

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A School for the Girls

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 14

Elmswood College, Ashfield, is one that should be considered by our peo­ple in the country desiring to send their girls to a Sydney school of good…

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Teachers at Hawkesbury College

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 4

The teachers' summer school which opened at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on 4th January was recently brought to a close. It has been the most…

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Army Airmen. Proposed Aviation School. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 10

The Minister for Defence has received from the High Commissioner, Sir George Reid, some particulars regarding the offer of Mr. Willows, the aviator, who offered to bring…

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Rural Camp School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 9

BICHMOND, Thursday.--An it has been decided to hold the rural camp school at Richmond this year, the organaising officer Mr. W. Roberts, is in the district making arrangement He has selected a site on highlands…

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The Teacher's Bait

The World's News · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 30

A Servian teacher, M. Medakovitch, has instituted the most successful method of teaching yet discovered. In his school each pupil is provided with a chocolate alphabet, and as soon…

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The Sunday School Demonstration to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 6

Sir,—I am sorry to gather from Mr. Ward's letter in your issue of. 21st inst., that the Croydon Park Sunday School had been led to criticise the action of the…

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School and Life

The Methodist · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 4

Sir James H. Yoxall, M.P., speaking recently to Isle of Wight teachers, on "School and Life,". contended that the object of the clay school is not to equip children to earn their livelihood, but to teach them how…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, February 12, 1911

The Methodist · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 4

Elijahs' victory over the prophets of Baal—I Kings 18. 1,2, 17-40. Golden Text.—"Choose you this day whom ye will serve"—Josh. 24.15…

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The Sunday School This Page Is Under the Auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. Advance Ashfield!

The Methodist · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 4

Croydon Park has gained rank as the pioneer in Kindergarten methods in the Ashfield Council. A splendid room, 15 feet by 30 feet, well-flighted, lofty and ventilated, has been erected. The floor is covered…

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A Teacher Training Course

The Methodist · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 7

REFERENCE was made in our Sunday School columns last week to a course of study in connection with Sunday School teacher-training that has been agreed upon by the United Sunday Schools…

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School Holidays. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 22

Sir,--My boy, aged 11, going to a preparatory[?] has been idle now for nearly seven weeks. Are the long holidays given by schools really in the intrest ofI the boys? Decidedly not, in my opinion, and I cannot…

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King's Gold Medal for Schoolboy

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 February 1911 · page 5

At King's Lynn King Edward VII. Grammar School speech-making, the Rev. W. Boyce, M.V.O., headmaster, announced that the first gold medal for the best all-…

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School Teacher Drowned. Crossing a Flooded River. Wauchope

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 7

A sad drowning fatality occurred on the Upper Hastings on Friday afternoon, Mr. Coo. H. Cassin, who was teacher at Yarras and Forbes River half-time schools, while…

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