Commemoration Day. at the King's School
At The King's School, Parramatta, Saturday was observed as Commemoration Day. There was a large gathering, which included a number of old boys and parents and friends of the…
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After Leaving School Our Boys and Girls. the Occupations They Follow. Neglect of Further Education
The Minister for Public Instruction has had a return prepared showing the occupations taken up by boys and girls who left school last year. The boys of the metropolitan district who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The School Age. Old Scholars or Young Workers
The question of whether boys and girls should leave school at 14 years or at 16. vexed the souls of the Labor Conference at the I.O.O.F. Temple last night…
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According to reports [?] and statements made at the annual meeting of the members of Burwood school of Arts. at which Mr. J. P Henessy presided the institution has passed through a very…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Continuation Schools
"The Education Department will this week call especial attention to its new continuation schools by conspicuous advertisements in the press," said Mr. Dawson, Acting Director of…
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With the recommencement of work in the schools for the year comes the revival of meetings of teachers for educational discussions. Two such meetings were held last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labour Conference. Miscellaneous Motions. Women Teachers and Marriage
The Labour Conference last night got through a considerable quantity of work. But it was after an encounter had taken place between the president (Mr. Lamond) and a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Bush Teacher. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir.—I have patien[?]ly waited to see if the Labour Government under Mr. M'Gowen would [?] anything for the teachers of [?]th-class schools. These men (and women of occasionally)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Workers' Burden. Refusal to Raise School Age. Labor Conference Emphatic
The Labor Conference last night grew quite heated over the question whether it should raise the school age from 14 to 16. "The workers have a big enough burden now,"…
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Though the return prepared for the Minister for Public Instruction shows that about 6000 boys leave school every year, and over 80 per cent, of them take up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 4.30 p.m. (A Portion of This Afternoon's News Will Be Found on Page 4 AND 7 of This Issue.) Late Cable News. Received This Afternoon. Destructive Waves. Sea Wall and Hotel Demolished. a School Carried Away
SERATTLE (Washington State), Tuesday Evening.—The seawall at Hongulam was washed away to-day, with 100 fast of land behind. The Hummer Hotel was demolished, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dress at School
Should be simple, of course, but always in goad taste (says a writer in "Home Chat"). A sensitive child may suffer agonies if he is made to wear some article of apparel that in…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →The Married Woman Teacher
In the huge mass of very raw material that the Labor Conference has been dealing with since it began, business three weeks ago it has been possible now and again to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →High School Scholarships
In reply to numerous inquiries, it was announced yesterday by Mr. Dawson that the examination for scholarships and bursaries would not be held next June as usual. Under the new regulations, the examination for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Schools. Backward Children
The compulsory school age--14 years--was selected on the assumption that a pupil of normal intelligence who began school life at six and attended with reasonable regularity until 14 would have attained a definite…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Public School Swimming
The annual swimming carnival of the P.S.A.A.A, will be held at Drummoyne on Saturday, March 11. Entries close on 25th instant at P.S.A.A.A. Booms, 55 Phillip- street. The 10 and 12 years Brilliantshine Shield races…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Public School Cricket
The following are the third-grade fixtures for Friday next:--Crow's Nest v. Naremburn, Greenwich v. Warra- wee, Bondi v. Gardiner's-road, Double Buy v. Clevelond- street, Balmain v. Drummoune, Gladesillle v. Rozells,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Billiards. Parramatta School of Arts
A snooker tournament has been started at the Parramatta School of Arts, and is creating a good deal of interest among members. The entries and handicaps are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overcrowded School. Sweeping Condemnation. Pupils Writing on Their Knees. Ballina
The local medical officers, at the instance of the municipal council, have reported on the unhygienic condition of the Public school, and sweepingly condemned it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Executioner's Pupils. Japan, Growing Civilised, Seeks Deibler
The French executioner, M. Delbler, has given a lesson in headcutting to a Japanese mission which is making inquiries in Europe and America into the easiest and most…
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