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Schools, 1911

3,132 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 157

For Necessitous Girl Scholars

Evening News · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 10

LONDON. Tuesday Evening.— Miss Ewart of Ewhurst Surrey bequeathed £90,000 for founding acholarships for pecesstions girls at Newham College. Cambridge and £10,000 for the…

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Inspection of Private Schools

Evening News · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 9

Mr Dawson (Acting Under-Secretary for Education) when giving evidence before the South Australian Education Commission in Sydney this morning said the deparimental inspectors…

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"Fighting in a Corner." Catholics and Their Schools Archbishop Kelly and the Referendum

The Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 1

The thirty-first annual conference of the Hibernian A.C.B. Society was opened this morning by Archbishop Kelly, at St. Mary's Chapter House. There was a large…

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This Afternoon's Swimming. Public Schools' Girls' Carnival G. Hooper Wins the Championship

The Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 7

The Public Schools A. A. A. Ladies' Swimming Club held their annual carnival this afternoon in the Municipal Baths, Domain. The weather…

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The Teacher's Pinnacle. "Department Will Keep You Poor"

The Sun · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 8

The Acting Under-Secretary for Education, Mr. Dawson, was put in a rather difficult position this morning through a question put to him by the chairman of the South…

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Northern Metropolitan Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 14

The farewell social to Senior-inspector Flashman (postponed on account of the death of Inspector Connelly) will be held at Baumann's next Friday evening. It was found impossible to notify the postponement…

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School Swimming

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 14

The development in school swimming outside the metropolitan area is shown by the fact that Wollongong District School has 228 entries for its swimming carnival this afternoon. Sixteen boys are going down from…

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Teachers' Examinations at Easter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 14

The annual examination at Easter promises to be a record one as far as numbers go, some 1200 applications having already been received. Those teachers and ex-students who intend to sit and have not yet applied…

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The Schools. Coronation Celebrations

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 14

The Cabinet decided yesterday to make a children's celebration the star item of the Coronation festivities. It is proposed to hold a monster demonstration at the Centennial Park, the show to be free, and the children…

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A School Song Book

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 14

In response to a request from the Teachers Association some time ago the Department of Public Instruction appointed a committee to prepare a school song book. The committee consists of Messrs. L. E. Lawford…

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A School-boy Champion

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 15

Frank Jenkins, aged 15 years, Double Bay Superior Public School, who has just recently won the Keiran Memorial Race, one mile, open to all public school boys of the State; 100yds, championship of eastern subarbs…

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Some School Howlers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 59

The ingenue of the schoolroom defying the examiner is a mine of jocularity that is never likely to be worked out. The following are some of the answers made by pupils in a recent…

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A Famous School Fight

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 4

One of the heroes of the fight described in "Tom Brown's Schooldays"—in real life Rev. Augustus Orlebar—still survives. Ho is nearly a nonagenarian, but nevertheless…

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St. Carthage's Schools, Lismore

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 37

At St. Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore, some ago, an appeal was made for funds to reduce or liquidate the debt of £450 existing on the schools. The suggestion was made that every…

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Swimming. School Girls' Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 12

At the Domain Municipal Baths yesterday afternoon, in pleasant weather, and before a good attendance of parents and friends, the fifth annual carnival of the Ladies' Swimming Club was held in connection with…

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Swimming Girls. Public Schools' Carnival. Championship Won by G. Hooper

The Sun · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 3

At the Municipal Baths, Domain, yesterday, the Public Schools A.A.A. Ladies' 'Swimming Club held their annual swimming carnival. A capital programme of…

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Private Schools. Provision for State Inspection

The Sun · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 4

Members of the South Australian Education Commission, sitting in Parliament House, Sydney, seemed rather surprised when they learnt from-the Acting Under Secretary for Education in New South Wales, that the…

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State School System. High Enrolment, Low Attendance. Mr., Dawson Gives Reasons

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 7

The South Australian Higher Education Commission heard further evidence yesterday morning, sitting at Parliament House. Mr. J. Dawson, Acting- Director of Education,…

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A Subsidy School Wanted

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 1

Narromine.— In reference to your proposal to apply to the Government for a subsidy school at your place, I have made the necessary inquiries for…

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