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Schools, 1912

3,355 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 168

Drummoyne School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 12

The annual meeting of the Drummoyne school of Arts was recently held, Alderman Graff presiding. The report showed that the half-year terminated with a bank overdraft of £206 18s 2d, about £20 in…

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Letter From an Earl to Bathurst Schoolboy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 4

BATHURST, Thursday.--Recently a boy attending the Bathurst District School wrote a letter to a boy at the school at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, the seat of Earl Bathurst…

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"Up Against a Brick Wall." Some Teachers Voice a Grievance Not Satisfied with the Regrading

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 11

A meeting of teachers in charge of first-class public schools New South Wales not carrying special allowances paid to consideration of attendance in boys' departments of 400…

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The Schools. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 15

The question as to the location of the High school for the west, has been settled by the Minister for Education finally determining upon Orange. The school is established, but…

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Roman Catholicism and the Schools

The Methodist · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 7

WITH A DILIGENCE that is praiseworthy from his own standpoint, Archbishop Kelly keeps on reiterating the claims of the Roman Catholic Church for separate and State-aided schools for all Roman…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, February 11, 1912. The Boy Jesus in the Temple.—Luke 2:40-52

The Methodist · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 4

Golden Text.—"How is it that ye sought Me? Wist ye not that I must be in My Father's house?"—Luke 2:49. Introduction…

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The Kindergarten Teacher

The Methodist · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 4

It is possible for a large proportion of Kindergarten ideas to be employed in any infant class, but to carry out the system in its entirety, almost everything depends on the teacher, or the Superintendent of the…

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Better Than School Children Up Fruit Trees. Victorian Politician's Advocacy

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 6

"There's an awful lot of humbug talked about the exploitation of child labor." This remark was made by Mr. R. B. Rees, M.L.C., of Victoria, when he arrived in…

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Teachers Regrading. a Committee Appointed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 11

At a meeting of the Teachers' Union held at the Trades'-hall last night a committee was appointed to go into the matter of the regrading, and to bring any anomalies before the…

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Roman Catholics and Their Religious Schools. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 6

Sir, Permit me to compliment P. S. Cleary on the adroitness with which he attempts to brush aside facts and subjects which do not fit in with his ideas and proposals. I pointed out that we want instances of the…

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Farm Apprentices. Agricultural Training Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 15

The Department of Agriculture now has its scheme of training farm apprentices in full going order. Two of these farm apprentice schools were…

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Sunday-school Institute. Archbishop Presents Prizes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 21

The prizes and certificates in connection with the annual examination of the Church of England Sunday School Institute were presented by Archbishop Wright in tho Chapter-house, Bathurst-street, yesterday…

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To Stand First. Education Minister Outlines Progressive Policy. Teachers' Deputation

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 7

Replying to the representations of a deputation from the Public School Teachers' Association yesterday, Mr. Flowers, Acting Minister for Education, indicated that the Government…

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Public School Burnt. Bathurst, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 7

The public school at Duramba, about nine miles from Bathurst, together with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The residents made strenuous efforts to subdue the…

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Women Teachers "Not Half a Grievance Against Anybody."

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 5

There were two lady teachers in a deputation which interviewed the Acting Minister for Education yesterday when the question of the appointment of women inspectors was broached…

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SUPERANNUATION v. Re-grading. Teachers' Preference

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 7

In bringing the question of a superannuation proposal from the Teachers' Conference before the Ministers for Education yesterday, Mr. L. W. Deep (Burwood), asserted that if they had…

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Primary Industries and the Schools

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 6

The "Sunday Times" has always been emphatic in expressing the opinion that the people should know more of the splendid country they live in. Were they better…

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Fiction and Finance. Are Schools of Arts Educative? Sad Record of the Oldest Institution. Five Thousand Novels, Five Hundred Books in Fifty Years, To the Editor

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1912 · page 5

Sir,—When Mr. Beeby was Minister of Public Instruction he declared that Schools of Art would not in future be subsidised, unless it was shown that…

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Disappointed Scholars

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 6

The Education Department may well be proud of the high percentage of suc[?]ssful cannd[?]dates at the recent examinations for qualifying cer[?]cates, for it shows a good standard of…

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Sharks. How They Breed. Eggs and Young. Schools and Man-eaters. Mr. Stead Talks of Thousands

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1912 · page 9

"Is the ordinary surf shark a man-eater?" reiterated Mr. David G. Stead, naturalist to the Board of State Fisheries of N.S.W., when an "Evening News" reporter had an…

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