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Schools, 1912

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Handsome Anonymous Donation. £5000 for Parish School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Churchwardens of St. Peters, East Melbourne, have received an anonymous gift of 15000, to be spent in the erection of a new day school for the…

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The Dame As School Teacher

The World's News · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 6

Dame: "What part of speech is 'Kiss'?" Jill: "A conjunction." Dame (severely): "Wrong. Next girl," Little Red Riding-hood: "A noun."…

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State Aid. for Private Schools. Bursary Endowment Bill. Debate in the Assembly. Registered Secondary Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 17

There Was keen discussion in the Legislative Assembly last night over a motion submitted by the Minister for Education, seeking leave to introduce a bill to establish a fund for…

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Methodist Conference. Central Mission. Sunday School[?] Department

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 15

A representative session was commenced in the Methodist Conference Hall yesterday morning, the Rev. B. J. Meek in the chair. HOME MISSIONS…

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The Personality of the Teacher

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 4

Principal .D. L. Ritchie, of Nottingham, resumed course of lectures in the Arts Theatre of the university of Liverpool on the 9th inst. with a force[?] address on the "Personality of the Teacher."…

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Correspondence the Methodist School Hymnal. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 10

Dear Sir,—Permit a brief reply to the letters referring to my review of the above. Mr. Trevarthen objects to hymn No…

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Sunday School Lesson. Sunday, March 17th, 1912. The Paralytic Forgiven and Healed.—Mark 2:1-12. Introduction

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 4

The ministry of our Lord was a continual mission of mercy. Last Sunday we read of Christ performing many wonderful miracles during a busy day. What were they? To-day our lesson is a continuation of the…

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The Sunday School This Page Is Under the Auspices of the Council of the Sunday School Department. Two Glorious Gatherings

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 4

As announced, the Sunday School Demonstration, in two sections assembled in the Town Hall and Lyceum Hall, Sydney. What a pity that we have not a suitable auditorium in which to hold this annual gathering…

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Young Methodism. Sunday School Demonstration

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 9

The great Town Hall, Sydney, never looked brighter than on Monday evening Last, when thousands of girls and boys from city and suburban Methodist…

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Commercial Continuation School, Kogarah

The St George Call · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 3

The Department of Public Instruction has evidently done things properly in their effort to put before the young people of this State the benefits of…

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School at Suspension 'Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1912 · page 6

As the result of representations made upon the subject, Mr. David Fell, M.L.A., has been informed that the Minister for Public Instruction has approved of the preparation of full plans and specification for the erection…

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Non-provided Schools

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1912 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Evening.—The House of Commons has passed the second reading of Mr. G. C. Marps' (Lib.) Bill empowering owners of non-provided schools in single school areas to…

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Schoolchildren's Strike

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1912 · page 15

A number of boys and girls in the Holme Valley (Eng.) last month went on strike against the new regulations of the West Riding County Council, under which half-time certificates have…

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Subsidising Private Schools

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1912 · page 14

There was keen discussion in the Legislative Assembly on Friday night over a motion submitted by the Minister for Education, seeking leave to introduce a bill to establish a fund for bursaries tenable in…

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Parental Apathy. Educational Responsibility Shifted to State. Continuation Schools to Be Compulsory

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1912 · page 7

Speaking at the opening of a new school at Campsie yesterday, Mr. Carmichael, Minister for Public Instruction, spoke strongly against what he termed "the pronounced apathy of…

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Schoolmaster Killed by Boys

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1912 · page 14

In connection with the charge of murder against eight boys belonging to the Heath Industrial School, England, for the death, of John Kelly, an assistant master, because he objected to the boys kicking wet…

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Schoolmaster Sentenced for Criminal Conduct

Truth · Sunday 10 March 1912 · page 10

The case of George Turner, who was mentioned in "Truth's" London page some weeks back, as awaiting trial for alleged misconduct with girls in a school of…

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Starved School Vote. a Loan Mooted

Evening News · Monday 11 March 1912 · page 3

The Minister for Education Mr. Carmichael this morning hinted at a vigorous development policy to a deputation representatives of the municipal councils of Enfield and Canterbury…

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English Schools. State Action Foreshadowed. a Tentative Scheme. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1912 · page 9

The House of Commons to-day read the second time a bill introduced by Mr. C. G. Marks (Liberal), empowering the owners of non-provided schools in single school areas…

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State Aid for Private Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1912 · page 7

Sir,—The announcement in to-day's issue that the Minister for Education has obtained Parliamentary leave to bring in a bill in order to grant bursaries tenable at private schools…

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