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Schools, 1912

3,355 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 168

Suburban News. New School at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 13

The Minister for Public instruction has approved of the preparation of full plans and specifications for the erection of a new school building at Suspension Bridge, North Sydney…

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Schools Of'arts Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 12

At the annual general meeting of the Leura School of Arts, the following officers were elected—President, Mr. E. P. Andreas (reelected); secretary, Mr. C. L. Dasn…

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Young District Teachers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 4

This branch of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers' Association is very active this year. A first-aid class for teachers is being…

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Education. Teacher's Salaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 4

What effect the representations of the disaffected teachers has had on the departmental board and on the Public Service Board is not yet known. Besides the immediate appeals,…

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Eyesight and Hearing. Defects in School Children

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 7

The Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael) referred conversationally to-day to the neglect of parents in regard to defects in their children's sight, hearing, &c…

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The Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 7

DUBDO, Monday. -- While admitting that the Department of Public Instruction is making every effort to meet the demand for teachers; and to carry the benefits of education into the…

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School Accommodation at Quaker's Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 7

Mr. Carmichael yesterday promised a deputation of residents from Quaker's-hill, who asked him to establish a school in their township, that if there were sufficient children to warrant…

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Teachers Outnumber Pupils

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 11

At Arnay-le-Duc, a historic town of 2600 people, near Dijon, France--where -- the Huguenots under Coligny gained a memorable victory three centuries and a half ago--there is a State subsidised college with six…

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Sick Scholars. Free Medical Treatment. Minister's Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 19

The Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael) has a grievance against parents. He states that many have ignored the school medical reports concerning their…

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Strike of Schoolboys. High-handed Methods. Vienna, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 19

Owing to the police having seriously injured a schoolboy during a demonstration at Sorajevo, the capital of Bosnia, the students at the grammar schools in Croatia, Dalmatia,…

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A New Lolly. "Jelly Bars" of Cordite. School Children's Feast. Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 11

There are more pleasant things for children to eat than cordite. At the Ballarat school yesterday afternoon a boy handed round what he called jelly bars, and his…

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Successful Schoolboy Swimmers

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 1

Back Row: W. Byrne (principal), S. Smith, D. Borthwick, J. Erskine, S. White, J. Driscoll, A. H. Grimsley (swimming master),[?]R.Mattnews, W. Baverstock, J. Borthwick, W. Hodgkiss, H. Bassmann.Front Row: L.Baker,.H. Hodgkiss, R. Holmes. At the recent carnival in connection with the Public Schools in the Western District of the P.S.A.A.A., the above group of…

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Damages for School Girl. £20 for Being Placed in Cupboard

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

Through her father, Barbara Astbury, eleven, at Northwich (Eng), sued Robins Wotherspoon, a teacher, and the managers of the Castle Girls' School, for damages for an injury alleged to have been caused through being…

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Girls' School Championship

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

The girls' swimming championships of the public schools were decided to-day at the Domain Baths. The 100 yards championship was won by Miss G. Bramley…

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Medical Inspection of School Children

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 9

This important subject is at present engaging the attention of Mr. Carmichael. In the course of a reference yesterday the Minister for Public Instruction observed that people were beginning…

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The Schools. Cinderella's New Clothes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 14

With the passing of a bill through Parliament authorising the erection of new offices, the Department of Education enters upon the last stage of a metamorphosis that has gradually…

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Trouble in the Principalities. School Boy's on Strike. Resent Police Methods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 10

VIENNA, Monday Evening.--The school boy strikes which occurred in England during last year have been emulated in Austria-Hungary, but for a different cause…

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School for Weatmead

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 2

Mr. T. R. Moxham, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Education last week, requesting the establishment or a public schol at Westmead. Alderman…

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Why the Secular School Fails. by a Non-catholic. "You Cannot Teach Morals As You Teach Spelling."

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 9

Among a number of important and timely contributions to the now American magazine, the "Common Cause," is one by Mr. Bird S. Color, on "The Dangers that…

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Marist Brother's High School Old Boys

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 36

The old boys of the Marist Brothers's High School hold their firs annual cricket match against the school eleven on Sunday last. Batting first the old boys made…

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