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Schools, 1912

3,355 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 168

Schoolboys' Strike

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 14

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

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Collars Outside. Odd Dress Customs at Famous English Public Schools

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 26

The headmaster of Shrewsbury. School has just insisted on boys who wear Eton collars wearing them outside their coats. To many this may appear a trivial affair, as it cannot matter…

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Marchesi Removes School to London

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 20

Mathilde Marchesi, the mother of Madame Blanche Marche v, has decided to join forces with her daughter's academy in London, and so transfer her famous school of singing from…

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Hart's Aviation School

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 12

This school opens on its ideal flying grounds at Richmond to-morrow. The successful passing of a full course will qualify for the Aero Club of Great Britain's certificate. Besides the…

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Brave Schoolboy

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1912 · page 5

A brave deed during the frost last month is credited to an Edinburgh schoolboy, Willie Russell, only eleven and a half years old. As he was crossing the canal bridge at the foot of…

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School Teachers and Marriage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 8

Complaints as to the shortage of teachers in the country have been made with more or less frequency during recent months, and Mr. Carmichael, the Minister for Public Instruction. In…

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New School for Mascot

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

A movement has been started in Mascot for the purpose of having a new public school erected within the municipality. At present the area does not possess such an institution…

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Best Paid in World. the State Teachers. Minister's Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 9

"I have had a number of letters and complaints in regard to the shortage of teachers for the smaller schools," said the Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael) yesterday…

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Farmers' Winter School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 6

The annual winter school for farmers will be held at the Hawkesbury College from June 17 to July 13. The purpose of the school is to afford busy farmers and stock-owners who…

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The Schools. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 7

At a meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association a letter was read from the Superintendent of Technical Education referring to the very small attendances at the various…

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Education Conference. Meeting of Teachers' Guild

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 10

A meeting, of the Teachers' Guild was held at the Sydney Grammar School on Friday. Mr.Parves, president, occupied the chair. The business was [?]gely devoted to a…

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Broke Up the School. Bathurst Class-room Wrecked. Bathurst

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 1

When the Bathurst district school opened this morning the big class-room was found in a state of chaos. Between Friday and Sunday vandals had entered the building…

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" the Age of Health." New Department Advocated. School Murder and Brain Extinction. Lecture by Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 8

The creation of a public health department, the setting aside of £2,000,000 for stamping out preventable disease, the appointment of a National Royal commission…

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College & Hotel. Teaching Teachers. Proposed New Training College

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 9

With the exception of the few denominational and other private schools the whole of the teaching of the children of New South Wales is done in Government-owned schools…

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Bulli's School Accommodation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 6

BULLl, Sunday.--At a meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association held in the Woonona public school last evening it was decided to write to the Department of Public Instruction…

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The Teachers' Guild. English Educational Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 6

A general meeting of the Teachers' Guild of New South Wales was held in the Sydney Grammar School on Friday evening, Mr. Purves, M.A., in the chair…

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Winter School for Farmers. at Hawkesbury College

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 5

This year's winter school for farmers at the Hawkesbury College will commence on Monday, June 17, and will terminate on Saturday, July 13. The purpose of the school is to afford…

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Best-paid Teachers in the World

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 8

Mr. Carmichael is very anxious that the teaching staffs of New South Wales should be brought up to requirements, and touching upon the question on Saturday, he admitted that…

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For the Children's Pennies. Savings Banks in Victorian Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Savings Bank authorities are establishing penny savings banks in the State schools. The Education Department has given a promise of assistance…

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The Rhodes Scholars to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 4

Sir,--I, in common with many other Oxonians, have read with great interest the series of articles contributed by Mr. Scott Fletcher giving us his impression of the University from…

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