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Schools, 1912

3,355 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 168

School of Mines. Large Scheme Proposed

The Sun · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 8

The Minister for Public Instruction (Mr. Carmichael) is devoting attention to the question of comprehensively, extending the School of Mines at Newcastle. This will be…

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The Late Mr. Flannery. a Popular Schoolmaster

The Sun · Saturday 20 April 1912 · page 8

Marked respect was paid to the memory of the lata Mr. George Henry Flannery, for many years headmaster of Leichhardt Superior Public School, and for 48 years an…

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Schoolboy's Suicide. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 April 1912 · page 7

Carl Louis Wekewerth, a boy ol 14 years, residing in Geelong, committed suicide last night by banging himself in the shed at the State school. He had been peculiar in manner for…

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Jackdaw That Goes to School. Bird Which Will Not Allow Boy Out of Its Sight. Fights His Battles

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 April 1912 · page 26

Upton, near Didcot, a little Berkshire village, should become world-famed, says an exchange, as it possesses a boy who understands jackdaws better .than any other human being…

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Summer Holiday "Schools."

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 April 1912 · page 5

The Children's Care Sub-Committee of the London C.C. recommend that two vacation schools, providing in the aggregate accommodation for 2400 children, be established and…

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School of Arts' Screw. The Matter of a Minimum Wage. and Also the Matter of a Mortgage. To the Editor

Truth · Sunday 21 April 1912 · page 7

Sir,—Not long ago certain correspondence appeared in "Truth" re the North Sydney School of Arts management. It may not be generally known that this institution…

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Union Game. First Grade. Eastern Suburbs v. Western Suburbs. At Sydney Grammar School ground

The Sun · Sunday 21 April 1912 · page 8

West-kicked off with a slight wind in their favor, and the ball was transferred to East's line, from where some ruck, play took place. The ball was soon out to Ward Prentice,…

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Bad Boy Who Reformed. a Sunday School Rebel. Head of Presbyterian Church

The Sun · Sunday 21 April 1912 · page 1

Mary Twain's theory that good little boys come to a bad end, while bad little boys live long and prosper, might have been quoted yesterday afternoon at the laying of the…

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The New Education. Mr. Carmichael on Civic Responsibility. Employers and Trade Schools

The Sun · Sunday 21 April 1912 · page 10

That in the remodelled system of education that the Department of Public Instruction has initiated the co-operation of parents and of employers with the efforts of the…

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Church and the Young. Lord Chelmsf0rd on Sunday School

Evening News · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 10

The foundation-stems of the school hall in connection with the Chalmers; Presbyterian Church, Hedfern, was laid by Lord Chelmsford on Saturday. His Excellency said that…

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School Congestion. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 11

The opening of the new Public school at Coledale will prove a great convenience to the residents of that place, who formerly had to send their children to school at Austinmer…

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New Public School. for Crows Nest. Accommodation Still Inadequate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 5

The Minister for Public Instruction (Mr. Carmichael), on Saturday officially opened the new school-building erected at Crow's Nest. For a period of 30 years the pupils have…

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Civics and the Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 8

No Minister for Education in this State need have any fear that increase of expenditure in his department will be questioned either by press or public as long as…

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Bears at School. Instruction in Mathematics

The Sun · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 8

"Who-oo-oo! Gura-r-r-rah! Crack! Crack! Who-oo-oo! Roo-oo-oop!" "Back to your places! We will have that lesson over again!" said a voice…

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"At Its Mother's Knee" Christianity and the Child. How It Should Be Taught. the Governor on Sunday Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 14

In laying the foundatlon-stone of the school-hall in connection with Chalmers' Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Buckingham and Bedford streets, Redfern, on Saturday afternoon,…

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Crow's Nest School. Opening of Additions. the Department's Policy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 14

On Saturday the formal opening of the new school building, at Crow's Nest, North Sydney, was performed by the Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael), in the presence of several…

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Taxation and Education. Will Catholics Refuse to Pay? Archbishop Kelly on Secular Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 11

Dr. Kelly, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, blessed and opened the St. Mary's Cathedral primary schools yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large gathering of priests…

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Stopped His Talk. Teacher Cuts Pupil's Tongue. Sats It Was an Accident. School Committee Investigating

Evening News · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—It has transpired that several weeks ago a female teacher at the Pleasant-street State School, Ballarat, cut the tongue of one of the children with a pair of…

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Adelaide's Italian Count. an Exalted School Teacher. Title and Estates. Progenitor Who Was Stabbed. Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 8

Adelaide has a full-blooded count of is own. It has only just found it out. During many, many years of the noble gentleman's residence in the City of Churches there have…

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Government Farm Schools. Room for Apprentices

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 3

The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture notifies that its new scheme for training farm appr[?]tices is now in full going order, and that apprentices…

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