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Schools, 1912

3,355 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 168

Dairy Science School at Grafton

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 6

The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture has approved of a short dairy science school being held on the Clarence River and arrangements have been…

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Remodeeling Redfern School

The Sun · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 12

The Government will shortly proceed with the work of remodelling the Redfern Public School, and anxiety is being felt by the teaching staff, that on the…

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School Without a Roof

The Sun · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 12

"I was much pleased to note that that great statesman, the Minister for Public Instruction. Mr. Carmichael, had inspected the new brass band, composed of boys from the…

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Fourteen! the Red Roll. Grammar School Boy Killed. Swept Off Footboard

The Sun · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 7

The danger of footboard-riding on trams was again emphasised this morning. A Sydney Grammar School boy, John Rutter, of Randwick, was riding on the footboard of…

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New Bush School. Funds Short at Gilgandra

The Sun · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 9

The Rev. Rolf Silvester, realising the importance of work among the "Children of the Bush," has proved his deep feelings for them in a very real way by a generous gift to the…

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Schools of Instruction

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The following officers have passed the schools of instruction in[?]actical fitness to command:--Majors…

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Mr. Lawrence Campbell's Pupils

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 10

On Friday evening the students of the Lawrence Campbell School of Public Speaking and Dramatic Art will give a dramatic and humorous recital at St. James's- halL The programme will consist of recitations,…

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The United Sunday School Union's Committee. Teacher Training Course Lectures

The Methodist · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 8

Students for the Second Year Course are required to take Dr. J. Serimger's Text Book, "Books of the Old Testament," and this book, says Rev. E. J. Rodd, treats the subject in a very sound manner…

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Winter School for Farmers

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 3

In connection with the forthcoming Winter School for farmers to be held, at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from the 17th June to 13th July…

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Orchard Hills Public School

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

All ncccssary arrangements had bean completed for holding the Empire Day celebrations at this school on Friday, 24th ult; but, owing to the heavy and frequent…

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"Gulliver's Travels." Lecture at the Penrith School of Arts

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 8

The first of a series of lectures under the Sydney Universtiy Extension Board, arranged by the committee of the Penrith School of Arts, was…

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Penrith School of Arts

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 4

The oommittee of the above institution has received the promised advance of £100—instead of Mr Beeby's special grant, apparently—from the Government out of…

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Jonathan's School Ways. Mosely Educationists Sall for America

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

The party of well-known educationists who have been sent by Mr. Alfred Mosely, C.M.G., to study education as it is carried out in the United States, left Southampton…

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Schoolboy's Act. Thought His Mother Was Dying, and Swallowed Acid

The Arrow · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

Believing that his mother had swallowed a fatal dose of carbolic acid, and thinking life without her would not be worth living, Willie Shaver, a 13-year-old boy, sought death a…

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German School Novelty

The World's News · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 19

Nowhere is the cinematograph more popular than in Germany. In Berlin there are numbers of picture theatres. In the…

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Sunday School Convention at Wagga Wagga

The Methodist · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 9

It was the privilege of the Riverina District to have the first District Convention under the new regime, and Wagga Wagga was proud to accept the…

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Correspondence Sunday School Department Prizes. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 9

Dear Sir,— In your special Sunday School issue there is an omission which robs this school of the only little glory it has ever boasted in the examination line…

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Church and Press. Job for Journalists' School. Value of Religious News

The Sun · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 11

Dr. E. F. Slossen, the American Professor of Journalism who has been speaking in Sydney and Melbourne recently, will find a difficult task awaiting him on his return to…

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Schoolboy Killed. Swept Off a Tram. Gave Up His Seat to a Lady

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 14

A Sydney Grammar Schoolboy, Jack Rutter (13), residing with his parents at Randwick, was yesterday swept off the footboard of a Coogee tram by a passing car, and killed…

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School Boy Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Ronald Swan (6), whose parents reside in Oxford-terrace, New Parkside, was fatally injured through a fall at Unley State School yesterday. He had…

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