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Schools, 1912

3,355 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 168

The Schools. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 5

A number of changes have been made in the teaching staff of East Tamworth School. Mr. Bussman has been appointed to a city school, his place being filled by Mr. R. A. Page, B.A…

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"I Am Going Away." Schoolboy Disappears

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 1

"I am going away good-bye." This is the message left behind by a thirteen-year-old schoolboy, Henry Burgess, who went away from his parents home in…

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Regrading. New Civil Service Salaries. Better Pay for Teachers. Increases Amounting to £150,000 the New Female Mi[?] to Date From July 1

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 7

The auxiously-looked-for publication containing the results of the investigations which have been going on during the past few months of the salaries of every person in the employ…

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Roman Catholics and Their Religious Schools. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 4

Sir,--If Your correspondent "Non-Catholic" is in earnest; and is open to conviction, it will be an easy matter to satisfy him on the two questions which he calls "concise and and straight-out," in your issue of yesterday…

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Senior Cadet Training Secondary Schools Battalions. Senator Pearce's Views

Evening News · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

The Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce waited on hour this morning for a deputation which tailed to arrive. Then he gave it up and explained the department's views to an…

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Shearing and Wool-classing. a Sydney School of Instruction

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

We have just received a pamphlet from the National Wool Institute, Sydney, selling out the advantages offered by this progressive school to those [?]…

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School of Arts. a Successful Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 4

Since its foundation in 1833[?] the Sydney Mechanics[?] School of Arts has achieved a record of valuable educational work in the city, and the report for the seventy-ninth year shows…

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Regrading Scheme. Mixed Reception. Provision for Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

Members of the Public Service were keenly interested in the regrading made available yesterday. The prevailing opinion among those directly concerned appeared to be that…

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The Schools. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 4

Mr. F. M'Geo, of Tuggeranong Public School, who after 30 years' continuous service is leaving on 12 months' leave of absence, was bidden farewell by a large gathering and…

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Secondary Schools the New Inspector. Ghat with Mr. Elliott. Where Germany Leads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 7

"Modern methods of education are different from the old methods, and as far as I have been able to ascertain this country is doing its best to keep abreast of the times."…

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Secondary Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

It is only natural that the new Inspector of Secondary Schools should exercise great reserve in any comment he may make on our educational system. Mr. Elliott is a…

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The Teachers' Position. Final Word Not Said. Mr. Beeby Foreshadows Further Increases

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 7

Chatting yesterday on the subject of the regrading, so far as it applies to school teachers, Mr. Beeby, who, up to a short time ago had charge of the Public Instruction Department,…

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Sydney School of Arts. a Successful Year

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

The report of the committee of the Sydney Mechanics', School of Arts for the year 1911, the seventy-ninth year of its existence, discloses satisfactory conditions as to finances and membership. After payment of all…

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Roman Catholics and Their Religious Schools. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 3

Sir.--The long and side-tracking answers to my straight-out questions on the above subject are very much what I expected; but they adroitly avoid the questions I submitted, and…

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From the Durbar. the Kings School Cadets. Bombs That Were Not Used

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9

Accompanied by 14 of his King's School cadets. Rev. P. S. Waddy returned to Sydney yesterday by the Macedonia, after witnessing all the Durbar ceremonies…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Not Brilliant. Rhodes Scholars. 176 for the Year

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.—The annual report of the Rhodes' Scholarship Trustees, which has just been published, announces that there were 176 students appointed to the scholarships…

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Japanese Schools and Tramcars

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 7

"T. H.," North Sydney, writes:—In conversation with a Japanese resident on the Shore, he informed me that the English language is carefully taught in [?] schools in Japan (both…

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£40,000,000 in Gifts. Record Christmas Present to a Schoolboy

The World's News · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 2

America's expenditure on Christmas gifts of jewels aggregated £40,000,000. The secretary of the Jewellers' Board of Trade, made that estimate, which surpassed all previous records…

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Schoolboy Howlers. Quaint Definitions in Examination Papers

The World's News · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 13

Some delightful howlers are given in the "University Correspondent." The following is a selection:—The young Pretender was [?]o called because…

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Regrading. Mixed Reception. Opinions of Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 15

"Very fine—especially for women!" was the opinion of Miss Golding, woman vice-president of the Teachers' Association, when asked what she thought of the regrading of teachers'…

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