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Schools, 1913

3,437 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 172

The High School. The truth as to the Site. The Minister's Visit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 February 1913 · page 3

Some two months ago, the Parramatta Park Trustees were approached by the principal senior inspector of the Public Instruction Department, Mr. Langford…

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"Lame and Halt." Father O'Reilly on ,State Education. Opening a New Catholic School at Granville

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 17

The now infant school—St. Joseph's—at Granville was blessed and opened on Sunday afternoon by the Very Rev. Father Thomas O'Reilly, P.P., V.F. (Parramatta…

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"Westward Ho!" the Poison in the School-book

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 28

The Australian papers this week have a cable message to the effect that, backed up by Monsignor Hugh Benson some English Catholic are objecting to pay rates to…

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New School at Granville. Blessed by the Very Rev. T. O'REILLY, V.F.

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 12

The Granville parish is moving along the road of Catholic progress, thanks to the energy of the Rev. J. Grace and his. devoted parishioners, On Sunday last a fine…

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New School at Uralla. Blessed by Bishop O'connor. First Parish Priest Welcomed

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 18

The official opening of the new convent school at Uralla took place on Sunday last, in the presence of a large gathering, tho unfavourable weather conditions preventing…

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Schoolboy's Painful Injury

Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 11

Albert Callaway, 9, of 14 Baldwin-street, Eyskinoville, a schoolboy, met with an accident while climbing over a fence near his home on Wednesday. At the time he was barefooted,…

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Penny to Eat a Snail Teacher's Bribe to Pupil. London. Wednesday, 9.15 p.m

The Sun · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 9

The Chatham Education Board has severely reprimanded a female teacher for having bribed one of hor scholars with a penny to eat a snail in order to prove to her class that…

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The Greatest School in the Empire

Co-operator · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 6

Can you imagine a school composed of 200,000 scholars, who never see a teacher? Can you picture a large staff of teachers, who from 9 in the…

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Subjects at Subsidised School

The Land · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 13

Searcher asks:—Kindly tell me what subjects are taught in a subsidised school. Could a governess that has matriculated in the Melbourne…

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Trading Notes. the International Correspondence Schools

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 4

"Thoroughess and efficiency" have been the watchwords of those responsible for the quality of I.C.S. tuition. The manuscripts of the instructions papers are complied in the first…

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Public School Improvements

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 10

[?] the following works have been [?] Board of the public in [?] Mittagong [?] work, J…

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Good by Stealth. Generous Gift to Hospital School. London, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 6

The Medical School of the Middlesex Hospital has benefited by a generous gift from an sponymous donor. This is a bequest of £10,000 for the purpose…

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Medical School for Jerusalem

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 14

A tremendous step in the right direction has been made by the institution in Jerusalem of a Medical School of Tropical Research. The pioneer of the movement may…

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Back to School

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 4

This is just 3 Hide note of farewell to the League—that is until next holidays To-morrow morning we are starting off ever so early and Fm to…

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The School Doctor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 8

One of the spheres of activity to which the progressive policy of the Department of Public Instruction has been directed in recent years has, we are glad to note, been…

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State Schools. Medical Work. the System Discussed. V.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 7

In a previous article dealing with the medical work in State schools, which appeared in the "Herald" on Tuesday last, some reference was made to the duties of the doctors…

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School Without Water

The Sun · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 6

As a result of representations made to last night's meeting of tho Rockdale Council, letters are to be forwarded to the Department of Instruction and the Water and…

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Exhausted While Swimming Rescue at School Carnival

The Sun · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 6

The mistake of accepting the entry of a schoolboy and allowing him to start in a race without first ascertaining whether he is able to swim, was demonstrated yesterday…

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Rhodes Scholars

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 4

A London report issued in connection with the working of the Rhodes Scholarship shows that a large proportion or the students go into…

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Guests of Auburn. Sunday School Teachers' Conference

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 5

The sixteenth quarterly conference and fourth annual meeting of the C.E. Sunday School teachers of the Rural Deanery of Parramatta was held on Wednesday in St…

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