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Schools, 1913

3,437 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 172

Out-back Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 17

Sir,—I should like, through the medium of your valuable paper, to draw the attention of those responsible, namely, the Education Department, to the accommodation provided…

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The Churches. Sunday Schools' Anniversary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 4

A hundred years ago the first Sunday school was opened in Australia, in the parish of St. John, Parramatta. To-day every Church of all denominations has a Sunday…

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Sunday School Anniversary

The Methodist · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 6

The 91st Anniversary of the Macquarie Street (Parramatta) Methodist Sunday School was celebrated on Sunday last, the preachers being Revs. G. C. Percival, F…

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Where Is That Teacher?

The Methodist · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 11

One of the smartest things I have ever seen in connection with Sunday School work was a postcard designed by the superintendent of a Liverpool Sunday…

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Australia's Newspapers. School of Arts Debate. Libel Law Denounced

The Sun · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 5

The discussion at the last meeting of the Sydney School of Arta Debating Club was 'whether the influence exerted by the newspapers of Australia is in the best interests…

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School Buildings for Polling Purposes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 9

The Minister for Education has approved of the departmental schools being used for polling purposes if required in connection With the Federal election, on May 31. The school…

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Religion in Schools. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 10

Sir.--If Dr. O'Reilly had quoted by letter fully,"That Jesus is the Christ, the highest manifestation of God," and is implicit "on all our coins and on every letter we write"--the word implicit being used in the…

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Trade Schools. Future Policy of the Department

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 15

BATHURST, Friday.--The annual meeting of prize givers in connection with the Bathurst Technical College took place last night. The Mayor (Aid; A.. Rigby) presided, and Mr. J…

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School of Engineering

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 15

The ninth annual dinner of the P. N. Russell School of Engineering, was held last evening at Aarons' Exchange Hotel, Gresham-street. Mr. C. A. Bourne, B.Sc., presided. There was…

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Public School Enterprise. an Interesting Magazine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 15

The Newtown superior day and continuation schools have long been conspicuous by the enterprise and versatility which they have displayed in all matters Pertaining to education…

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Great Public Schools. Newington College V. Sydney Grammar School

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 18

Newington College defented Sydney Grammar School in a hard match played on the Newington ground by 9 points to nil. Brown and Miller scored for Nowington, and J. Taylor kicked a penalty goal. Sydney Grammar…

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Football. Rugby Union T.K.S. v. S.C.E.G.S Another Win for School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 3

The second round of the Great Public Schools' Premiership matches was played on Wednesday, when T.K.S. again came out on top. A good crowd from North…

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The First Sunday School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 6

The Rev. James S. Hassall, in his book "In Old Australia," published in 1901, says of his father (Rev. Thomas Hassall): "Mr. Hassall established the first…

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Methodist Sunday School Anniversary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 6

The weather was unfavorable this week for the celebration of the 91st anniversary of the Parramatta Methodist Sunday School, but nevertheless there were good…

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Discussions for MEN & Women. Inmost Heart Confidences of Men and Women Readers of the Globe. Should Cooking Lessons Be Compulsory for Girls at School? Certainly! at Will Have a Good Effect in the Years to Come

Globe · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 8

An emphatic "yes" to the above interesting question should be given to all who appreciate good, cooking. Cooking is such an important matter that it efforts everyone, directly or…

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THE P.S.A.A.A. A unique Union which controls any branch of sport which school boys or school girls wish to play. The most Popular game of Football proved now to be Soccer—How different parent Associations can help to advance their games

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 May 1913 · page 16

"The Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Asscciation, or, us it is popularly called, the P.S.A.A.A., is on a very different standing to any other sporting body in N.S. Wales,…

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A Minister's Ideal. Mr. Carmichael Advice to Parents. "The School Does Much."

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 May 1913 · page 10

"The school does much, but great as the work is it is small in comparison with the work that remains for the parent to do when our best has been done."…

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School and the Soul Moral Tutorship. Minister Appeals to Parents

The Sun · Sunday 18 May 1913 · page 5

"The school does much," said the Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael) yesterday, "but its work is small in comparison with the work that remains for the parent to do when…

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First Australian Sunday School

Evening News · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 10

One hundred years ago Thomas Hasmall opened the first sunday school in Australia, at St. John's parramatta It is [?] that one Sunday in May [?] he was fulling the time in the new settlement…

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Teachers' Forage Allowance to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 4

Sir,—About 12 months ago we were told that a committee from the Public Instruction Department or the Public Service Board, or somewhere, had teachers' forage…

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