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Schools, 1913

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Lacrosse. Queensland Defeats New South Wales. by 9 Goals to 8. New South Wales Schools Beaten. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 4

The exhibition Ground on Saturday was the sce[?] of two interstate lacrosse matchess between New South Wales and Queensland schoolboys, and the same States representatives senior players. In the schools' match…

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Interstate Schools' Game

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 4

The schoolboys played the final match of the four as the early game to the big engagement, and a sparkling and entertaining game resulted in favour of New South Wales by 1 goal to nil. The visitors, as a…

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Tango and Turkey Trot. Teachers' Condemnation. London, Sunday, 8.35 p.m

The Sun · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 8

A conference of teachers of dancing now sitting in Glasgow has condemned both the tango and the turkey trot…

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Schools of Speech. Inducting an Agent-general. Sir George Reid's Entrance. London, May. 30

The Sun · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 8

Some years age--it would not be poilte to say how many--a girl and a boy were the picked scholars of a State school in one of the most popular suburbs of Melbourne. The…

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Miscellaneous. Off to School

The Sun · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 11

Mr. Desmond Coke, author of some of the best of boys' stories, writing in the "Daily Mail," says:-- "To-day and to-morrow are black days for England's motherhood…

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The Health of School Children

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 6

The medical inspection of the children attending the public schools is none the less acceptable because it is belated. In many of the privately-managed secondary schools…

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Inter-state Schools. Queensland V. New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 5

Played at Epping Racecourse, and won by New South Wales, [?] geal to nil. New South Wales Schoo;s; Goalkeeper, Faitland; backs. heasman and Graser; Barke, Willson and Ford;…

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Schools' Exhibition Game

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 5

The two teams from the Lower School, Petersham provided an interesting game on the Domain. This is the third week since the boys were in[?]ated into the game and their adept handling of their crosses was…

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The School Doctor. New Medical Work. Statement by Dr. Willis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 12

As briefly stated in our issue of yesterday, the new scheme for the medical inspection of children attending State schools is to be inaugurated next week. The proposals of Dr…

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St. Paul's Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 12

When the Railway Commissioners decided two years ago to widen the Redfern tunnel it was found necessary to resume a good deal of property which abutted on to the line. St…

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School Entertainments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 4

The evening students of the Newtown Superior Public School intend to hold another, Shakespearian entertainment in the Oddfellows' Hall. Wilson-street, Newtown, on July…

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Baseball. Interstate School Games

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 13

Word has been received from Victoria to the effect that the promised visit of the schoolboy team is likely to fall through. If such proves to be the case it will be a great disappointment to those most…

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School Agriculture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 4

Mr. John Halstead has issued a report on the work that is being accomplished by the schools in agriculture. An outline of the work of the department shows that sets of…

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School Medical Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 8

The forthcoming inauguration of the new scheme of school medical work, particulars of which we published yesterday, is a matter on which the Department of…

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School Sanitation. Inadequate and Obsolete. Reports From Coogee

Evening News · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 10

The sanitation of schools in the Borough of Randwick has lately engaged the attention of the sanitary inspector for that district, and of the schools inspected two at least were not up…

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School and the Home Plea for the Children. Address by Inspector Fraser

The Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 11

In the course of an address to parents delivered by Inspector Fraser at the Riley-street Infants' School, on Friday reference was made to the lack of interest displayed…

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Garden Party to Teachers Guests of the King and Queen London, Tuesday, 10.55 p.m

The Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 7

The King and the Queen are inviting the heads of the teaching profession to a garden party to be held at Buckingham Palace on the 19th inst…

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Dirty School Children. English Doctor's Disclosures London, Tuesday, 10.55 p.m

The Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 7

In a paper read before the Food Reform Association at the Guildhall to-day the medical officer of the Wolverhampton schools said that many children attended…

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Medical Inspection in Public Schools. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 7

Sir,—The recent announcement of the intention of the Minister for Education to reorganise the scheme of medical inspection in schools involving as it does a large increase in the medical staff is one which calls for…

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Health of School Children. New Scheme of Medical Inspection

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 7

The announcement that the new scheme of medical inspection of school children is to be brought into operation next week has evoked considerable parental interest. Medical…

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