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Schools, 1914

2,683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 135

The Bursaries and Scholarships Arrangement for Successful Pupils to Attend Schools Next

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 7

The Bursaries and Scholarships awarded as a result of the Qualifying Certificate examination will not be ready for announcement till early in February. The Bursary Board, which allots…

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School Exams. Bursaries and Scholarships

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 9

It was officially stated yesterday that the bursaries and scholarships awarded as a result of the "qualifying certificate" examination will not be ready for…

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School Exams. Qualifying Certificates. Country Results

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 5

The list of the successful candidates who sat for the qualifying certificate examination in the country schools. will be made available to-morrow, and will be printed in that day's…

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Eaten by Wolves. Fate of a Schoolgirl. Bitter Cold in Europe. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 8

A terrific frost was experienced all over England on Saturday, but the weather was milder yesterday. The cold has not decreased on the…

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Travelling Hospitals. New Medical Service for School Children. Minister for Education Explains Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 7

As far as the speech-making was concerned, chief interest in the Druids' banquet on Saturday night centred in the address of the Minister for Education, who announced that it was…

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Country Education Questions. the Old, Old Story. No Money to Build Schools

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 4

Wrong.—I have seen Mr. Strong, of the Department of Public Instruction, who has charge of the construction branch, with reference to the erection…

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Sydney's Public Schools

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 4

Emerald Hill contemplates sending his son to one of the larger public schools in Sydney, and desires me to give him the names of one or two…

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Teachers' Salaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 3

In a departmental review of the teaching staff of the Public schools, it is stated that since the minimum adult salary was fixed at £110 greater contentment has existed in the…

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School Curriculums

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 3

It may be presumed that pupils he leave school at 15 or 16 years of age do so in order to begin industrial or commercial careers. The school course of such pupils should…

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State Scholarships. Arrangements for the Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 6

The bursaries and scholarships awarded as a result of the qualifying certificate examination will not be ready for announcement till early in February. The Bursary Board, which…

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Government Contracts. School Work. Tenders Accepted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 5

Grafton High School, improvement, Mr. T. Flintoff, Grafton, £2[?] 10s; Telegraph Point P. School, verandah, etc., Mr. J. Sullivan, Smithtown, £[?]7 10s; Tha[?]garrah Public School, repairs, Mr. E. Thompson,…

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Public V. Private Schools. the Quality of "Tone." Speech by Mr. Carmichael

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 7

A new High School for Girls was this afternoon opened at Lane Cove-road, Crow's Nest, North Sydney, in the presence of a large, gathering of parents and others…

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School of Arts, Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 9

A new building has been completed in Marlon-street, Leichhardt, for the local School of Arts. It will be opened by Mr. Carmichael early next month. The building is capable of holding six…

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Technical Education Changes. a Trade Schools and the Trades

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 6

Two of the changes now coming about in our technical education system--they were visible long ago upon the educational sky-line, and have now been officially announced by the…

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Promotion of Country School Teachers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 57

Mr. J. Jones, teacher of Palmer's Island Public School (Clarence River) has been promoted to Monteagle, in the Young district; and Mr. Reley, of Maclean School, to Mullumbimby:…

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Dirty School. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 11

Some months ago a new infants school was completed at Railwaytown, but was only oponed to-day. When the two newly appointed lady teachers went to take charge of the…

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Progress and Change in the City of Sydney : a School Replacing a Gaol

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 14

A View from Darling Harbour of the Western Side of the City of Sydney. There have been great changes along the water-front of Sydney during the past few years The Harbour Trust has [?] immense amount of work, which we deal with in a comprehensive special article. in this quarter Sydney has all the featur[?] a great port, and the article unfolds a wonderful story of progress…

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School Roof Suffers. Falling Bricks and Iron

The Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 7

At the Waverley Public School in Cowper-street, the roof over the girls' department for about 30ft. by 10ft. was, with several rafters, lifted off. A chimney was blown down to the…

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Secondary Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 8

"Comparisons have recently been made between the State-controlled secondary schools and the same kind of school under private control in regard to that intangible quality usually…

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