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Schools, 1914

2,683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 135

Teachers' Meetings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 14

The P.S.A.A.A. Council will meet, to-night after a couple of months' rest, to fix the date of the annual picnic and to make arrangements for the annual swimming…

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The Responsibility of School Swimming

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 14

The sad accident last week at the Domain Baths, when a member of the swimming squad of a private school at Surry- hills was drowned, again emphasises the great responsibility that…

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"The Schoolboy's Lament."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 14

Occasionally wonderful compositions are published as the unaided work of heaven-born juvenile Miltons, while to the critical eye they show, undoubted signs of a master's…

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The Aviation School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Work was commenced to-day with the construction of the hangers and workshops for the Aviation School at Point Cook, near Altona. The works will…

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School Girls on Strike. a Mistress Ejected. Trouble in Herefordshire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Evening.--As the result of the trouble concerning school teachers' pay in Herefordshire, and the consequent strike of teachers, 50 schools have been closed, and it is…

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Exhibitions by Maori Schoolboys

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 36

Twelve Maori schoolboys of Te Kao, a native settlement in the far north of New Zealand,, recently completed a march to the Auckland Exhibition, the distance being 323 miles. In preparation for the event they trained for nine months, and rehearsed a number of part-songs, Maori hakas, war dances, and the like, the intention being to hold entertainments en route to cover expenses…

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Schoolboy Drowned. the Domain Baths Fatality. One Teacher in Charge of Forty-seven Boys. Emulations and Primary Schools

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 8

At the City Coroner's Court this morning, an inquest was held concerning the death of John Banedict Maguire, 13, a schoolboy, who was drowmed in the Domain Baths last Friday afternoon…

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Christian Brothers' New School. Opened at Wagga

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 34

There was a large attendance of the parents of the pupils of St. Michael's Boys' School, Wagga, on Tuesday morning, last week, the occasion beings the inauguration…

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The Week in Brisbane. News and Gossip. BRISBANE, January 31. New Convent School at Roma

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 25

With characteristic energy and abundant enthusiasm for the cause of Catholic education, his Grace Dr. Duhig paid a hurried visit to Roma last week, and on Sunday…

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The Christian Brothers Welcomed School Opened at Wagga

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 17

A pleasant and enthusiastic function was held at St. Michael's Boys' School, Wagga, on Tuesday morning. The occasion was the inauguration of the school under the…

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New Convent School, Forbes Education in Catholic Schools. Bishop Dunne's Inspiring Words

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 16

The new convene school at Forbes was formally opened by his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Dunne (Bishop of Bathurst) on Sunday last (says the Forbes "Advocate") The…

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Country Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 41

Convent School, Albion Park, Sisters of St. Joseph—Mary Timbs, Gertrude V. Timbs. Convent School, Dapto.—Kathleen…

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American Public Schools

Watchman · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 1

Rome Catholic rush headlong into the arms of public School critics, regardless of who they are or what their religious affiliations are, under the misapprehension that…

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More Scholarships. the Country Schools. Awarded As Result of Q.c. Exams

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 1

The Institution of country High Schools and District Schools has enabled the Department of Public Instruction to secondary education a proportional number of but…

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Minister for Labor Opens School. [?]

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

New additions to the local public school were opened by Mr. J. Estell, Minister for labor. He was a companied by Messrs. Cusack and Boston and members of the Albury…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 4

The eighty-first annual report of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, which is to be presented at the annual meeting to be held on Monday, February 9, was circulated…

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Schoolboy's Death. Drowned in the Baths. Not Missed Among 1200. Remarks by the Coroner

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 4

The circumstances connected with the drowning accident at the Domain Municipal Baths last Friday afternoon were related in the City Coroner's' Court this morning,…

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Scholarships. Metropolitan Awards Admissions to High Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

The following candidates from schools in the metropolitan district have been awarded scholarships as the result of the competition held in connection with the qualifying certificate examination of November 10 last…

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Sydney School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 6

During 1913 the Sydney School of Arts suffered from three disabilities. The wet weather early in the year hampered many members in their use of the library, the gas strike caused…

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School Teachers on Strike. a Mistress Ejected by the Scholars

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

In consequence of a dispute between the school teachers of Herefordshire and the county authorities regarding the rates of pay, fifty county schools…

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