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Schools, 1914

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Girls' High School Some of Its Joys. Trapdoor and Peepholes

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1914 · page 20

The removal of the old High School from Elizabeth street will no doubt be an Improvement from the pedagogue's view point. The new site (Darlinghurst) Is infinitely more…

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The King's School. Commemoration Day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 11

The annual commemoration and Old Boy's reunion in connection with The Kind's School, Parramatta, took place on Saturday, when the school grounds were the scene of life and…

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How We Are Governed. (Continued From Page One.) Medical Inspection of Schools

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 5

When speaking at the New Zealand Medical Congress on Wednesday, Mr. Holman, Premier of New South Wales, had something to say regarding the…

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Education. King's School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 4

On Saturday the 82nd anniversary of the foundation of King's School, Parramatta, was celebrated. The commemoration service was preached by Dr. Long, Bishop of Bathurst…

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Work of the Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 4

The reports issued from time to time by the school inspectors afford interesting reading and the predominating note is promise, indicating that solid and…

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School Gardens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 4

Mr. J. Dawson, chief inspector of schools, states that farm, flower, and vegetable seeds will be supplied by the department on application to tho teacher of school agriculture,…

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Teachers Strike Settled. London [?] Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 1

The strike of a [?] been settled [?] the annual [?]…

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American Impressions of Our Athletes. Games Should Form a Part of the School Curriculum

Referee · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 1

"Australasian athletics strike me as like American's some twenty years ago," said Mr. Peixotto. "Your athletics are confined to a few clubs; you still have the opposition of the…

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Fort-street School Swimming Club

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 4

As a preliminary to the Fort-street earnival. which takes Place at the Demain Raths on Saturday. 7th of March. the 220yds school championship was…

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Social Work in England. a Sydney Kindergarten Teacher's Experiences

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 18

"I hope the social condition of the masses will never be as proportionately bad in Sydney as it is in London, where so many institutions are used as a sort of mop to wipe out sundry…

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Public School Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 10

MOLONG, Tuesday. -- Owing to an outbreak of diphtheria, the public school at Meranburn has been closed…

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Agricultural Education. in Queensland Primary Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 10

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- The Minister for Public Instruction and Agriculture to-day conferred on the question of combining the teaching of agriculture with primary education. It…

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A Schoolboy Hercules

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 17

E. R. CAUGHEY, THE AMERICAN SCHOOLBOY ATHLETE, who has been busy of late showing Australians how to put the 16lb. shot…

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Schools of Arts and Education

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 11

Just when the New South Wales Minister for Education is urging that a School of Arts should take a more prominent place in the education of the State, the Queensland teachers…

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Accommodation for Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 11

Speaking of the number of teachers in the service, Mr. Dawson pointed out yesterday that there was a considerable floating population among teachers -- teachers on leave prior to…

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Teachers' Meetings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 11

At the annual mooting of the north-western section of the metropolitan teachers, to be held at the Girls' High School to-night, Mr. W. Lonnard will comment on the qualifying…

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A Federated Teachers' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 11

The Queensland Teachers' Conference passed a resolution that "the time is ripe for a federation of the various teachers' unions throughout Australia," and the executive was…

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The Teachers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 11

There are many questions concerning the Teachers' Association at present in no small measure. A feature of the conference in December was the number of resolutions which…

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The Schools. Superannuation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 11

For some months -- in fact, even since the Legislative Council threw out the Superannuation Bill -- a convention composed of members of the Teachers' Association, the Teachers'…

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An Old Schoolmaster

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 35

Mr. Edwin Banks, who is retiring from the Department of Public Instruction, has completed 52 years' work in the cause of education in New South Wales. He entered…

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