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Schools, 1914

2,683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 135

Teachers of Agriculture. Position in the United States

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 9

The United States Bureau of Education is the source of the following information. In 1910 there were about eighteen hundred high schools…

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Our Book Column Montessori Schools

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 10

There has been much discussion of the new Montessori system of teaching, which is said to be an improvement on the Kindergarten system of…

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Schoolgirls and Spare Time

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 5

Dear "Planets,"—I do approve of my Canadian comrade after all. She wrote me a beautiful long letter about a fortnight ago, so I take back all I…

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Our Boys. Choice of Occupations. Leaving School. Only One Bottlewasher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 10

The Minister for Education furnished Interesting information yesterday as to what the lads of New South Wales do for a living after they leave the primary schools…

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Swimming. Girls' Fort-street School Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 12

The seventeenth annual carnival of the above school was held at Elkington Park baths. Forty-seven events were keenly contested. Results:- 100yds Championship of School.—Ena Drake, 1; Edie…

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Teachers' Leave

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 6

The Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael) referred yesterday to a return thnt has been propared, showing the leave of absence taken by teachers during 1913. The regulation in…

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Bubal Camp School. Morpeth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 9

Mr. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture accompanied by Mr. Bethel, visited Morpeth last evening to be present at the rural camp school dinner, the last session of which is…

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Public Service. Important Announcement. Value of School Certificates

The Sun · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 9

During the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new High School for Parramatta this afternoon, the Minister for Education made an important announcement…

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Teachers' Salaries. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 5

Sir.--At the risk of being thought guilty of the impudence of attempting to speak for the Minister for Education, I beg leave to refer to the letter of Mr. H. J. Smith, who speaks of Mr. Carmichael's family allowance…

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The Boys. After Leaving School. Occupations They Follow

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 15

Some interesting information was furnished yesterday by the Minister for Education as to what the boys of New South Wales do for a living after they leave the primary schools…

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School Tenders

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 15

The following tenders were accepted by the Public Instruction Department for the week ending April 2:--Marom Creek Public School: New buildings; T. Edwards, of Coolmangar,…

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How He Died "Round the Corner Rifles." a School Poet Upon a Current Topic

Globe · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 5

Inspired by the generally accepted rumor that 50 per cent of the rifles made at the Lithgow small arms factory for the Australian army will not shoot straight. "A.R.B." breaks forth…

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Agricultural Clubs Should They Be Established for School Children ?

Globe · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 5

The educative paper read recently before the Carlingford Agricultural Bureau on "The Corn Club Movement in the Schools of the United States." by Mr. Jackson. opens up a very big…

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Queensland Storm. Churches and School Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £10,000. BRISBANE, Saturday Afternoon

Evening News · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 11

Further particulars of the cyclonic storm which swept over Southern Queenland on Friday, Cambooya and Helidon feeling the full force of it, show that the former township…

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Salaries of Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 4

The lowest paid male assistant in the Transvaal (S.A.) Education Department starts on £150, proceeding by yearly incremonts of £10 to £200. The N. S. Wales railway and…

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High School. New Parramatta Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 11

Speaking at the laying of the foundationstone of the Parramatta High School, the Minister for Education said:—There were several points in connection with the school…

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Public Service. New Examination Standard Schools Certificate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 23

The Minister for Education made an important announcement at Parramatta yesterday. He said that the Public Service Board had agreed to accept the departmental…

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A Book About Sunday Schools

The Methodist · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 10

"Methodist Sunday School Year Cook," by Rev. W. J.Mortimer, Organising Secretary of the S.S. Department or South Australia, (Hussey and…

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The Teacher Training Course. Will the Methodist Church Make This Possible?

The Methodist · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 4

Far away in the Riverina District there is a little Sunday School at Rannock, in the Coolamon Circuit. Two of the workers from this school—Misses Downie and Menzies—attended the sessions of the recent…

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National Law School. London

The Sun · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 8

At a meeting of the Law Society yesterday, the president. Mr. Walter Trower, advocated the foundation of a National School of Law, which, he said, was necessary not only…

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