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Schools, 1914

2,683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 135

Overcrowded School. Cabinet Minister's Comment

Evening News · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 16

In response to representation by the Newtown Municipal Council. Mr. O. R. Hall, Minister for Justice, paid a visit of inspection to the Esmore Public School in company with the…

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Burwood Public School

Evening News · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Mr. O. Lindsay Thompson, vice-president of the Burwood branch of the Parents and Citizen's Association, referring to the statements by the secretary of his association to the effect…

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Snowy Sturgeon's Boxing School

Referee · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 6

The once great Australian welter-weight, "Snowy" Sturgeon, has opened a boxing school in Market-street, Sydney, where everything necessary in the making of the really up-to-date…

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High Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 10

Sir,—Professor Carslaw in his pamphlet on "The Teaching of Mathematics in Australia," says:—"From small beginnings in 1903, when four State High Schools were opened, the…

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Roman Catholic Primary Schools

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 7

Forward arrangements have been made for starting these matches on the 19th inst. and to continue on the Tuesday of each successive week. The following…

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Teachers' and the Stamp Act

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 8

The Council of the New South Wales Teachers' Association has decided to protest against the imposition of the stamp duty upon teachers' salaries and students' allowances…

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No Room in Burwood School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 10

Mr. O. Lindsay-Thompson, vice-president of the Burwood branch of the Parents and Citizens' Association, commenting upon the published statements by the hon, secretary of his…

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Inspecting Secondary Schools. a Victorian Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Sir Alexander Peacock, Minister for Education, was approached recently by a deputation from Melbourne University, and urged to institute the inspection of…

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The Teachers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 12

The postponed consideration of £144 per annum as a minimum wage for certificated teachers was continued at the special meeting of the council on Friday evening. There was a full…

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Sydney Girls' High School. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 12

Sir, -- Professor Carslaw in his pamphlet on "The Teaching of Mathematics in Australia,'' says: -- From small beginnings in 1903, when (our Slate High…

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The Schools. Superannuation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 12

"The Daily Telegraph" of Saturday, 2nd last., fully reported the essential features of Mr. Delohery's address on a phase of superannuation. The case was that of Stephen v. Miller,…

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Retirement of a Schoolmistress

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 32

There are few public school teachers in New South Wales who have enjoyed so much popularity as Miss Thompson, the well-known teacher at the High School, who for…

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Rome Day by Day. Notes and News. Monday, March 23. Religion Restored to the Roman Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 12

When Commissioner Aphel was appointed Royal Commissary of Rome last December to take over the administration of the Eternal City from the hands of the "Bloc…

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The New School on Church Hill for St. Patrick's Parish Foundations Laid by Archbishop

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 16

On Sunday afternoon, in the presence of a large gathering, his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney blessed and laid the memorial stones of the new parish hall and primary…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 13

[Teachers are invited to seek information on any question relating to their school work. Correspondence will be treated confidentially.—Ed. C.P.]. Third and Fourth Year English…

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Effects of Secularist Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 3

Extremely interesting figures with regard to the growth of juvenile criminality in France are given by M. Maurice Yvernes, head of the department of judicial statistics…

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Religion Restored to the Roman Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 35

When Comm. Aphel was appointed Royal Commissary of Rome last December to take over the administration of the Eternal City from the hands of the Bloc, there was much…

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St. Patrick's New School. Archbishop Blesses Foundation-stone. Catholic Education and Justice

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 18

The historic parish of St. Patrick, Church-hill, was the scene of an important function on Sunday, when the Archbishop of Sydney blessed and laid the foundation-stone of the…

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The High Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 10

Sir,—My attention had been already called to the slip I had made in the sentence Miss Badham quotes from my "Report on the Teaching of Mathematics in Australia." And…

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