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Schools, 1914

2,683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 135

Primary Schools. Enrolment and Attendance. Gratifying Increases

The Sun · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 11

Some interesting figures have been supplied by the Minister of Public Instruction with regard to the enrolment and attendance of pupils at primary schools throughout the…

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Italian Flying Man. Business Trip to Sydney. Will Open Aviation School

The Sun · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 8

If Mr. Edmondo Bianchi, the Italian aviator, was an Englishman, he would be known as Mr. Edmond White. When he stepped off the Maloja this morning a newspaper…

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"Huddled Like Pigs." Conditions at Auburn School Movement to Protest

The Sun · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 5

School children are being refused. enrolment in the public schools in the Granville district owing to lack of accommodation. At. Auburn things are in a very…

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Football. Rugby Union. the Schools' Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 May 1914 · page 12

The Manly schoolboys promise to uphold their wonderful football record of the last two years, and, by defeating Crown-street school in the opening competition games by 43 points to nil, they again demonstrate their…

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Overcrowded. Scholars Sit on the Floor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 9

When Mr. H. C. Hoyle (Minister for Railways) visited the Granville electorate last week the inadequacy of the school accommodation was pointed out to him. The…

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School Teacher Wounded. Lung Pierced by Scissors. Discovery at Paddington

Evening News · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 7

Alger [?] school teacher was found in her home [?] Brown-street, Paddington, shortly before[?] this afternoon, which a gash in her [?] and another on the left…

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Schoolboy Killed by Train

Evening News · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 2

A schoolboy, Reginald Price, 9, of Victoria Avenue, Concord, was struck by a passing train at the Concord West station on Thursday evening, and when picked up was dead…

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Teachers Wanted. What "Snowy" Baker Says Brain and Brawn

Evening News · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

English boxers as a body are certainly superior to Australians, but if you take our champions in each class I maintain that we are ahead you, wrote Mr. "Snowy" Baker…

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A School Magazine

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 3

I like "Weod[?] Chronicle"—the quarterly magazine of Woodcourt Young Ladies' College, Dulwich Hill. For one thing, I know some of the…

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Public Schools Mid-winter Vacation. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

Sir,—In these times of increased taxation on every hand, it is strange that the Government should have overlooked the fact that by granting a week's vacation to…

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The Schools. Attendance Increases. 250,000 Roll Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 9

The returns of the Department of Public Instruction for the quarter ended March 31 in regard to attendances at the primary schools show a considerable increase over any of the…

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The Schools. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 12

Mr. J. Nangle, Superintendent of Technical Education, officially declared the new trades school open on Wednesday. MANILLA, Thursday…

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The School Population. Its Rapid Growth

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 14

Interesting figures have been supplied by the Minister for Public instruction with regard to the enrolment and attendance of pupils at primary schools throughout the State during…

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A Schoolboy Killed. Run Down by Train

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 11

Reginald Price (9), of Victoria-avenue, Concord, was knocked down and killed by a passing train at Concord West railway station early yesterday evening…

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An Italian Airman. Opening of Aviation Schools a Sydney-melbourne Flight

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 4

Signor Edmondo Bianchi an Italian aviator who took part in the recent Tripoli war, arrived in Sydney by the P and O. mailboat maloja yesterday morning…

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The Health Policy. Important Innovations. Bush Nursing and Travelling Hospitals. Medical and Dental Attention for Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 9

The Government is disclosing piecemeal some of the more important of its policy proposals in regard to public health. On Wednesday the Minister for Public Health, Mr. Flowers,…

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Mrs. Haffenden -Smith"s Pupils

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 14

Mrs. Haffenden Smith's publics will give a recital at the Town-hall on Wednesday, June 3 (King's Birthday). Over 50 students will take part. The proceeds are in aid of the Babies' Hospital, Greycliffe. The plan will…

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War's Comic Side. the Pupils Flock to the Newest School

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 7

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Thoughts for Teachers

Globe · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 5

"Thoughts for Teachers;" by "Jimmie Panpikin" (Donald E. Fraser), is a collection of articles written by a well-known inspector of schools. The book deals with many subjects…

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Granville Schools. Overcrowded and Unhealthy Children Refused Admittance

Evening News · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 14

When Mr. Hoyle, Minister for Railways and Assistant Treasurer, was at Granville last week he deplored the fact that the schools were so inadequate to accommodate the…

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