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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1914

2,683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 135

Unhealthy Country School Windsor

Evening News · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

The Windsor Municipal Council's sanitary inspector (Mr. Holloway) has reported to the council that the insanitary state of the public school at Riverstone is caused by the…

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School Stories

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

Dr. Mach[?] is lest [?] for a [?][?]ber of school [?] which appeared in the [?] of the "School master" Most of them were sent to him…

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Sunday School Council

The Methodist · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 4

The Council met on Monday evening last. The General Secretary (just returned from Gunning) reported that a series of successful Conferences and other services had been held in Crookwell, Goulburn, and…

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Crowded Schools. Children Turned Away

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 11

When Mr. H. C. Hoyle, Minister for for Railways and Assistant Treasurer, visited the Granville district last week he had ocular demonstration of the congested…

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The Old School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 6

At the Parramatta Council meeting on Monday evening Alderman Marsden called attention to the dilapidated condition of the old building on the public school area…

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Cookery School for Canterbury

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 May 1914 · page 10

The Department of Education has decided to establish a cookery school connection with, the Canterbury Public School. Girls attending the public schools at Bankstown, Lakemha…

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Late Sporting. League Rugby. Schools' Competition

The Sun · Sunday 17 May 1914 · page 10

The Rugby League School competition will start on Wednesday next. The draw for the first round is:--St John's v. Westmead; St Joseph's (Newtown) v. St Mary's…

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Barlow Schools Competition

The Sun · Sunday 17 May 1914 · page 9

Westmead Boys' Home defeated Auburn South by 3 goals to nil. Parramatta High School defeated Auburn North by 4 goals to 2…

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Miss Creep's Pupils' Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 5

On Thursday evening next the pupils of Miss E. Creef will give their annual concert at Concordia Hall, when, with artistic assistante of Miss Mab Fotheringham, Mr. Sid Macdonald; and Mr. Chas, Walsh, an…

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Pupils of Mr. Harrison Allen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 5

Some varied examples of amateur aspirants in the mummer's art were provided by Mr. Harrison Allen's elocutionary pupils at an entertainment in St. James' hall on Saturday evening Chief among them were Miss…

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School Teacher Wounded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 14

Miss Alice Reilly (56), a teacher at the Leichhardt State school, was found at her home 41 Brown-street, Paddington. on Friday afternoon, with a gush in her left wrist and a stub wound…

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Line Crossed at Last. Schoolboys' Record

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 May 1914 · page 5

The match at Manly between the Manly Schoolboys and Albion-street Superior Public School on Friday last is worthy of special mention. It is the first time for three years that the Manly boys have had a score…

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Children in the Schools

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 4

During the March quarter of this year, there were upon the rolls of the public schools of New South Wales 14,760 more pupils than in the…

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Buildings and Works. Progress of the Trades. a New School Chapel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 5

This chapel, the foundation stone of which was recently laid by the Archbishop of Sydney, has been designed in the transitional decorated or early perpendicular style of…

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Primary School Grammar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 7

Dr. Percival R. Cole, has issued a useful little handbook on elementary English grammar, for use in primary schools. The volume has been prepared with a view…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 7

The Department of Agriculture is now distributing a prospectus of the winter school for farmers, to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in the four weeks beginning…

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Schools' Football. Rugby League Competition. to Start To-morrow

The Sun · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 12

The grounds for the Schools' Rugby League competition were allotted yesterday as follow:--Westmead v. St. John's, at Domain No. 2, Mr. Patternden; St. Patrick's (Church…

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General Notes. Winter School for Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture is now distributing a prospectus of the winter school for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in the four weeks beginning on June 23…

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Mr. Harrison Allen's Pupils

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 19

A number of promising pupils from the studio of Mr. Hurrison Allen were brought forward at s recital in St; James's-hall on Saturday night last. The hall was filled, und the histrionic merit of most of those who filled the…

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Baseball. High Schools' Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 22

Following are the fixtures for to-day:— First Grade. Boys' High School v Hurlstone College, at Leichhardt: Boys' High School v Technical High School…

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