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Schools, 1915

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New School Chapel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 9

The chapel at the Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, just completed at a cost of about £6000, is one of the most attractive eccleslastical buildings in the district…

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Scholars' Pence. Needed for War Loan. Amsterdam, Tuesday Afternoon

Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 1

The German Government has circularised the schools of the empire, asking the pupils to devote all their savings to the war loan. The [?] of Berlin are being urged to…

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Schoolroom in a Day. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 13

A gang of men from various departments of the railway devoted a day off to erecting in one day an additional room at the Cowper-street Methodist Sunday School. The…

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Modern Language Teachers and Matriculation. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

Sir,--A modern language master, writing on March 12, shows how the number of modern language students at the University, is steadily diminishing owing to the tightening of the…

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Melbourne Doings. Victorians as London Police.--Great Belgian Benefit.--£130 for a Box of Cigars.--A Veteran Teacher Retires.--Melba's Plans and the Melba Gift Book.--Young Woman, go on the Land!--Music and Knitting

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 6

Very Interesting letters are coming to hand from Victorian women who are at present doing police duty in England. One of these policewomen is the artist, Mrs. George Coates,…

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The Schools. Fish and Fowl

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 11

It was proposed in the early stages of the war to take off 10 per cent, of the salaries of all members of the public service. The proposal, however, was not carried out, the only…

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Light Horse Officers Who Attended the School of Instruction at Marrickville

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 30

Those in the group, reading from left to right, are:-- Front row: Lieutenants K. Smiths, J. Kemp Bruce, E. Hymann, G. M. Mills, W. T. Anderson, A. M. Gerrard, E. B. Ralston, G. Nugent, Hunter, Staff Sergeant-major V. M'Namara (assistant instructor), and Sergeant-major W. Hudson (assistant instructor). Second row: Lieutenant E. H. Meredith, Second Lieutenant E. St. J. N. Binnie, Captains M…

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Maroubra's Progress. The New School-Church. Blessed by the Archbishop

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 18

When the Rev. Father J. H. Morris went to found a parish at Maroubra he had no easy proposition to face, for there was no residence for him, no school, no church. He…

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The Primary Schools. the Value of Hand Work

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 14

Anyone who has tried the method of bringing home a lesson by letting the class do some work with their hands knows how valuable an aid this is. The very fact of…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 14

Teachers are invited to seek information on any question relating to their school work. Correspondence will be treated confidentially.—ED. C.P.]…

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Scripture in Schools. Political Inconsistencies. Rev. Joseph Nicholson

Watchman · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

The action of the Central Executive of the Labour League of Victoria—reported in the "Argus" of March 2—in expelling all members of the Bendigo West Labour League,…

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Maroubra New School-church Blessed.the Archbishop's Vigorous Address. •

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 19

Possessing an abundance of energy, the Rev. Father Morris, when placed in charge of the new parish of Maroubra, at once went ahead with a comprehensive scheme of necessary…

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School Wanted for Bond

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

The Mayor at Waverley (Alderman Barracluff), at the last meeting of the council, submitted a minute advocating the establishment of a public svhool in the vicinity of Barracluff…

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For the Bairns. School Song (Original)

The Australian Worker · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 11

O come! 'Tis summer time! Come, come, away To the daisy field where the fairies play! Bright shines the sun with merry glances…

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School Tenders Accepted

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

The Department of Public Instruction has accepted the following tenders for school works:— Cudgen, additions, W. Bray, Murwillumbah, £475 6s…

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Hurstville School of Arts

The Propeller · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 1

A meeting was held in the Hurstville Starr-Bowkett Office on Tuesday last for the purpose of devising the best means of…

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All Schools Championships

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 4

The annual swimming carnival and all schools championship competition will take place to-morrow afternoon at Drummoyne…

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Miss Ida Cough's Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 21

This evening the pupils of Miss Ida Gough will give a pianoforte recital at St. James's Hall, when Misses Patty MacManon, Grace M'Coll, and Tessi[?] Marshall will assist. Miss Gough herself will appear with…

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Peeps Through the School-room Door

The Methodist · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 4

I, see that— Maclean school is still progressing. The enrolment is 96, as compared with 80 on September 30th last…

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Berlin Statement. German Schoolgirls Killed. Amsterdam, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 17

It is officially stated in Berlin that French airmen dropped bombs at Schle[?]stadt (Alsace-Lorraine) on a school, killing two girls and wounding ten…

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