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Schools, 1915

2,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 105

A State School Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 3

The N.S.W. Minister for Education has decided that on Empire Day the school children shall be given an opportunity to do something for the starving boys and…

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Ceylon School Boys. a Cricket Team for Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 4

A proposal has been made that a team of boys from Ceylon should visit Australia next cricket season and play at the various large centres. At the time when…

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School Chapel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 5

The chapel for the Sydney Church of England Grammer School at North Sydney, which was dedicated by the Archbishop of Sydney on the 4th inst, is one of the most modern school…

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Settlement at Yanco. Demand for Schools

The Sun · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 8

The rapidity with which the irrigation settlement at Yanco is growing has made it necessary to increase the school accommodation for the children of settlers and…

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St. Joseph's School Hall, Rozelle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 5

St. Joseph's now school hall, recently erected by Messrs. Buchanan and M'Kay, at Rozelle, is two Storeys, each storey having a floor area of 92ft. x 39ft. The building is of brick set in…

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Our Soldiers. Souvenir for School Pupils

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 8

The Minister for Education (Mr. Griffith) has authorised the compilation and publication of Mr. Ashmead Bartlett's and Captain Bean's accounts of the Dardanelles tight in the form of…

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Singing in Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 5

The teaching of singing in our State schools is rightly regarded as a most important branch of the young people's education. The little song interpolated between…

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The Australians. Schools' Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 12

Under the headings of "Australians in Action," "The Story of Gallipoll," the Department of Public Instruction has published, for the use of the senior pupil's of the Public…

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The Schools. Who Got Those Increments?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 12

This is not a conundrum; it is a question. When the embargo was lifted from officers receiving less than £200 a year, it was mentioned in this column that there would be keen…

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Mother Assaults Teacher

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 12

At the Glebe Police Court yesterday Jessie Scott Black, assistant teacher at Kegworth Public School, Leichhardt, proceeded against Adeline Louisa Ward for assault…

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Teachers and the War. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 15

Sir,--In your issue of the 14th instant you quote Mr. Dawson as follows:--"Judging by my experience, it is the efficient teacher of officer who goes to the front, leaving the old…

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Schoolboys' Status. League Football and Amateurism

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 13

The Rugby. League schools' competitions will commence in a few weeks' time, arid already a number of new schools are making inquiries regarding the status of their boys if they take…

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Infantry Officers and Instructors at No. 19 School of Instruction in Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 29

There has always been a keen desire on the part of young officers to attend schools of instruction, but since the war began the enthusiasm has greatly increased…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 4

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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Our Primary Schools. the Teaching of English

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 4

After all, whatever we may do by way of ornamentation, the main test of education will always be how our pupils speak, and how they express themselves in writing. The…

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The Poor Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 27

A fete in aid of the Poor Schools, SS. Joseph and John, will be opened by his Grace the Archbishop on Wednesday, 26th inst., at the Bible Hall, William-street, at 3.30 p.m…

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The Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) in Australia Their New Novitiate

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 12

The Brothers of the Christian Schools (de la Salle Brothers) having completed their new novitiate at Cootamundra, are now in a position to train a large number of young…

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Football. Great Public Schools Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 12

St. Joseph's College v Church of England Grammar School. St. Joseph's College beat North Sydney Grammar on tile latter's ground by 11 points to 3. For S.J C…

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Bankstown Public School

The Sun · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 6

The new public school at Central Bankstown was officially opened yesterday afternoon by Mr. Dawson, Chief Inspector of Schools. He said it would be only in matter…

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To Thrill Schoolchildren

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 8

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Mr. Donham has requested the Department of Instruction to arrange that all head teachers of State schools in Queensland shall read to their pupils Mr…

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