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Schools, 1915

2,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 105

A Souvenir for School Pupils

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 2

The N.S.W. Minister for Education (Mr. Griffith) has authorised the compilation and publication of Mr. Ashmead Barlett's and Captain Bean's accounts…

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Schools' Ten Thousand. Empire Day Effort. Girl Who Gave Her Daddy

The Sun · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 3

The proposal to give a special Empire Day offering of ten thousand pounds by the school children of this State to the Belgian orphans has been received enthusiastically…

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Hurstville School of Arts

The Propeller · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 1

It is anticipated that the Hurstville School of Arts and Literary Institute will be opened to the public early in July. Persons…

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Sunday School Day. the Roll of Honour

The Methodist · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 1

Oh, long life lit with praise For duty nobly done, High aims, laborious days And the Crown won…

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The Methodist School Hymnal

The Methodist · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 2

The Sunday School Department has arranged, with a view to encouraging the use of our own School Hymnal at anniversary services, to loan hymn books to schools desiring them at the following rates:—…

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Cinematograph in Sunday Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 8

Moving pictures have frequently been screened in connection with religious services in Sydney, but the departure is a new one as far as New Zealand is concerned, and…

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Empire Day. Observance in the Schools. Patriotic Demonstrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 10

Empire Day, which falls on Monday, and is to be observed as a public holiday, has a special significance this year. There will be a double feature in the…

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Belgian Orphans. Schools £10,000

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 11

In order to recognise the effort of schools to assist in raising £10,000 on Empire Day to help the Belgian orphans, the Minister for Education has decided that a certificate shall…

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Music. the Russian School

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 6

Though the Slav nature is said to differ greatly from that of the races of Western Europe, Slavonic music--with its capricious rhythm, strangeness of harmony and cadence--…

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Bankstown Public School

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 18

The official opening of the new school at Central Bankstown was performed on Wednesday afternoon by Mr. J. Dawson, Chief Inspector of Schools. Mr. Dawson was…

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Blacktown. the New School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 11

The tender of Mr. Frank Winchester, Quaker's Hill, has been accepted for new public school building. The contract price is £480, and the new building, it is…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 11

Mr. P. G. Rofe, who has acted as honor ary secretary for the institute named for quite a number of years, has resigned owing to his projected immediate removal…

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Rugby Union. Great Public Schools' Premiership. T.K.S. Defeat N.C.

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 3

T.K.S. and N.C. met in their G.P.S. fixture at Parramatta on Wednesday, and, as is always the case with these old rivals, a good, clean, fast game resulted. Mr. E…

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Schools' Roll of Honor. Pupils Keenly Competing. Big Effort for Belgians

The Sun · Sunday 23 May 1915 · page 8

"Mum says we gave our Daddy to the Belgians, so we can't give any more now." This pathetic message given to the mistress of a Sydney school last week has opened the…

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'Gave Our Daddy to Belgians' Pathetic Words Open Schoolmates' Purses Plan for N.s.w. Pupils to Raise £10,000 Proves Popular

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 May 1915 · page 9

"Mum Bays we gave our Daddy to the Belgians, so we can't give any more now." This pathetic message, given to the mistress of a Sydney school last week, has opened the…

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Empire Day To-morrow How the Day Will Be Celebrated Big Efforts in Schools Public Functions

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 May 1915 · page 9

Empire Day celebrations will provide a big program for the city and suburbs to-morrow. The "day" this year, as we are reminded by the official programs issued by the Government…

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Australia's Escape. What Fort-street Scholars Were Told

Evening News · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 3

[?] of the principal functions among the [?] that at Fort-street Public High Sel[?]. At the inspector (Mr. A. J. Kilgour) put…

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Cleveland -Street School

Evening News · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 3

There was considerable enthusiasm at the Cleveland-street Superior Public School this morning. and nearly all the 1600 pupils were in attendance For an hour they had lessons…

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Honoring the Flag. Britain's World-wide Empire. CEleBRATIons in Sydney. Patriotic Demonstrations and Speeches. School Children's Impressive Displays

Evening News · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 3

The Royal Exchange, Bridge and Pitt-street City, this morning was the scene of an intensely patriotic gathering organised on behalf of the mercantile interest of New South Wales. The…

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To-day's School Effort. State Organised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1915 · page 5

The organisation among the school children of New South Wales to raise £10,000 as an Empire Day contribution to the Belgian Fund is complete. The Minister for Education,…

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