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Schools, 1915

2,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 105

School Statistics. Statement by the Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 10

At the opening of the new school at Haberfield on Saturday afternoon Mr. Carmichael (Minister for Public Instruction) gave some interesting statistics in regard to the great…

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Teachers and a Trade Union

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 10

Officers of the Department of Public Instruction number, roughly speaking, 60 per cent. of the Public Service of the State. Some six hundred public servants out of a total of…

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Newtown School of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 10

Dr. G. Hall Bohrsmann, president of the Newtown School of Arts, presided at the annual meeting. The report showed a membership of 425, an…

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Catholic Primary Schools. Distribution of Certificates. Speech by the State Governor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 3

The annual distribution of certificates in connection with the Catholic primary schools of the Archdiocese of Sydney, took place in the Chapter Hall at St. Mary's, on Saturday…

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Teachers and the Reserve

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 8

At the council meeting of the Public School Teachers' Association, held on Friday evening last the members present expressed their appreciation of the efforts of Mr…

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The Right to Enlist. Women Teachers' Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 6

A large and enthusiastic meeting of women teachers of all grades Was held in the Girls' High School on Saturday, with Miss Kate Ryan, Superior Public School, Newtown, in the chair…

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High School Pupils. Eager Applications

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 6

The head office of the Education Department is still in a state of siege from boys and girls eager to become enrolled in the high schools as a result of passing the qualifying…

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Not Enough Room. Pupils and Bursaries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 6

There can be no doubt as to the anxiety of young Australia to take advantage of the educational facilities that are now being offered. At the Education Department yesterday hundreds…

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Coloured Children. Excluded From School. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 10

Great indignation is expressed by the parents of coloured children at Bellata at the action of the Minister for Public Instruction in [?] cluding their children from attendance [?]…

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Where Are They? No Teachers at Jerilderie. Jerilderie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 9

When school was to have been resumed this morning after the vacation no teachers were present. There were three teachers at the breaking up in December, all of whom…

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High Schools. Restricted Admission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 9

At the Education Department yesterday hundreds of boys and girls crowded round a blackboard on which were pinned typed sheets showing the names of school pupils who were…

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Supply of School Material

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 6

The Education Department provides an example, though only a small one, where the war has resulted in a considerable saving. An English firm, contracting for the…

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Teaching English in Public Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 9

"X" writes.--"By your report of the summer conference of the Modern Language Association, opened at the Sydney University on Saturday, I see the Minister for Education…

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Up in the Clouds. Airman Over Eastern Suburbs. School Children Watch Evolutions

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 6

Mr. Delfoses Badgery, the young Australian airman, made a series of flights, commencing at an early hear this morning, over Botany and the eastern suburbs. Shortly after six…

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Candidates for High Schools. Education Department Besieged

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 8

The HEad Office of the [?] Department is still in a state of [?] from boys and [?] to become [?] in the High Schools as a result of passing the [?]…

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Patriotic Women Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 7

At the meeting of women teachers, held on Saturday morning at the Girls' High School, some very practical patriotism was talked by some very practical women. "The opinion…

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The Schools. Superannuation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 7

The most perfect modern substitute for the cup of Tantalus would be the Superannuation Act, for it has been dangled before the teachers and other public servants of the State for…

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Teachers and Trades-unions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 7

The council of the Teachers' Association has not allowed the Public Service Association's famous referendum to bind the educational division to the Trades Hall, and it is proposed to…

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School Swimming

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 7

The New South Wales Tramway Department notifies that school pupils in parties of not less than 12, it accompanied by a teacher, will be charged childrens' fares when travelling for…

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Teachers and the War

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 7

On Monday morning letters were received by military teachers--or as many as the department could get trace of--asking if they were prepared to drop the chalk and take up a rifle…

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