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Schools, 1916

2,441 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 123

Good School Sport Holidays Benefit Players Unexpected Set-backs

The Sun · Wednesday 12 July 1916 · page 4

All high school competitions were resumed last week under ideal conditions. The holidays were spent in the open air day and night, and devoted to clearing work at…

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To School in [?]Heep Truck

The Sun · Wednesday 12 July 1916 · page 4

It would have done Mr. Dawson's or Mr. Board's eyes good to have been in the viclnity of the Condobolln-Broken Hill railway line on July 1. In the corner of an open sheep…

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Manly Public School

The Sun · Wednesday 12 July 1916 · page 4

Last night the Manly Council, on the motion of Alderman Dumbrell, decided to request the Minister for Education to expedite the additions and renovations to the local…

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In Honor of France Half-holiday for Schools

The Sun · Wednesday 12 July 1916 · page 8

In connection with the French national celebration, the Acting-Minister for Education (Mr. Fitzgerald) desires that on the morning of July 14 teachers and pupils of the…

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Social Hygiene. Cannot Be Taught in Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 July 1916 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A deputation representing the Council of Social Hygiene, which to-day waited upon the Minister for Education, urged that sex physiology should…

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Notes on Education. Our Schools. The Primary Schools. the Teaching of English

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 July 1916 · 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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Schools' Celebrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 8

On Friday morning (the French National Day), teachers and pupils of Public schools are requested by Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Acting Minister for Education, to call to mind the…

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Sydney Grammar School. Mr. Sloman Entertained. Old Boys' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 6

The headmaster of the Sydney Grammar, School (Mr. H. N. P. Sloman), who is about to leave for England to volunteer for act[?] sorvice, was entertained at a smoke concert…

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Denominational Schools Proposed Exemptions City's Loss in Rates Public Must Make Up £1438

The Sun · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 8

The Lord Mayor (Alderman Meagher), in a minute which has received the approval of the City Council, recommends, as announced some time ago, that denomination schools…

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Five Days Away Schoolgirl Disappears

The Sun · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 6

Telling her aunt that she was tired and she Intended going straight to bed, Mavis Isaacs, aged 11, escaped unnoticed from her room on Friday night, and has not been heard of by her relatives since…

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Grammar School Soldiers. Farewell and Reunion

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 6

Sir Edmund Barton presided at a smoke concert held by the Sydney Grammar School Old Boys' Union last night in honor of Mr. H. N. P. Sloman, headmaster of the Grammar School,…

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Pupils' Entertainment

The Propeller · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 1

A pleasant evening was spent at Croft's Hall, Planthurst, on the 5th instant, when Mrs. and Miss Croft's pupils in dancing,…

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School Tenders

Evening News · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 1

The Department of Education has accepted the following tenders— [?] repairs and painting, L Norris, Armidale, 36…

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German Schools Closure Advocated

The Sun · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 6

There are not many German schools in this State. The Farmers' Conference, however, advocated this afternoon that they should be…

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Mr. Meagher and the Schools

The Sun · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 4

Guided by the Lord Mayor (Mr. Meagher), the City Council has stepped audaciously into a wide field of State policy, and recommends that no rates be collected from the schools of religious denominations in Sydney. The amount of money involved is fairly large. If Government consent is given to this attempt to sap the principle of…

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Manly's Unsuitable School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 9

The condition of the Superior Public School, Manly, and the lack of accommodation for children was severely commented on by the aldermen at the council meeting on Tuesday…

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German Schools. Farmers Demand Closing

Evening News · Saturday 15 July 1916 · page 3

A resolution was submitted to the Farmers [?] Settlers' Conference by the Wagga District Council that all German schools be closed and the children attending them absorbed by the…

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Schools of Instruction. Bombing and Trench Warfare

Evening News · Saturday 15 July 1916 · page 4

The military authorities announce that No 16 special A.I.F. musketry school of instruction, which has a duration of 14 days, will commence, at Liverpool on Thursday, July 27. Each…

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Fteld Artillery v. Army Service Corps. (Played at Grammar School Ground.)

Evening News · Saturday 15 July 1916 · page 7

Army Service [?] attacking strongly. The for[?] the hall repeat [?] to their oppo[?] were deprived of a…

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UNIVERSITY v. Newtown-st. George. (Play [?] Grammar School Ground.)

Evening News · Saturday 15 July 1916 · page 7

During the [?] twenty minutes play was mainly a trial of str[?] the forwards. with the balance in [?] the more weighty combined [?] backs seized…

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