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Schools, 1916

2,441 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 123

School Cricket. Tuition to Be Resumed Next

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 14

So successful has been the effort of the New South Wales Cricket Association to encourage schoolboys to develop their cricket ability that no time is to be lost in resuming the practices…

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Democracy of Public Schools

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 18

The New South Wales Minister for Public Instruction is not quite correct when he states that the Education Department takes no consideration of the financial position of the…

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School of Instruction in Junior Cadet Training at Victoria Barracks, Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 24

Left to right-- Front row: E. Connelly, T. S. Osborne, H. J. Nolan, C. Corner, H. S. Sykes, R. Thompson, F. Tucker. Second row: P. E. Lewis, C. J. Hamilton, H. Peake, H G Carr, Lieut. W. H. Flynn (Instructor), Capt. A. Cooke-Russell (Chief Instructor), S.S.M. A. B. Perkins (Instructor), E. J. Bryon, G. Try, W. L. Frew, V. G. Skippen. Third row: E. H. Jeacoclce,- P. Wilson, C. G. Jones, W. Birrell, W. H. Welding, H. B. Squire, G. A. Shannon, A. W. Fitzgerald. F. C. Young, W. Tindale, V. J. Williams. Fourth row: E. P. O'Reilly, J. Cummine, F. H. Bisley, A. H. Crouch, P. Sicard, F. Johnston, W. E. Champion, C. W. Kennedy, F. A. Evans, H. Cook, 0. G. Armstrong…

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School Books

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 5

The flat has gone forth, and the knell of our old friend, the school render, has been sounded. The Minister has decided "that the use of the ordinary reader will be discontinued from the…

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The Tragedy on the Island. A Soldier Kicked to Death. Revenge on Swindlers at a Two-Up School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. H. Richardson Clarke, District Coroner, opened an inquest into the death of Henry James Brown, a soldier, at Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, on…

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The Primary Schools. Diocesan Examinations. Religion

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 14

1. Can the souls in Purgatory be relieved by our prayers and other good works? (Exact words of the Catechism.)—10 marks…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 January 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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Rome and Sectarian Schools. to the Editor

Watchman · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 5

Sir,—Anticipating your kind permission, I would ask, through the medium of your ably-conducted journal—Why does the Roman Catholic Church so strenuously and…

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Secondary Schools

Evening News · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 5

Three thousand candidates have [?] qualifying certificate [?] room only for [?] High Schools, the [?]…

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Doctors on Strike. Examination of School Children. Discrimination Wanted Against the Poor

The Australian Worker · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 17

Strong opposition to the extension of the N.S.W. Labor Government's scheme to secure a free medical examination of school children is being offered by the…

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The Secondary Schools Too Many Candidates

The Sun · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 5

About 3000 candidates succeeded in passing the recent qualifying examinations for entrance to the secondary schools, but as there are only 900 vacancies to be filled there will…

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School of Forestry Inter- State Movement Conference to Be Held

The Sun · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 9

The Governor- General, who is one of the best- informed men in the Empire in regard to forestry and afforestation, had a long talk on the subject with the Minister for…

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The Bush School Influence of the Teacher. a Link with the Outside World

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 8

Addressing the members of the Herelord Reunion Club, Glebe, an association of men and women that have passed through a short course of training to…

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School Hall, Crow's Nest (N.s.w.)

Construction and Local Government Journal · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

T. J. Darling, Architect W. McJannett, Master Builder…

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After School—what?

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

Dear "Planets,"—I know I'm gone and forgotten in the League, and I guess I deserve it, as 1 haven't written for about four…

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Public High Schools. Applicants for Admission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A number of inquiries have been made at tho Education Department by parents who are anxious for their children to gain admission to Public High schools. These schools…

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Depot Training School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 10

It was ascertained at district headquarters yesterday that the depot training school hitherto held at Liverpool will be transferred to the Royal Agricultural Showground shortly…

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War Indemnities School of Arts Debate

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 1

At last night's meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club the question discussed was-- That it is injurious for a Victorious Nation to impose an Indemnity. The Premier…

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School of Forestry. Inter-state Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

An inter-State conference is to .be held shortly to consider the question of the establishment of a forestry training school to serve the whole of the Commonwealth…

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