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Schools, 1917

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Public School for West Kogarah

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 3

The Carlton Parents and Citizens' Association have been advised that the Minister for Education bus approved of the building of a public school at West Kogurah. A suitable…

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School Attendance. Secondary School Figures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 7

According to a statement made by Mr. James, Minister for Education, on Saturday, he was able to give completed figures In connection with the attendance of secondary pupils at…

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Sydney School of Arts. 84th Annual Meeting

Evening News · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 4

At the eighty-fourth annual meeting of the Sydney school of Arts. Pitt-street held at the institution on Monday evening. Mr. W. Reld presiding, the annual report [?] that the membership at the end of…

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Educational Questions Case of the Lone Farmer's Children. No School—no Schooling

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 8

Narrand[?] (N.S.W.) asks if the Government will give him any assistance towards educating his boy, who is nine years old, and has never been to school,…

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War History in the Schools. Movement by Education Department

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 3

The N.S.W. Minister for Education (Mr. James) stated on Tuesday that following upon the decision of the Cabinet to include war subject in the school…

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School of Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 8

At the eighty-fourth annual meeting of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, which was held at the institution last night, with Mr. W. Reid (president) in the chair, the annual…

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Aviation School. the Successful Applicants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 6

The committee of control of the New South Wales Scho[?]l of Aviation held four protracted sittings during last week, for the purpose of personally interviewing the very large number…

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Metropolitan School Districts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 8

Registration of non-State schools under the Public Instruction Amendment Act has required reorganisation of the metropolitan school districts. Hitherto those districts have…

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School Athletics Swimming Events Rowing, Cricket, and Lawn Tennis

The Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 7

Some of the first matches in the P.S.A.A.A. cricket competitions since the holidays were played last Friday. Results: -- FIRST GRADE…

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Hay Wants High School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 4

A deputation, headed by Mr. Scobie, M.L.A., and accompanied by Aid. Barnett (Mayor of Hay), yesterday waited upon Mr. James (Minister for Education) and asked that the status of…

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School of Aviation. Third School Selected

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 4

The committee of control of the New South Wales School of Aviation held four protracted sittings during last week for the of personally interviewing the large number of…

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Sydney School of Arts. Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 6

The eighty-fourth annual meeting of the Sydney School of Arts was held last night. Mr. Wm. Reid presided. The annual report showed that the member…

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Empire Athletes and Their Enemies Absured Charges Refuted Rhodes Scholars' Amateur Status

Referee · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 10

The above headlines over an article by Old Blue in a recent Sporting Life, to hand from. London caught my eye, and it is apparent, from a perusal of what that well-known and…

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School That Taucht Facts

Referee · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 8

I am competent to say this, because I have lived a long time in this great country and know its people thoroughly. I say people instead of peoples advisedly, because, unlike your Americans, we are all from the one stock—the stock that started America right and solldly, and nursed your growing nation from as far back as that day when…

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The Schools the King's School Reunion: Interesting Items

Referee · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 11

The annual re-union of past and present students of The King's School was held on Saturday, when, in addition to a religious service, there was a cricket match between Old…

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Victorian School Children's Record

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 33

THE War Relief Committee of the Victorian Education Department has issued an interesting brochure entitled "How We Raised the First Hundred Thousand." It relates…

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State Aviation School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 10

Speaking yesterday with regard to the recent review of the work of the State Aviation School, the Premier said that it was not increased to cast any reflection on the work…

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The Schools. Salaries of Inspectors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 5

New regulations were recently issued revising the salary paid to school inspectors. Apparently the quaintly named "assistant" inspector is now extinct. The title was a complete…

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School Children's Strike

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 44

Strikes on the South Maitland coal field are not confined to miners. The latest strikers are school children at Neath, near Cessnock, who struck recently because the school, building…

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St. Joseph's School, Rozelle. Successful Pupils

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 20

At the recent public examinations the following pupils of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, Rozelle, were very successful: Kathleen Emily Hogan, scholarship,…

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