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Schools, 1917

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Aviation School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 6

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Wednesday.--An aviation school has been established in Canterbury aud will be opened shortly near Christchurch. It is the first land school in New Zealand, the…

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School of Arts Debating Club

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

The Sydney School of Arts Debating Club held its annual meeting last night. The secretary's report showed that the membership had advanced, and the quality of speeches…

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A Gift From School Children

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 6

This is the formal banding over of a completely-equipped four-stretcher motor-ambulance entirely subscribed for by the school children of Western Australia. This was the eleventh motor-ambulance presented to the War Office by Australia. The ambulance was banded over outside the offices of the…

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Rockdale School of Arts

The St George Call · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 2

The Rockdale School of Arts has awarded fourteen scholarships as a result of their annual examinations. There were forty competitors and the papers…

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Summer School of Music

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 7

Dur[?]g the last fortnight more than 120 teachers, mostly from country districts, attended the summer school in music at the Girls' High School, Elizabeth-street. This…

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St. Philip's School-hall

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 8

The opening ceremony in connection with St. Philip's School-hall, Eastwood, was performed on Saturday by Archbishop Wright. Though many people were…

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Cigarette Smoke for Schoolmasters

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1917 · page 3

A genial presence from the Sydney Grammar was in this office the other day, and began to talk Latin; not glibly, but according to the compulsory standard. He recorded a…

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Aviation. Successful Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 6

The results of the work done by the New South Wales School of Aviation with regard to the first batch of pupils have been supplied. Of the 24 pupils who entered for…

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Rhodes Scholars Play Rugby

Referee · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 16

Unfortunately the Flying Corps were by no means at run strength when they met me Rhodes Scholars on the Merton Ground at Oxford (says London Sportsman of November…

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Australian Airmen Success of the N. S. W. State School. Twenty-four Pupils Training

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 2

The results of the work dune by the New South Wales School of Aviation with regard to the first batch of pupils have beer published. Of the twenty-four pupils…

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Footballers in the European Military Zone Australian Rules Resembles Gaelic Game: Impressions of Soccer : Rhodes Scholars

Referee · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 16

Followers of the Australian game, and especially those residing in the strongholds in Adelaide and Melbourne, will be pleased to read what Dublin Sport has to say of the recent…

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A Vicious Schoolboy. Attempts To Poison Teacher. Judge's Strong Remarks

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 2

In the Supreme Court, at Sale (Vic.), before Mr. Justice Hodges, Leslie Thompson, aged 14, pleaded guilty to having administered poison in a manner likely to…

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Aviation in New Zealand. a School inaugurated

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 2

An aviation school has been established near Christchurch (N. Z.) and will be opened shortly, It is the first land school in New Zealand, the existing school at…

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Technical Schools Trade Education in N. S. W. Equipment for Our Young Artisans

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 3

The last article in the series dealing with the subject of technical education in New South Wales made reference to the rules under which students are…

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The Schools Items at Home and From Other States

Referee · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 12

During the week a number of old boys have gained distinctions at the front. Lieut-Colonel I. G. Mackay, the Newington half-back in the days when Nigel Barker, the late Wallace…

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Spinning at the Summer School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 5

Women teachers at Fort-street are enjoying instruction in wool-spinning, with the object that they should teach their girls the art when school begins, in the country centres…

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Infant School Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 13

It is proposed to hold during 1917 a course of lectures (for Public school teachers) in kindergarten and infant school work. The classes will be limited to 25 students, and…

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"School Toe the Feebleminded."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 5

A very interesting experimental school for mentally-afflicted. children was established about two years' ago by the Education Department, at Bell-street, Fitzroy, Victoria…

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The Schools. Address by Mr. Braddon

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 5

One of the fine features of modern education is the interest taken in school work by men prominent in public life. Ot course there are school occasions when orations and advice are…

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A New School of Arts. Merrylands Still Going Ahead

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 1

Situated in Davis-street, just off Merrylands-road on the brow of the first hill from the railway, the premises secured by the school of arts committee for use as a…

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