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Schools, 1917

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St. Mary's Convent School, Murrumburrah. EXAMINATIONS

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 50

Mr. Fisher, examiner for the Sydney College of Music, visited Murrumburrah recently, and conducted an examination at the Murrumburrah Convent. The following…

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Convent School, Ulmarra

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 50

The annual concert given by the pupils of the above school was held in the local Masonic Hall on December 16, and was a very great success. The spacious building was…

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St. Mary's High School, Bathurst. Prize Day

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 12

In her annual report to his Lordship Bishop Dunne, the Mother Superior of the Sisters of Mercy states: It is gratifying to be able to state that…

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Primary Schools of the Archdiocese of Sydney

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 30
Also in Freeman's Journal

The annual distribution of prizes will take place in the School Hall, St. Mary's, on Saturday, the 20th inst., at 3.30 p.m. His Excellency the State Governor (Sir Gerald…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 16

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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The Primary Schools. the Diocesan Examinations

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 16

With this issue we give the first instalment of the paper questions set in the Diocesan Examinations for last year, together with the report of the examiners on the…

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St. Catherine's High School, Chatswood. Prize List

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 31

The following prizes were awarded at the break-up of St. Catherine's High School, Chatswood: First prize, religious knowledge, Dorothy…

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Rating Sectarian Schools

Watchman · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 6

The attempt to relieve isectarian schools —naturally for the most part Romanist— from the payment of rates on buildings and land is meeting with the opposition it…

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Continuation Schools. Examination Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 8

The results of the examinations held in connection with the Evening Continuation Schools were made available yesterday. No pupils were allowed to sit for these examinations,…

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School Children's Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 7

Seventy schools will be represented with exhibits at the Industrial and Models Exhibition to be held in the Central Railway Pavilion, Devonshire-street, from Monday to Saturday o[?]…

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Evening Continuation Schools. Examination Results

The St George Call · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 5

The results of the examinations held in connection with the Evening Continuation Schools were made available on Thursday. No pupils were allowed to…

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N.S.W. School of Forestry Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 6

At an informal inter-departmental conference of forestry exports this week in Melbourne, details relating to the proposed establishment of a school of forestry in New…

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Albanian School Rome, [?]

Evening News · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 5

which [?] who have [?] for military service, have been [?]…

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School Attendance Officers

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

"Non-Catholic writes:—Tis to be hoped that your remarks of 19th instant re the appointment of school attendance "officers i.e. kidcatchers, on £200 to £200 per annum—ye gods…

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Albanian Schools. Rome, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 7

Halian schoolmasters who are not fit for service have been sent to teach in Albanian schools, which are being reopened everywhere…

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Albanian Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 5

ROME, Monday.--Italian schoolmasters unfit for service will be sent to teach in the Albanian schools, which are being re-opened everywhere…

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A Swimming Factory Swimmers Produced in Batches First Taught on Dry Land : Capable Teachers and Apt Pupils at the Domain Baths

Referee · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 16

Australia is a nation of swimmers. In no other part of the world are there so many high-class exponents of that art. In no other part of the world is the acquiring of…

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To Teach the Young Idea -- Work of Teachers at the Summer School, Newtown, near Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 30

Basket Making at the Summer School, North Newtown Practice School. Teachers Studying Paper Model Making. Elementary Course in Woodwork…

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The Schools Old Boys Still to the Fore in the Great Fight

Referee · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3

Licut.—Colonel J. B. St. Vincent Welch, who has been awarded the D.S.O., is an old boy of Sydney Church of England Grammar School. He obtained, his medical degrees at Sydney…

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