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Schools, 1917

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School of Arts Site

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5

The School of Arts committee has received very pleasing news from the Education Department to the effect that the Government will resume and make a…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5

The weekly meeting of the School of Arts Committee on Saturday was largely, attended. Mr. D. James (president) was in the chair. The following…

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Two-up School Raided

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 6

Tire Granville police on Sunday received word that a two-up school was holding a meeting in the dense scrub between Blaxeell-street and the Duck River…

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New Superior Public School

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

On reference to our advertising columns, it will be noted that a public meeting of citizens of Penrith will be hold on Monday next, 22nd inst; at…

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Schools Open To-morrow

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1917 · page 5

Most public schools will open to-morrow, after the five weeks' Christmas vacation. The far western schools will resume operations next Monday week…

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Farmers School Outfits the Saving Quality

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1917 · page 6

TWO sturdy boys, crimson-faced and panting, crashed through the scrub, their dusty clothes and grimy hands testifying to…

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Catholic Schools. Lord Mayor and the Rating Question

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

Sir Gerald Strickland presided at the distribution of prizes tor Roman Catholic schools at St. Mary's yesterday. Reference was made to the recently enacted legislation, which from the…

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Swimming. to Be Taught in Schools

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 7

As a result of the vacation schools for [?]mentioned by Mr. Bethel, Chief Clerk in the Education Department, the Minister for Education has decided that swimming shall be…

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Our School Athletes Champions Past and Present Are the Boys of the Present Superior to those of Years Ago?

Referee · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 10

A correspondent, writing from Newcastle (18/1/17), sets a very stiff problem to unravel:—"I quite recently met a gentleman who says…

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School Attendance. Minister Explains the Law Liberal Exemptions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 10

A good deal of misconception appears to exist regarding the scope of the Public Instruction (Amendment) Act, which came into operation this week…

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The Universal Appeal of the Red Cross. Fijian School Children Knitting for the Red Cross

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 20

THERE is probably not a village or a hamlet anywhere in Great Britain or her dominions beyond the seas where something is not being done for the Red Cross. Its appeal is universal, its call insistent. Primarily it is an…

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Gallant Schoolboy Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 5

The Deputy Coroner to-day congratulated Harry Grover, the Sydney boy who performed important rescue work at Hampton Beach last week when he brought two girls out of…

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The Schools. Re-classification of Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 5

Hundreds of teachers are anxiously awaiting the February issue of the "Education Gazette," with a list of the schools as reclassified. This re-classification takes place…

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School-church at Burwood. Foundation Stone Blessed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 30

On Sunday afternoon his Grace the Archbishop visited Burwood, for the purpose of blessing and laying the foundation stone of the school-church, which is the first…

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The Lismore Schools Annual Report Address by Bishop Carroll

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 37

The reading of the annual report of the Diocesan School Inspector (Rev. Father G. C. Barry, B.A.) took place in the Lismore Cathedral on Wednesday, 17th inst. His…

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St. Vincent's, Ashfield. Opening of the School Year

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 23

The school year at St. Vincent's, Ashfield, was opened on last Monday by the children of St. Vincent's Schools and the De la Salle Brothers' School assisting at Holy Mass…

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Our Primary Schools in 1916. Distribution of Prizes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 19

The annual distribution of prizes for the primary schools of the Archdiocese was held in St. Mary's School-hall on Saturday afternoon. Those present included his Grace the…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 18

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 Year's Work

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 18

After this week we should be able to settle down to work in earnest, as the arranging and classifying will have been done, and the pupils have found their levels. As the…

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Great Deeds. Our Catholic Schools in 1916

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 27

The statistics of the Catholic schools and the reports of our inspectors which are now available show a satisfactory standard of progress. The number of children in the…

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