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Schools, 1917

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Discontent Among Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 9

A mass meeting of public school teachers of all grades has been called for this morning at the Protestant Hall for the purpose of discussing the present unsatisfactory condition…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the School of Arts, Auburn, was held at the institute on Thursday, with Alderman Geo. H. Ritchie in the chair. The election of…

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The School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 8

The accommodation at the local school is still far from sufficient, the attendance of scholars having increased so much, being now nearly 900, as to make it…

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Parramatta High School. Notes of Games, Etc

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 3

Parramatta High School has this week made a further patriotic effort, as a result of which over 230 khaki handkerchiefs were purchased and forwarded to the…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Liverpool School of Arts it was announced that 70 members had gone to the front. Though the financial position had not improved…

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Parramatta School of Arts. Good Progress and Solid Work

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Parramatta School of Arts on Tuesday was well attended and was presided over by the retiring president, Mr. E. P. Pearce. The…

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School of Arts Officers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 6

The following officers were declared duly elected at the annual meeting of the Parramatta School of Arts on Tuesday evening:—President, Mr. E. P. Pearce;…

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Teachers' Grievances Do Not Lessen Their Loyalty Yesterday's Mass Meeting

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 August 1917 · page 5

Dissatisfaction was the dominant note expressed at a meeting of State school teachers, representing all grades of the profession, held at the Protestant Hall yesterday. Mr. T. T…

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Training Airmen Big Federal Scheme May Resume New South Wales School

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 August 1917 · page 8

Aviation training for both the Australian Army and Navy is to be considerably extended. It is announced on behalf of the Commonwealth Government that the instruction of…

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Teachers' Salaries

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

At a meeting of State school teachers in the Protestant Hall on Saturday a resolution was carried protesting against the minimum salary of adult school teachers remaining…

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Teachers' Pay

The Sun · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 4

Yarrawonga's kick:--It would appear that the promised increases to the miserable pittance called "salary" which is paid to our State school…

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Teachers' Salaries. Less Than Unskilled Laborers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 8

A mass meeting of the public school teachers of all grades was held at the Protestant Hall. Castlereagh Street, Sydney, on Saturday morning for the purpose of discussing the present…

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Hot Soup at School. a Victorian Innovation

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 August 1917 · page 5

A scheme to provide not soup suring linch-hour at the Richmond (Vic,) states School has been carried into effect, and the Minister for Education has expressed…

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The Schools. Teachers and the Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 4

When Mr. Mullins, who teachers was out on the Hurstville line, picked up his paper on Monday morning from the trim-cut, rose-bordered lawn of his villa of Killara, his first…

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The Schools Football Teams Battle for McMANAMEY SHIELD

Referee · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 11

The Great Public Schools' football competition was resumed on Saturday. The main alteration in the Premiership table is that the Church of England Grammar School, who…

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Public Schools' Sport. P.s.a.a.a

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 9

That teachers recognise the value of sport as an adjunct to the education of children is will exemplified by the interest displayed by them in the controlling association. It is quite…

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The School of Arts Honor Roll

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Parramatta School of Arts on Tuesday, It was intimated to the members that the honor roll of the Institution embraced the names…

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Agnosticism for School Teachers. in the "Education Gazetta."

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 17

Sir—The N.S.W. "Education Gazette." published under the authority of the Minister for Education at the expense of the [?]…

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School Teachers' Salaries. Less Than Laborers' Living Wage

The Australian Worker · Thursday 9 August 1917 · page 5

At a large meeting of school teachers held in Sydney on Saturday a resolution protesting against the continuation of the present minimum salaries paid to adult…

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