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Schools, 1918

2,202 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 111

Killed by a , Chaff-cutter. a Schoolboy's Fatal Injury

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 4

A boy named Douglas Hector Denby, son of Mr. Hector Denby accounted at a store at Richmond (Tas.) was knocked down by a chaff-cutter as he was leaving…

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Patriotic Schoolboys—the Tallest Australian

The Mirror · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 16

The picture on the left shows Newtown schoolboys, who spend a half-holiday ev ery week at Matraville Garden Suburb for returned soldiers shifting sand and doing other work in connection with the building of homes for the men. On the right is Mr. P. O'Connor, said to be the tallest man in Australia, who recently returned from the front, at the Anzac Bu ffet with other soldiers.—(Mirror photos.)…

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Teachers' Salaries Agitation for Increase

The Sun · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 5

That a deputation wait on the Premier with a view to having a sum placed on the estimates to cover increases In teachers salaries, was the decision arrived at at a…

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Hurstville Public School

The Propeller · Friday 17 May 1918 · page 2

There will be no public function at Hurstville Superior Public School this year for Empire Day, May 24. Lessons dealing with…

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Music and Musicians Tuition in Schools. Another Link Wanted

Evening News · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 7

Whatever may be the immediate result of the present discussion on the method of teaching music in schools, the attention that has been directed to the subject of initiating the…

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Notes on the British International Sunday School Lesson. New Series, 1918. Sunday, May 26, 1918. the Riot in Jerusalem. (Acts 21:27-36, 22:23-29.) Golden Text: Psa. 46:1. Lesson Link

The Methodist · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 8

Paul and some of his travelling companions, left Caesarea and arrived in Jerusalem on Friday, May 27th (Ramsay). The next day was Pentecost. The…

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Women Teachers' Club Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 14

The Women Teachers' Club concert, in aid of their linen fund for homes for returned soldiers, will be held in the King's Hall to night when Misses Alma Berce, Mary Bourke, Messrs Albert Goossens, Frank…

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Farmers' Winter Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 9

Judging from the number of applications which have already been received for admission to the Winter school, to be held at the Hawkuesbury Agricultural College, the same…

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Woman's Voice! Sydney Reformers' Aims. Medical Schools Castigated

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 12

At the Women's Reform League Conference at St. James's Hall yesterday woman made a strong claim to share in the guardianship of social health, even, in the words of one…

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War Work for Students. Teachers in Opposition

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 12

At a meeting of teachers of secondary schools at the Education Department last night the proposal that' students should participate in war work, such as building homes for soldiers…

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Junior Technical Schools

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

Recently the Parents and Citizens' Association. Granville, made representations to the Department of Education regarding the questions of the establishment of a…

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Sunday School Anniversary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 6

The proccedings in connection with the Sunday school anniversary at the Macquarie-street Methodist Church, Parramatta, were continued on Tuesday. The…

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High School Notes. Good Work by Students

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 11

Parramatta High School has been the scene of much patriotic activity during the last few weeks. Efforts for Red Cross Day extended over a fortnight and the Whole-hearted enthusiasm displayed…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 11

At a special meeting, over which Mr. Davison presided, the secretary reported that considerable progress had been made with the building. Bricks were kindly…

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Patriotic Teachers

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 May 1918 · page 2

The Women Teachers' Club, which has been helping to furnish the voluntarily built soldiers' homes with linen, arranged an entertainment to augment…

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Empire Day to Be Celebrated Governor Will Visit Schools: Flags Will Be Flown and Bands Will Play in the City

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 May 1918 · page 2

The Premier advises that so far as the New South Wales Government is concerned, Empire Day (May 24) will this year be celebrated in a manner…

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School Girls' Concert

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 May 1918 · page 2

The pupils of Ascham School, Darling Point, gave an enjoyable concert last evening at the school, in aid of the Schoolgirls' Battleplane Fund. Violin…

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America's Great War School At the Front in France

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 May 1918 · page 18

A recent despatch states that the greatest school of war the American Army has ever known, and one which, when it is in full swing, will probably…

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State Eying School Operations to Be Extended

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 May 1918 · page 7

Steps are being taken by the Minister for Education, Mr. James, to increase the scope of the Aviation School at Windsor. More plant is to be secured, and…

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Gabriel's Trumpet Blasts of Tonic Sol-fa Music in Public Schools

The Sun · Sunday 19 May 1918 · page 17

There was a delightful unanimity in the expression of opinion on the merits of tho tonic sol-fa system, and in the condemnation of Mr. Joseph Brudley'a condemnation…

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