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Schools, 1918

2,202 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 111

Patriotic Gambling. Schools Protest. "Debasing the Child Mind." Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 9

A strong protest against gambling for patriotic purposes was made by a deputation representing the University and secondary schools which waited on the Premier,…

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Union of Schools. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 9

The inaugural ceremony in connection with taking over by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools' Association of the Brisbane High School for Girls, and the Clayfield Boys'…

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Cranbrook School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 10

Mr. Justice Harvey, chairman of the Cranbrook School Council, referring in a letter to the delay in the opening proceedings at the school on Monday last owing to tho late…

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School Children and Medical Deficiency. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 6

Sir,—In to-day's issue of your paper appears a report by the Minister for Education upon the results of the examination of school children as carried out by the departmental…

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School Children Collect £42,000 MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 5

The Victorian State school children have collected £42,000 for the Australian Red Cross in the recent special appeal…

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Cranbrook School Opening. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 10

Sir,--In your account of the opening proceedings at Cranbrook School, in to-day's paper, I see that it is stated that proceedings were delayed owing to a mistake on the part of his…

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School Agriculture. Tallewang Experiments

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 7

The Tallowang Public School has dons splendid work in interesting the pupils in agriculture and careful experiment. In the past season maize variety trains were conducted with…

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The Schools. the £156 Minimum

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 11

The threatened increase of the minimum salary from £132 to £156, while evoking a chorus of praise from the unclassified teachers affected, is causing the classified teachers…

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Two-up Players Raided. Ingeniously-fitted School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 12

Inspector M'Donald, head of the Newtown police, with Constables Stinson, M'Cormack, and Williamson, and others, made a raid on a two-up school, a stable at the corner of…

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Tamworth High School. Building in Course of Erection

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 13

The educational facilities of the Tamworth district, one of the principal centres in the north of New South Wales, are to be added to by a High School. This should make Tamworth…

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Here and There-- Country Conditions and Wants. Maitland School of Arts. More New Members Enrolled

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 13

The Maitland School of Arts, one of the oldest institutions in West Maitland, having been founded more than sixty years ago, is adding new names to the already large list of…

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Shortage of Teachers. Women Predominate. Over 20,000 More Pupils

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 4

Including the students in training at the Sydney Teachers' College, there are now 8228 teachers employed by the Department of Education. This total includes 7002 primary…

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School Teachers. Serious Shortage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 8

A total of 8228 teachers is employed by the Department of Education. This includes 7092 primary school teachers, 378 high school teachers, 126 sewing mistresses, and 60…

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"Insufficient." School Teachers' Wages. Increase Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 6

Assistant school teachers are unhappy. They want more wages. They consider their case unanswerable, in view of the present high cost of living and the low position held by them in the…

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My Post Bag. Public School, Cunningar

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 46

Dear Playmate,—I have been reading with great interest and pleasure the letters on "The Most Enjoyable Holiday I Have Spent." I have won many prizes for…

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The Primary Schools. the Teaching of English

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 14

To anyone reading over the reports or the examiners on the work of the Intermediate and Leaving Certificate, two outstanding facts are the faulty spelling and…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 14

Teachers are invited to seek information on any Question relating to their school work. Correspondence will treated confidentially.—ED. C.P.]…

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Good Samaritan Industrial School, Balmain. Bazaar and Art Union

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 15

A further meeting of the committee of the bazaar and art union, in aid of the Good Samaritan Industrial School, Balmain, was held in the convent on Sunday…

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Marist Brothers' High School Ex-students' Association

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 17

A euchre party and dance, in aid of the honour roll fund of the Marist Brothers' High School Ex-Students' Association, will be held on Friday. August 2, at the Oxford…

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Rome in the Schools. to the Editor

Watchman · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 6

Sir,—I wonder if all your readers are aware of the ramifications of Rome in the ecclesiastical life of this country. This is a matter so vital…

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