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Schools, 1920

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Detectives at School Scotland Yard Classes Some Qualifications

The Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

London detectives undergo a course of training that rightly commands the attention of the country and the admiration of the world…

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School Sport Boxing at Grammar Interstate Visits

The Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 5

Because a postponement would involve too great a strain on many participants through an insufficient interval between contests, Sydney Grammar School continued its…

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Rugby Union University's Position . All Schools v. SERVICES

The Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 5

University had another very narrow win last Saturday, and apparently have placed the First Grade premiership beyond doubt. They have a clear four points lead from…

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After School. Education of the Young Worker. Responsibility of State

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 4

The apprenticeship problem was discussed nt yesterday's sitting of the Board of Trade. Mr. James Nangle, of the Sydney Technical College, submitted that the board should…

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Rhodes Scholars. Queensland Selections

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committece of the Queensland University, Robert Roy Pitty Barbour, son of Mr. G. P. Barbour, headmaster…

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The Fifth Cottage Building by School Students For Soldiers' Garden Village

Evening News · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 1

On the borders between Maroubra and Maltraville, in the municipality of Randwick, the Crown some years ago granted the Voluntary Workers' Association…

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School Teachfr's Death on Way to Hospital

Evening News · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 6

Miss Katherine Davorin, who was formerly a teacher at Cleveland-street Public School, died to-day. She had been in ill-health for some…

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Schools Sydney Grammar Take Rugby Honors Fine Game at Parramatta: Riverview's Big Score: Schools v. R.A.M.C.

Referee · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 9

What has been one of the most enjoyable of Great Public Schools' Rugger premierships ended on Saturday with Sydney Grammar School beating the…

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Manual Work. at the Schools. Interesting Display

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 11

Everybody who has followed the Board of Trade inquiry into the question of apprenticeship will find themselves interested in a little exhibition to be seen in the windows at…

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Moore-street Question of Extension "Height of Insanity" Meeting at School of Arts

The Sun · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 5

Speakers at the public meeting held at the School of Arts, Pitt street, last night, in discussing the proposed extension of Moore street, said the scheme…

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The Schools. Salary Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 6

Meetings of the salary committee are still being held, dealing with the multifarious details which have naturally arisen in connection with adjustments of existing figures and…

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The Armidale School. Munificent Benefaction

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 August 1920 · page 5

The Armidale School, which was recently visited by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, has received the promise of a munificent benefaction at the hands of Mrs. C. C. Dangar…

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One He Heard at School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 51

Kid: "How old is that lamp, ma?" Ma: "Oh, about three years." Kid: "Turn it down. It's too young to smoke…

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Correspondence School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 51

Commercial Traveller: "Who is the smartest man in the town?" Bill Brown: "Postmaster. He's the smartest feller hereabouts—speaks six…

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The Primary Schools. the Teaching of Geography

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 15

Now that we are to have a professor of geography of our very own, we may expect that this long-neglected and long-misused subject will, come into its own. The…

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Notes on Education. In Our Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 15

Teachers are invited to seek Information on an question relating to their school work. Correspondence will be treated confidentially.—ED. C.P…

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St. Joan of Arc, Haberfield a Parish Hall and School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 13

A meeting of St. Joan of Arc's parishioners was held on Sunday, the 15th inst., after the 10 o'clock Mass, for the purpose of initiating a further parochial…

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St. Patrick's School Old Boys' Union

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 24

The annual Communion and break-fast of St. Patrick's School (Church-hill) Old Boys Union will be held on Sunday, September 12. The Mass will…

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Haberfield Plans. a Parish Hall and Girls' School

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 24

A meeting of the parishioners of St. Joan of Arc's, Haberfield, was held on Sunday last after the 10 o'clock Mass, for the purpose of initiating a further…

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Teachers' Salaries Finality Reached

Evening News · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 4

The salaries; committee appointed by the Public Service Board, and the six representatives of the Teachers' Federation, have at last come to an agreement…

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