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Schools, 1921

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Wetherill Park School of Arts Ball

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 9

The annual ball held by the Wetherill Park School of Arts proved most successful. The fancy dresses were in some cases rather amusing, Lieut. Snooks, as…

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School of Arts Memorial Hall

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 5

For many years Liverpool has been a bye-word and a reproach socially, on account of the utter lack of a larger hall. The present town hall is much too small…

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Teachers' Federation Non-attendance Prosecutions

Evening News · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 6

The council of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers' Federation this morning decided to recommend that, besides holding Summer Schools in the metropolitan…

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Flew to School. Across Flooded Country. Country Boys' Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 10

Three boys from Yetman, on the Macintyre River, are the heroes of their school at Inverell. The Macintyre River rose steadily last week, and on Saturday Yetman was under a foot of…

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Old School Rivals Meet Newington Beats King's

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 July 1921 · page 5

With both teams unbeaten, there was plenty of interest in the meeting of The King's School and Newington College at Stanmore yesterday. The home boys quickly took control, and held the upper hand almost from the kickoff, winning by 13 to 3. The winners gave an excellent…

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Oatley School Opened Three Good Classrooms

The Sun · Sunday 17 July 1921 · page 5

After many years of agitation on the part of parents and others interested, Oatley, on the Como line, now has a school of its own. The formal…

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The Teachers. Publicity Campaign. Alleged Retardation in Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 July 1921 · page 10

A motion was carried at Saturday's meeting of the council of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation to the effect that the council should undertake an…

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Archbishop Kelly. Criticises Education Department. "Protestant Prayers in State Schools,"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 July 1921 · page 8

Yesterday afternoon Archbishop Kelly laid the foundation-stone of St. Michael's Parochial School, Hurstville, which is to be conducted by the Sisters of Charity…

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Girls' Grammar School Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 July 1921 · page 3

One of the prettiest dances of the season was. the North Sydney Church of England Grammar School Old Girls' dance at Warringa Hall on Friday evening. Miss Dot Rankin was…

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Back to the Grecian Era at Girls' High School

Evening News · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 1

A little longer than two years ago the Department of Education sent Miss Ella Gormley to America and London to study phisical [?] The first…

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Young Athletes Sport in Public Schools Representative Football

Evening News · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

[?] meeting of sub-[?] morning-Rugby [?] The former committee [?] protest against [?]…

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North Shore Line Story ef District Progress Early Churches and Schools Written for the "Evening News" by a Pioneer resident

Evening News · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 6

The trees around Wahroonga were of immense girth. Mr. J. G. Edwards and the late Mr. Norman Selfs measured a blackbuit stump some…

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Prayers in Schools. Mr. Mutch Asks for Instances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 6

Specific instances of prayers and hymns being used in State schools, as alleged by Archbishop Kelly, were yesterday invited by the Minister for Education, Mr. Mutch. For…

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Missing Bell. High School Relic Stolen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 7

A strange theft was perpetrated at the Girls' High School, Sydney last week when the ol[?] school bell, weighing 56lb, was removed from the grounds of the new school building on the…

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The Old School Bell. the Call of Fifty Years

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

On fine days and on wet for 50 years, the old bell of the Girls' High School had tolled its call to the students to come and learn, Many girls will remember it. Others have gone…

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Teachers' Federation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Teachers' Federation on Saturday morning at the Assembly Rooms of the Department of Education was largely attended…

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Illawarra Schools. Minister's Promises

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 5

Yesterday the Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch) visited Carlton, Kogarah, and Hurstville, and interviewed two deputations. Carlton's claim dealt with two urgent…

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The Schools. the Teachers' Institute

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 11

The general committee in charge of all matters affecting the Teachers' Institute reports that progress is good. The building proposition is centring round a property in Bligh Street…

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