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Schools, 1924

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Kogarah Evening Continuation (Boys) School

The St George Call · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 1

At the Evening Continuation Schools Certificate examination, held last October, the following candidates were successful :—J. Congreve, J. H…

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World Rulers Job for Schoolmasters Mr. Wells Frophesies LONDON, January 2

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

Mr. H. G. Wells, the novelist, addressing the Secondary Schools' Association, declared that the schoolmasters were the most important…

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Broadcasting for Schools Scheme in Britain LONDON, January 3

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

For use in schools, the Broadcasting Company is inaugurating special weekly half-hour broadcasts of educational subjects, including musical items, by…

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News in PICTURE--The Empire Fair at the Town Hall. Snapshots at the Quarantine Station. Rapville Schoolboys at Tweed Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 12

VIEW OF THE NEPEAN RIVER AT THE FOOT OF THE KURRAJONG MOUNTAINS, showing the stumps of the old bridge Just above the level of the water. On Sundays and holidays. It is a great bathing resort for people from Richmond and the surrounding district BOYS FROM THE RAPPVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CAMP AT TWEED HEADS.--Those boys, who had…

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Newington College Speech Day

The Methodist · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 6

This was celebrated in a large marquee erected in the playing area of the college, which was more than filled by the many parents and visitors in attendance, on December 13. Sir Henry…

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Schools and Teachers President's Message Making World Better

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 3

"If you are given to building casties in the air, remind yourself that such a proceeding is not altogether a profitable branch of architecture…

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Summer Schools for Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 6

Sir, -- I notice in the "School World column of to-day's issue of "The Daily Telegraph" comment that the summer music school for teachers was no…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

A euchre party and dance were held in Wetherill Park School of Arts on Saturday night in aid of that institution. There was a large attendance. The euchre prizes…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

Lansdowne and Canley Vale Ratepayers Progress Association wrote to CabraVale Council, and the letter was discussed at the last meeting of that body. It…

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Swimming School Departmental Instructors

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 5

A Christmas Vacation Swimming School promoted by the Department of Public Instruction is in progress in Penrith. It started on Wednesday…

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The Prince and the Schoolgirl. Her Query About the "Natives of Canada."

The World's News · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 46

People in England need to realise more fully what a wonderful thing the British Empire is. This was the text of an interesting and…

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Education Department. Officers v Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 16

Next week officers and teachers of the Education Department will engage in their annual contests, which comprise cricket, tennis, bowls, chess, golf, and [?]ing pong. The programme is:—Monday, January…

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Schoolboys As Traffic Police San Francisco's Experiment

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 19

San Francisco is setting the pace for American cities in the establishment of an auxiliary traffic department, which is to be mader…

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Week of Sport Teachers and Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 5

Next week officers and teachers of the Education Department will engage in their annual contests, which comprise cricket, tenuis, bowls, chess, golf, and pins pong. The programme is…

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The School Van

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 13

In the big timber country the trees are so much closer than the people that they rub bark -- which in forest families is the same thing as rubbing…

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Jack Harkaway's Schooldays

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1924 · page 6

Turning to his first master, the Principal continued: "You, Mole, are: B.A., Oxon. I say so in my circulars; therefore it must be so. You can…

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A Farm School What is Being Done at Fairbridge, W.A., to Make Good Citizens

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1924 · page 16

During a recent visit to West Australia I was afforded an opportunity of visiting the Fairbridge Farm School at Pinjarra, a country centre fifty miles…

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School Sport Wednesday Games

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 2

This year Wednesday afternoon competitive sport, under the auspices of the P.S.A.A.A. will be intensified, as acting on the recommendations of Inspectors Harkness and…

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Miss J. Grossman. Death Announced. a Distinguished Teacher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 8

Miss Janetta Grace Grossman, M.A., who retired from the Education Department in August last, owing to ill-health, after 33 years' service, died in a private hospital at North…

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Bible for Schools London, January 7

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 7

Cambridge University is publishing schools Bible, from which irrelevant and unsuitable passages are omitted. The size is about two-thirds that of…

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