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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1925

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 216

Publican Resented Being Called "Dirty Dick" School-teachers Libelled In Letters to Department the Imitation Tombstone Reid's Flat Entertained

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1925 · page 13

THE bonifacio's literary attainments do not include a vocabularly of first-class invective. but the journalist supplied the needed…

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Jack Harkaway After School Days the Story to Date

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 April 1925 · page 2

Jack and his friend, Dick Harvey go to sea on a Aniline vessel. On board they meet Captain Cuttle and a boy called Wren, who has the captain in his power. Later they…

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Modern Education What is Wrong With English System? Newspaper Tarns Schoolmaster

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1925 · page 8

THERE has been great perturbation in educational circles owing to the revelations of the "Daily Mail" on the subject of the result of an examination held to find out the qualifications for an office boy…

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"Try in 1950" Mussolini's Humor School Tablet Refused London

The Sun · Sunday 12 April 1925 · page 1

The Italian Prime Minister, Signor Mussolini, learning, says the Rome correspondent of the "Daily Mail," that the town of Tolmezzo proposed…

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Speech Day. Technical High School. Demand for Skilled Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 11

Mr.—Bruntnell, Minister for Education, was the principal speaker at the annual speech day of the Sydney Technical High School, which was held at Turner Hall last week…

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G.P.S. Cricket First Half Over All Schools Beaten the Averages

Evening News · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 2

Crickets in the Grrot Public Schools has been concluded till october, When the second [?] of the competition will be begun…

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Sunday Schools. Exhibition of Kindergarten Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 11

Sunday schools of the city and suburbs held a combined exhibition of kindergarten work and methods in the Chapter House on Saturday. The Rev. Harold Wheen, President of…

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"Women of No Use" As Teachers of Boys LONDON, April 11

The Sun · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 7

"If boys are to be trained to act and think as men, they must have manly instincts implanted, and this cannot be done by women. You will…

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Liverpool School

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 April 1925 · page 4

"The Liverpool Public School is in a disgraceful condition," remarked Aid Ashcroft (Mayor) at the latest meeting of the council…

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New School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 1

Mr. W. R. Fitzsimons M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Education: "As you are aware, residents of Fairfield West have been…

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Community Schools. Arts and Crafts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 8

Dr. Armstrong Smith, who returned from London in the Euripides, states that on arriving in England from his tour of the dominions ha went to Letchworth in connection with the…

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"Refuge From Home" School Life Attractive LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 14 April 1925 · page 17

Mr. Wing, in his presidential address to the National Union of Teachers, said that school had become a refuge from the hardships of…

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Schools' Sport G.P.S. Cricket

Referee · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 16

As a result of the final round of the G.P.S. competition, finished last week, Shore are again in the lead by two points from St. Joseph's, King's, and Grammar…

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Public Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 16

The positions of the teams at the conclusion of the first half-season are:- Commercial and Junior Technical Competition.—First grade—Division [?] 24, [?]…

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Conervatorium of Music. Teachers v STUDENTS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 16

The teachers and students of the Conservatorium of Music played the first annual cricket match yesterday at North Sydney Oval, the match being won by the teachers by nine runs on the first innings…

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Teachers' Squabble Women Teaching Boys "Pugnacious Prancings" London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 1

A speaker at the conference of the National Schoolmasters' Association pointed out that physical instructors, including ex-service men, complained…

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Our Schoolboys Should Women Teach Them? a Sentimental Age

The Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1925 · page 10

Boy will be girls! That is the fear expressed, according to our cables, by a leading member of the National…

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School World Public Service Board Teachers' Claims Recognised

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 2

Teachers throughout the State will regard with favor the appointment of Mr. J. B. Telfer, Department of Education, to the Public Service Board…

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Who'd Be a Teacher?

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 April 1925 · page 51

"B—e—d spells bed." said the teacher for the 20th time to her backward pupil "Now do you understand. Tommy." "Yes," said Tommy glibly…

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