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Schools, 1926

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Swimming Lessons. Public School Children. 6000 Being Taught

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 8

More than 9000 scholars at the Public schools of the State are being taught swimming lessons under the guidance of 77 teachers employed by the Education Department…

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In Gambling School At Their Time of Life

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 3

A same of f[?] in which 14 Chinese were engaged in a [?] in Pixon-street yesterday afternoon, ed when the police arrived. At the…

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France Starves Her Schools. Many Close Down

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 16

The system of primary education in France, once among the best in Europe, has now fallen upon evil times. Successive Budgets since the war have cut…

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New Public School for Cronulla

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 29

The erection of this fine building has given great pleasure to the residents of this beautiful Cronulla district. The official opening will take place shortly…

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The Library A Great Ambassador and a Great Schoolmaster "The Life and Letters of W. H. Page: Second Series," edited by Burton J. Hendrick. "Memories and Hopes," by the Rev. the Hon. Edward Lyttelton, D.D.

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 24

FOR some-time past the "Sydney Morning Herald" has been publishing the second series of the letters of that great American Ambassador to England during the years of Armageddon, Mr…

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Teaching the Children of the Public Schools How to Swim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 14

A LESSON ON THE BREAST STROKE. ASSEMBLED FOR DRILL…

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"Two Up" Schools Chaplain As Patron

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 2

"Although I know him as a great sport. I never saw him in a 'two-up' school," said Senior Chaplain King, amid laughter, at the civic farewell to…

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Abermain School

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 6

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A. has been informed by Mr. T. D. M[?] Minister for Education in [?]to his personal representation regarding the…

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St. Joseph's Convent, Borenore. Annual Entertainment of Pupils

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 43

The pupils of St. Joseph's Convent, Borenore, gave a delightful entertainment at the annual "Break-up" recently, when a large gathering assembled to enjoy the…

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St. Kevin's, Eastwood. New School Just Completed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 25

On Sunday next, 10th inst., another progressive stop in the parish of St. Kevin's, Eastwood, will be made, when his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney will bless…

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Convent School, Kyogle. Mutual Concert

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 37

The children attending the convent school, Kyogle, acquitted themselves in a highly creditable manner at their annual concert, given in the School of Arts on…

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Children's Guardian Angel. a Teacher's Prayer

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 8

O Blessed Spirits, to whose keeping these children are entrusted, I pray you that as by God's special favour I have entered into this, your ministry, so you will ever help me…

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"World-Teacher."

Watchman · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 8

Mrs. Annie Besant, perhaps still the most remarkable woman in the world, has broken out again, and what she says is thought sufficiently arresting and…

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St. Kevin's New School, Eastwood

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 26

Rev. Father W. Stevens and his Church Committee of Eastwood are preparing for the opening of the new school of St. Kevin's on Sunday by his Grace the Archbishop at 3.30. Some time before Christmas the pupils "were received and trained by the Parramatta Sisters of Mercy from Ryde, and it is expected now…

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The Catholic Battle in France. Defending the Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 11

To give a detailed account of the meetings organised throughout France by the Catholic Federation would be impossible, and might be wearisome, but we must…

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Meriden Church of England School for Girls at Strathfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 10

TO BE GOVERNED BY A COUNCIL RECOGNISED AND PARTLY NOMINATED BY THE DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION…

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Outdoor Nature School at the State Nursery at Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 10

SOME OF THE BOYS FROM THE METROPOLITAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. MEASURING GIANT FUNGI…

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Meriden. School for Girls. Now Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 6

When the Meriden Girls' School, Strathfield, reopens on February 9, after the Christmas vacation, it will be under a new regime, and will be known as Meriden Church of…

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Study of Forestry. Outdoor Nature School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 8

A party of 21 boys, selected from metropolitan secondary Public schools is at prisent in camp at the Gosford Nursery, undergoing a course in outdoor nature study and…

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Gone to the Woods—to Study Forestr[?]-- Schoolboys' Study Camp at Crina

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 20

MEN WITH THE HOES AND RAKES.-- Practical study of the right way to cultivate…

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