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Schools, 1926

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Mosman's New School

Evening News · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 1

The new M[?]sman Public School is nearly finished. It is behind the old one and is probably the meet [?] in the State…

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"School for Scandal" Drunken Orgies St. Peters' Revels Startling Charges

Evening News · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 10

"YOUNG COUPLES go into the St. Peters public school yard at night and take in wine and other drink. Drunken orgies go on, and the…

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Sunday Schools. United Convention. Inaugural Address

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 10

The first united Sunday School convention to be held in New South Wales under the auspices of the New South Wales Council of Religious Education, was opened in St. Barnabas'…

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Orgies by Night St. Peters' School Yard Littered with Bottles

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 11

At last night's meeting of the St Peters Council Alderman Nicholls alleged that drunken orgies took place in the grounds of the St Peters Public…

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School Extension

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 4

Mr. J. J. Cahill M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Education. Mr. Mutch, that approval has been given the calling of tenders for…

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School Ransacked

Evening News · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

Daring the Easter vacation theieves, thought to be boys, who broke into the Chatswood Superior Public School, ransaked the cupboards in the…

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The Schools in Sport Cricket Season Closes

Referee · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 11

The last round of the first half of G.P.S. cricket matches were played in Sydney on Saturday. King's, by boating Sydney…

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Opening of the New Hurlstone Agricultural School

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 33

THE new buildings and grounds of the Hurlstone Agricultural High School at Glefield, near Liverpool, which cost nearly £40,000, were opened by the Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch) on March 31…

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Lakemba Public School

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

Mr. J. J. Cahill, M.L.A., has been informed thai the Minister for Education has approved of the invitation of lenders for the provision of additional…

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For the School Girl "Labor Daily" Pattern Service

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

An easy-to-make school-frock with a long waist and set-in sleeves to the wrist. Contrast fabric is used for the…

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School Inspectors' Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 1

School Inspectors' Australasian Conference held at Hobart.--Back row (left to right): J. Lowry M.A. (Vic.); W. Wright (Tas.); J. T. Wilson B.A. (N.S.W.); F. Green B.A. (Vic.); R. S. Wright (Tas.); W. W. Bird B.A. (N.Z.); C. E. Fletcher M.A. (Tas.). Centre: J. A. Klein M.A. (W.A.); J. F Jones. (Tas.); D. M. Davis (Tas); W. M. Henderson B.A. (Vic.); E. A. Riley M.A. (N.S.W.); E. J. Dunlop B.A. (Qld.); F. Ellis M.A.,B.E…

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Sunday School Convention

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 7

"The atmosphere of the Sunday School provided the brightest halo for me in the memories of the past," said Dean Talbot at the official opening of…

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Sunday Schools. Annual Convention. Better Equipment Needed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 19

The first annual united convention of officers and teachers of Sunday schools, which was resumed at St. Barnabas' Church, Georgestreet West, was well-attended, yesterday…

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The Social Whirl. Ex-Pupils' Meeting

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 19

Saturday, 24th inst., at 3 p.m., a meeting of ex-pupils of the Convent of Mercy, Pymble, will be held at St. Patrick's Commercial College, Church Hill. It is to make…

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Pyrmont-Ultimo Parish. New Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 29

The best means of leading little children to Jesus is through the instrumentality of the Catholic schools. It is there the good seed is sown in childish hearts;…

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St. Joseph's Poor School. Annual Fete

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 32

The annual fete, in aid of St. Joseph's Poor School, Francis-street, Hyde Park, will be opened in the school on next Wednesday, 21st inst., and will continue until Saturday,…

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St. Gabriel's School for Deaf Boys. Aw Appeal for Aid

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 21

The work of St. Gabriel's School for Deaf Boys, Castle Hill, is well known to the Catholics of the Archdiocese, and even has its fame spread all over the Commonwealth,…

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The Primary Schools. FUNDAMENTALS

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 18

There is a story of a practical farmer who, after listening with ill-concealed impatience to a long lecture on pig culture, at last interrupted the speaker with the…

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The Fight for the Catholic School in England

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 38

A new solution to the "condemned" schools problem— that the public authorities should contribute 20 per cent, towards the cost of new buildings— was…

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Schools in Mexico are Shut Down. Government Enforces Iniquitous Law

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 40

Most Rev. Jose Maria Mora[?]y Del Rio, Archbishop of Mexico, was found not guilty by a district court of the charge of violating the Constitution of Mexico…

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