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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1928

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45 Children 15Ft. School-room Scandal at Griffith Griffith

Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 11

DEPUTATION which waited on the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, on the occasion of his visit to the Murrumbidgee irrigation…

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School Choirs Learning to Sing Sight-reading Tests

Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 12

SIGHT-READING tests at the Teachers' Conference lecture-concert last night at King's Hall, were interesting features of a bright…

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Music Teachers' Conference

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 24

THE first annual conference of music teachers has proved of enormous interest,…

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World Convention. Sunday School Association. Officials Visit Australia. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 19

Dr. William C. Poole, president of the Sunday School Association and Sir Edward Share, president of the British section of the association, arrived at Fremantle from London by…

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Government Contracts. Public School Improvements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 11

Contracts were let last week in the Education Department as follows:—Glenfield, additions, A. [?]. Schubert, Hurstville, £199; Abbotsford, additions. A. Whiteley, Petersham, £3180; Wallahadah, new building, etc., E…

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Sunday Schools. Attendance of Children. Magistrate's Advice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 17

"I have never been to Sunday school nor to church in my life," a twelve-year-old boy told Mr. Williams, S.M., yesterday, at the Campsie Polico Court, when about to give…

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School Music. Remarkable Sight-reading

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 19

The music teachers who crowded the King's Hall last night for their conference were keenly interested in the programme of school music, given under the direction of Mr. H. F…

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Music Teachers. Sydney Conference. Government Support. "New Era for the Profession."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 12

A conference of music teachers was opened in the King's Hall yesterday by the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond). Delegates were present from even the…

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The Violin Nearest to Human Voice Lecture to Teachers

The Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 14

Just as the control of breathing is the first essential of a successful vocalist, so is the art of bowing the first essential of a successful violinist…

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Ecclesiastical Trial Rector and Teacher and Some Parish Hotels London

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 1

THE Church of England Rooms bent on providing "headines" for the newspapers. Fast on the great evolution…

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Minister to Be Placed on His Trial Indiscreet Conduct With Village Teacher? "Frequenting Inns' London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 4

The old-world city of Gloucester will to-day stage the first ecclesiastical trial under the 1926 Act. The Bishop of Gloucester (Dr…

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Boy Who Had Never Been to Sunday School Magistrate Rebukes Parents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 14

"I have never been to Sunday school nor to church in my life," a twelve-year-old boy told Mr. Williams, S.M., yesterday at the Campsie Police Court…

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Should Homework Be Abolished? Visiting Educationalist Thinks So; Praises Our Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 15

At the annual conference of the New South Wales Parents and Citizens' Association at the Education Buildings last night Miss Pennethorne, who is…

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Union Instead of League Dr. Nothling Active -- Brisbane Schools Change Code

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 35

Several secondary schools in Brisbane have decided to change from Rugby League to Rugby Union football this season…

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School Notes and Doings Move to the New Boys' High Building Distinguished Pupils

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 9

Possessory pride will radiate from the faces of Sydney High School boys next Monday when they abandon the dismally situated…

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School Teachers. Additional Duties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 12

At the annual conference of the Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations in New South Wales last night, it was pointed out by delegates that on occasion teachers…

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The Primary Schools. Teaching of English

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 15

Anyone who has been teaching for long, is sure to feel from time to time some qualms aa to whether, the children really do understand the words they use. We learn…

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Garden Party Music Teachers at Gov'nment House

Evening News · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 16

TO meet representatives of the Music Teachers' Conference the Governor and Lady de Chair gave a garden party at Government House…

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"Kissed Me" Says Teacher Rector's Conduct Love in a Village London

Evening News · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 1

THAT the rector had frequently kissed her, and that she was too frightened to repel him, were the statements made by…

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Great Public Schools' Regatta

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 28

Next Wednesday afternoon the heats of the G.P.S. Regatta will be decided on the Parramatta River. All races finish off Gabarita Point…

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