Talkie Machine At Burke Ward School
Acquired by the Burke Ward School Parents and Citizens' Association last year a talkie machine to be used for visual education purposes,…
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Schools, 1940
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Seating Accommodation Taxed At High School
WITH a steady increase in enrolments over the past years, the position at the High School has reached the stage where extra scating accommodation may soon have to be acquired…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record of Membership Activities at High School
THAT last year had been one of record membership, and one that had left the association in a sound financial position, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fife and Drum Band at Central, School
Formed only a fortnight ago, the fife and drum band of the Central Boys School is making rapid progress. The boys are taking a keen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Snake Causes Stir At Burke Ward School
MOVING slowly and unconcernedly through a class-room along a passage and underneath the main school building, a small snake seriously disrupted the quiet activity of lessons at Burke Ward Girls School this week. After the snake went from view,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Giant Killer in Good School Turf Topics From Victorian Tracks From "Aintree" MELBOURNE
THE Oakbank candidate Giant Killer performed brilliantly in a hurdle school at Flemington. Accompanied by Ringford, he jumped three flight's in excellent style, and showed that he still retains his hurdling ability…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vandals at Morgan St. Infants' School
Children's toys were damaged and others stolen when the Morgan Street Infants' School was broken into between last Sunday and Tuesdays…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At School For Only Two Minutes Weekly
TWO hundred Romford girls, pupils at the County High School here, have been going back to school-for two minutes a week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lucky School Teacher SYDNEY
SECOND prize in yesterday's lottery was won by Mr. A. D. Gray, science master at Canterbury Boys' High school…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colored Boards In Schools; Saving Of Sight HOBART
A PRIMROSE board and dark blue chalk will be used when a sightsaving school is opened in Hobart. This combination will cause less…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →School Teachers Criticised
SYDNEY, Friday.— The deputy president of the Teachers' Federation (Mr Mckinnon) attacked today the "insane competition" among teachers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horses Schooled
ADELAIDE, Friday.—Heroic Chief (T. Mitchell) gave a good exhibition over three brush hurdles at Victoria Park. Lindana (H. Scarman)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teachers Dance at Happy Gathering in Warm Weather
THE weather certainly played its part in providing a warm Welcome for new teachers at the dance arranged last Thursday night by the Barrier Teachers' Confederation.However, the new president and social secretary Messrs. A.Doust and K. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Visual Education at Burke Ward School
Visual education equipment purchased by the Burke Ward Parents and Citizens Association for the Burke Ward School will soon be put…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Cricket
School cricket is in full swing. Conducted by the Public Schools Amateur Athletic Association, it is played in the form of an inter-schools…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captains-Prefects At High School
Names of the boys and girls' captains and prefects of the High School for 1940 were announced by the principal of the school (Mr. W. Pillans)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Methodist Sunday Schools' Picnic
On Easter Saturday, March 23, the annual picnic of the eight Methodist Sunday schools will be held at Penrose Park, Silverton. A good time is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Methodist Sunday Schools' Picnic
Arrangements are well in hand for the Methodist Sunday Schools' picnic to be held next Saturday. A train will leave Sulphide Street at 9.80 a.m. and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Horses Schooled Over Oakbank Jumps ADELAIDE,Thursday
GREAT EASTERN and von Doussa Steeplechase runners and acceptors for the Mount Barker Hurdle and Harry D. Young Hurdle were schooled yesterday, and with the exception of Partner who lost his rider there was not a mishap…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed In Plane Crash Cadet and Teacher Perth
AN instructor and an air cadet were killed yesterday when a Moth Minor monoplane nose dived into a paddock beside Dunreath…
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