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Schools, 1921

2,863 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 144

The Mail Bag. a School Gardes

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 16

Bobolink (Burwood) has always been interested in gardening "When I arrived back at school after the Christmas vacation I was much distressed to find the school parden very sadly…

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Machine Guns Should They Be in Schools ? Education Director's Views

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 2

Mr. Peter Board, Director of Education in N.S.W., said yesterday:"The desire to place implements of war in public schools is hard to analyse. If…

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In the Schoolroom

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 20

Motion pictures will eventually displace many text-books in the public schools, predicts Louis Nusbaum, associate superintendent of the schools in…

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School As Camp "Everything Topsy-Turvey" Albion Park

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1921 · page 2

The Tongarra public school, at the foot of the Macquarie Pass, five miles out of Albion Park, has been without a teacher for some time, and is rapidly…

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School Teachers Will Not Beg for Railway Concessions. Proposed Institute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 7

A meeting of the council of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation was held on Saturday. It was decided to urge the Government to…

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Young Athletes High School Sport The Winter Entries

Evening News · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 2

The entries for the high schools' winter competition closed on Saturday last. Sufficient combinations have been received for five grades in Rugby Union and three in…

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No Machine Guns School War Memorials Mr. Mutch and His Critic

Evening News · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 6

The Minister for Education to-day repl;ied to a statement by Rev. W.R. [?] at the of a soldiers in Saturday. [?]…

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Teachers' Institute Big Scheme in Hand

Evening News · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 4

The movement to establish a Teachers' [?] which was approved some time ago by the N.S.W Public School Teachers' Federation is assuming…

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Country School. Deplorable Condition. No Money Available. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 7

Indignation was expressed by the Shire Council to-day at the reply from the Department of Education, stating that no money is available for attention to the Sawpit Gully school…

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The Teachers' Federation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 7

The monthly, meeting of the council of the Teachers' Federation was largely attended on Saturday morning, at the Department of Education…

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To the Editor Machine Guns in Schools

Evening News · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

A reply to Mr. Board, Director of Education:— The fact that machine and other guns were "implements of war" used in the…

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The Schools. Deplorable Conditions. Protest From Ashfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 9

To protest against the condition of the Ashfield Public School, a public indignation meeting was held at the local Council-chumbers last night. The Mayor of Ashfield, Alderman…

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School Sport G.P.S. Regatta Personnels Winter Competitions

The Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

Entries of crows for the G.P.S. 28th annual regatta, to be held on the Parramatta on April 27 and 30, close on Thursday With Mr. Hyam Marks. Grammar School. The…

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Anzac Day School Celebrations Half-holiday for Scholars

The Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 6

The nature of the observance of Anzac Day in the schools has engaged the attention of the Education Department, and a memorandum for the…

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Latest Sport in Victoria the Eight-oar Crew for Launceston Athletics, Cycling, Rowing, School Sports

Referee · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 12

Under the guidance of Mr. E. Horsburgh—an oarsman with over 40 years' experience—the Victorian crew for the Australian Eight-oar championship is…

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Schools Rowing in Sydney and Melbourne Preparing for Rugger Competition Personal Gossip

Referee · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 9

Both New South Wales and Victorian schools are now busily preparing for the Head of the River contests. The events on the Parramatta will be disposed of first,…

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A Forest Appentices' School

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

Modern forestry, if it is to achieve the best results, demands that all those employed in the work shall possess more or less technical…

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"Filthy" School Complaint From Country Children With Diphtheria YOUNG

The Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 3

An assertion was made at a meeting of the Burrangong Shire Council that the failure of the Department of Education to make the little bush school…

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