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Schools, 1923

3,683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 185

Freeze a Frog And Roast a Bullock Mosman School

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 5

"There is permanent accommodation of Mosman school for only a [?]ter of the children. The rest are housed in ramshackle places…

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New School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 10

The Minister for Education (Mr. Bruntnell) on Saturday opened a new school at Bass Hill, to serve the Upper Bankstown district. The school, the opening of which was made…

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Public Schools' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 10

The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association was held on Friday night at the Education Department. The Minister for Education (Mr. Bruntnell) presided over a large…

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"Bullocks and Frogs" Mosman School Conditions

The Sun · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 7

"Dilapidated buildings where in the summer it is possible to bake bullocks, and in the winter to freeze frogs," was the description applied to…

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Teachers' Federation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 6

Arrangements were made at the Saturday morning's meeting of the Council of the Teachers' Federation to conduct the inter-State conference in…

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School Clubs Proposal to Teach Farming Queensland Scheme Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 6

A scheme for the extension of educational activities, which will have an important bearing on agricultural interests, will shortly be launched in…

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Schools' Hospital Day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 6

The total result of the schools' hospital day was £855575. of which £29521711 has been handed over to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children,…

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School Sport G.p.s. Cricket Few Surprises Bardsley's Century

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 2

The opening round of the Great Public Schools' cricket competition on Saturday contained few surprises. Grammars defeat at the hands of King's…

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Schooling at Randwick

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 2

Blue was sent over six [?]g hurdles at Randwick this morning. He gave a splendid exhibition, and jumped fast and cleverly…

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Overcrowded Schools. Minister's Difficulty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 9

"The places you mention must be palaces. J[?]t imagine the Bondi school, which was built to accommodate 875 children, and is at the p[?]esent time attended by about 3200 scholars…

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Mosman School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

A deputation from the Mosman Council and Parents and Citizens' Association waited on the Minister for Education (Mr. Bruntnell) yesterday, and urged that immediate steps…

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Schooling Hurdlers Some Smart Jumpers

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 4

Several horses were schooled over hurdles at Randwick this morning. N. McKenna's pair, Blue and Master Port, Jumped half a dozen flights…

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Great Schoolboy Jumper

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 4

D[?]ald M. Cunningham, the lad who cleared 5ft. 10[?] in a running high jump at Pratten Park on…

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School Too Small Lithgow

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 9

Lithgow district school, which for many years has been one of the largest in the State, is still much too small for requirements, and several…

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Mr. Mansfield's Pupils' Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 15

The students of Mr. John Mansfield, L.A.B., gave a concert in aid of the Seamen's Mission at St. James's Hall last night. There was a fair attendance, and although Mr. Minsfleld who presided as accompanist,…

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Seeking the Aid of Schoolboys

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 1

Mr. F. Smith, offi[?] in charge of the Waverley Fire Brigade District, addressing the boys at the Bandi School, on fire alarm, and telling them not to allow anyone to break them. Mr. A. K. Hunt, first [?]nt master at the school [?] on the left, and Mr. G. A. Bolus, the headmaster, [?] the right…

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Boys at the Bondi School Hearing About Fire Alarms

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 1

The value of fire alarms was impressed upon the boys of the Bondi School by Mr. F. Smith, of the Waverley Fire Station. He told them, too, that they should not allow anyone to play with the alarms…

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In School: a Clancy Kid Incident

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 6

Detailed adventures of the inimitable Clancy Kids appear each Sunday in the "Sunday News."…

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N.S.W. Great Public Schools Athletic Association In Support of the Admission of the Unaffiliated Schools

Referee · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 1

Mr. Sydney Smith, jun. (hon. secretary of the Board of Control in cricket) writes to the editor of The Referee: "I read with interest your comments…

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