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Schools, 1927

4,194 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 210

Country News. School Residence Burnt. Garfton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 14

The schoolmaster's residence at Gillett's Ridge, near Ulmarra, with its contents, was destroyed by fire. The house was a weather. board structure, and was occupied by Mr…

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Education and Teachers Woes of the Headmaster (To the Editor.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 10

Sir,--There is no doubt in my mind that the deterioration in writing and spelling, and, I could add, arithmetic, in our public schools, commenced in…

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Educational Waste Continuation Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 8

Attention has often been directed to what is regarded as educational waste. Children are compelled to attend school until the age of fourteen or until they reach a certain…

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Ex- Teacher's Striking Opinion

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 14

Sir.--I see by your paper that the authorities of the Department of Education are considering the question of raising the school age to sixteen…

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Real Work. a Story of School and Life

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 46

"I wish I was leaving school, mum," said Walter Davis, looking eagerly up at his mother; "Tom Allan has left and he's going to work. I want to work."…

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Kyogle Convent School. Children's Bazaar

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 14

A very successful children's bazaar, in aid of the convent school, was held in the School of Arts on Friday night, 17th ult. In connection with the bazaar a queen…

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Turks Have Closed Catholic Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 44

News has arrived from Konia, in Asia Minor, that the Turks have brought to an end the existence of the last two Christian schools which had remained in…

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The Schools Sydney Boys' High "Free Period" Scheme

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 6

The "tree-period" system, which was inaugurated at the Sydney Boys' High School tills year, has proved a great success. The main idea o£ the…

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School Exams. Results Ready Shortly

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 6

Those 22,500' children who sat for the various examinations conducted by the Education Department last month will know within the next few…

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Cricket Glebe v, TEACHERS

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 8

The following players have been chosen to reprosent the Glebe District Cricket Club against the School Teachers Team at Jubilee Oval on Saturday. January 8:--F…

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Pilot of the Old School Captain Beale on Bridge of Changte

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 4

A MAN is as old as be feels," remarked Captain W. H. Beale ex-Senior Harbor Pilot tit Sydney. on the bridge of the Change…

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Schoolboy Loses Eye Motor Car Accident TAMWORTH.Wednesday

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 3

Harold Moore 15. of Wartaids received such severe injuries to his fare by the broken glass from the windscreen of a motor car in which he…

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Schoolboy Missing Since Tuesday Morning Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 5

Jack Hall, an eleven- years-old schoolboy, has been missing from his home in Perkins Street Newcastle since early yesterday morning. His…

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School World a Dictation Test Some Puzzlers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 9

Spell "excel"! This little word proved fatal to hundreds of candidates at the recent bursary and high school entrance examination…

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Schoolboy's Good Record

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 5

Master Robert Stewart Barker, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook Parker, of Artarmon, is only…

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Rabbinic Wisdom Anecdotes of the Teachers in Israel

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 2

A student asked Rabbi Schmelke: “We are bidden to love our neighbours as ourselves. How can I do that when my…

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School Teachers. Standard Classification. Federal Subsidy Wanted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

The institution of an Australian certificate for teachers in the Commonwealth will be one of the matters to be dealt with at the conference of the Australian Teachers'…

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"Aladdin" Assisting School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 7

There was a very large attendance at the School of Arts, Wetherill Park, on New Year's Eve, when the pantomime, "Aladdin," produced by Mr. Jack Treherne,…

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Transfer of Teachers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

Mrs. E. Connelly has been transferred from the Auburn North School to Dubbo. Mr. K. McDonald has been transferred from Grafton to Auburn Public School…

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School Clubs, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 12

PORTION OF THE DINING-ROOM SHARED BY OLD BOYS OF KING'S, NEWINGTON, GRAMMAR, SHORE, AND SCOTS IN NEW PREMISES AT WARWICK BUILDING, WHERE THEIR CLUBROOMS ARE GROUPED TOGETHER…

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