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Schools, 1927

4,194 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 210

Great Public Schools' Rowing

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 38

Interest in the race for the Head of the River continues to grow, and each afternoon sees a goodly gathering of…

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Great Public Schools Cricket

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 38

On Friday last the sixth round of the G.P.S. cricket competition was played. St. Joseph's College met Sydney Grammar School on the latter's ground at…

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On Literature. Our Best Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 6

Everything we read makes us better or worse, and by a necessary consequence increases or lessens our happiness…

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Christian Brothers' Primary Schools' Combined Sports

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 29

An event which should be responsible for drawing a large crowd to the Sydney Sports' Ground on Saturday, April 9th, is the annual combined sports of the…

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Schools. Holidays Extended. at Duke's Request

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 12

The Duke and Duchess of York were so impressed with the schoolchildren's display on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday that they have made a special request that the…

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Teacher Drowned. At Swimming Practice. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 12

Miss Karlie McDonald, aged 26 years, senior mistress at the Kerang Girls' High School, was drowned in the River Loddon this afternoon…

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The Schools. Lack of Funds. Speech by Mr. Mutch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 10

Speaking yesterday at the opening of a new Public school for infants at Albion-street, Paddington, the Minister for Education (Mr. Mutch) again deplored the fact that owing…

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School Prize-giving. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 12

The Bowral School of Arts was crowded on the occasion of the annual Presentation of prizes to pupils of the Bowral Intel mediate High School. Mr. A. L. Harris, president of…

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Orange Grove School

The Sun · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 15

The Orange Grove Public School is regarded by Aldermen Bowmaker and Breen, of the Leichhardt Council, as being altogether unsuitable for the…

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The Schools Habits of Tidiness Lismore's Example

The Sun · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 17

Perhaps in no schools in the world are habits of tidiness, orderliness, love of country, love of home, and the like instilled into the pupils in such a…

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New School for Paddington

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 4

A new school at Albion Street, Paddington, for children under nine years, was opened by the Minister for Education, Mr. Mutch, yesterday. In the picture are (top)t Ald. Betes, Mr. Mutch, Ald. O'Sllivan, and Purcell. Bottom: Ald. Thwaites and Hilt, Mr. C. Fox (president of the Parents and Citisans' Association), Mr. J. E. West, M.H.R., Ald. Tyler and Falvey, and Mr. P. H. Wicks (Town Clerk of Paddington),…

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School World The Leaving Age Is an Extension Coming?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 2

Compulsory education in advance of the primary stage is inevitable in all progressive countries. It will come here as soon as the…

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Sunday Schools Promising Outlook

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 6

It was disclosed at the National Sunday School Convention yesterday that 1,160,000 children were attached to the evangelical churches of the…

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School Holidays

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 6

At the special request of the Duke and Duchess of York, Mr. Mutch (Minister for Education) has granted a week's extension of…

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Schools' Cricket Ending Bowlers' Great Success: Goddard's 500

Arrow · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 13

The extraordinary successes of G.P.S. cricketers continue. B. Goddard has reached 500 for the half season, and M. Campbell, of King's…

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Billiard Tournament School of Arts Contests

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 7

During the past two years, billiard tournaments have been played between teams of five representing Auburn, Granville, Guildford, Fairfield and Liverpool…

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Soldiers' Memorial Guildford School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 7

Guildford School of Arts Soldiers' Memorial Committee has the gratifying knowledge that over £310 was cleared by the recent carnival in aid of building…

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Four Records Schoolboy Cricketers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 3

Lidcombe Primary School cricketers distinguished themselves during the season's play. The lost round of fixtures was…

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Boys' Band At School Display

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 3

Quite a feature of the school children's display at the Sydney cricket ground on Tuesday was the playing of the Lidcombe Public School Boys' Band…

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Mothers' Help For School Children

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 3

A particularly successful year has been achieved by the Lidcombe Mothers' Club, according to the annual report of that body submitted to tile annual meeting…

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