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Schools, 1927

4,194 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 210

Railway Workers' Branch. Missile Throwing by School Boys

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 20

The following letter has been received by Secretary Bodkin from Mr. C. A. Hodgson, Chief Traffic Manager, N.S.W. Railways:…

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New School Opened. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 18

A new school has been opened at Lower Coldstream, to replace a building which did duty for 43 years. The opening was performed by Inspector A. J. Leo on behalf…

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Schools Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 21

Combined High Schools play W. A. Oldfield's XI. at Chatswood Oval to-day, Wednesday, and the team is:— Helhurich, Vaughan and Wilson (North sydney), Clubb and Wines (Sydney), Archer and Winning…

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The Schools. Additional Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 18

The Government recently decided, at. the request of the Duke and Duchess of York, to grant the Public school children an additional week's holiday at the forthcoming Easter…

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News From the Country Crash ! While Schooling Hares on Motor Cycles Moree

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 20

While Hurry Edmonds and Leslie Williams were schooling hares on the Moree Coursing Club's plumpton on motor cycles they came into collision…

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Patriotism Should It Be Taught ? School Children "Chair at University"

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 19

A deputation from the Royal Society of St. George recently laid before Lord Eustace Percy, the British Minister of Education, a resolution…

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Infants' School Hurlstone Park Building

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 15

At the official opening of the Hurlstone Park South Infants' School there was a large attendance. Mr. G. A. Blumer, inspector of…

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Can't Play in School Playground Too Small

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 3

That the playground at the Bexley School was be small that the scholars could not run in it because of the danger involved was the contention of…

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Easter Holidays Extra Week for Schools All Australia Duke's Request to Gov.-gen. Toowoomba

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 13

Action has been taken following the request made by the Duke of York, that the extra week's holiday at Easter, granted on the occasion of the…

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Schoolboy Cricket Deciding Test N.S.W in Form Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 5

The third and deciding test between N.S.W. and Victorian schoolboy cricketers was commenced to-day. N.S.W. won the first match, but…

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Inter-state Schools N.S.W. v. Victoria MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 9

The third and final match or the series of games between Victoria and N.S.W. State schools started to-day. Each team has won one match. Victoria batted first and scored…

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The Pay of Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 14

Sir,--If the present Labor Government is so anxious that all classes should be on a self-supporting basis, why does not the Minister (Mr. Mutch)…

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School World Teacher Students TEXT-BOOKS

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 6

Owing to shortage of public funds, this year's supply of textbooks to students of the Teachers' College has been curtailed…

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The Primary Schools. SPELLING

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 18

We hear from time to time violent diatribes against the erratic spelling of our language, and proposals are at hand for schemes of simplification. Whether these will ever…

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Alsace-Lorraine Schools. Catholic Fears Dispelled

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 15

M. Poincare in a circular issued immediately following a trip of several days through Alsace-Lorraine, has dispelled the fears of the population of the recovered…

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Marist Brothers' School, North Sydney. Old Boys' Union

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 22

The Marist Brothers' School, North Sydney, has served the youth of the northern suburb parishes during the past 39 years, and the old boys' union has been…

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North Bondi Parish. New Church-school

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 22

Owing to the inclement weather conditions of Sunday, the 3rd inst., it was found necessary to postpone laying the foundation-stone of the new church-school at Bondi…

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School Again

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 2

The teacher had been giving a class of yougsters some idea of proverbs, and after the lesson she put a few questions. "Birds of a feather—do what?"…

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Christian Brothers' Primary Schools. Combined Sports and Display

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 22

Arrangements are now complete for the Christian Brothers' Primary Schools' Sports to be held on the Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday, April 9th.,…

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Marist Brothers' School, North Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 14

This school has faithfully served the youth of the Northern Suburb parishes during the past thirty-nine years, and with a view to banding the hundreds of…

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