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Schools, 1927

4,194 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 210

Pedaling over the Roads. a Finch Who's Soaring From School Teacher to Cycle-maker Business Romance If You Like

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 14

Meet Mr. Len Finch, Director-Manager of L. J. Finch and Co., cycle builders. Age—er-not yet 40. Hobby—bikes. Favorite sport—bike racing. Favorite topic—bikes—and then some more. [?]UNDREDS of people connected…

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Schoolmaster's Death. Stanwell Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 12

Mr. John Surtees, late headmaster of the North Rothbury Public School, who only recently retired after a long service in the Education Department, died suddenly to-day. He…

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£16,000 Loan Knox Grammar School for Extensions 'Great Asset to Church'

The Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 3

The Presbyterian Assembly today authorised the Treasurership Committee to lend £16,000 to the Knox Grammar School Council for…

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School Sport Season Opens To-morrow Saturday's Conference

The Sun · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 10

Representatives from three branch associations and the parent body controlling sport in the public schools met last Saturday morning to revise the constitution…

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1800-Guinea Hurdler Hampden's Fine Trial School with Stony

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 2

IF breeding and appearances count for anything, Hampden should make a champion hurdler. Yesterday morning he gave one…

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Women Want to Sew Men to Saw Teachers Unavailable Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 3

A large number of ladies in Portland and Katoomba have a decided grievance [?] that they do not get facilities for taking lessons in dressmaking. These two towns…

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Randwick Public School Boy Wins £1 To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 24

FAMOUS MOVIE STAR'S HUSBAND. -- The Marquis da la Fal[?]ise who is married to Gloria Swanson…

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Australian Rules Wests Return to Form Apathy in Schools

Referee · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 14

CONDITIONS for good football on Saturday could not have been better. Each game had its attraction. Between Eastern Suburbs and Western Suburbs, it was fine, kicking and…

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On the Tracks Melb. Jumpers Gulyarri's Blunder Ranwick Schooling

Evening News · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 2

IN PREPARATION for the forthcoming [?] jumping [?] jumpers were [?] wick to-day. The jumping [?]…

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School Sport

Evening News · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 4

In the High Schools' Winter Competitions, the total entry for this year is [?] made up of [?] Rugby Union, [?] Rugby League, 20 British Association, [?]…

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Presbyterians. General Assembly. Knox Grammar School Extensions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 16

The New South Wales General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church yesterday decided to authorise an advance of £16,000 on loan to the Knox Giammar School. The matter was…

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Dr. John Hunter. School Days. Master's Reminiscences

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 16

One of the men who helped Australia to her coming-of-age was Dr. John Irvine Hunter, who died in 1924 at the age of 26 years, after achieving international fame as…

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Wingham School. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 16

The Education Department now has to rent two rooms at the Wingham School of Arts in order to relieve the congestion at Wingham School buildings. The people desire to see…

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The Schools History and Its Teaching Inspectors' Addresses

The Sun · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 14

Last year the institute of Inspectors of Schools organised a series of addresses to teachers and inspectors dealing with some of the broader…

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High School Competition Second Grade

The Sun · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 11

The early matches, before the China v. Metropolis, at the Show Ground, were played by the High School boys. Technical High 3 (Hen[?], and Young…

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The Defrauded School Children

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 4

THE complaints of the Minister for Education about the starving of his department are getting monotonous…

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He Was Just "Johnnie Hunter" Fort Street Boy Who Became World-Famed Anatomist Memorial Tablet at Old School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 13

IN the main vestibule of Fort Street Superior Public School, at Petersham, yesterday afternoon, a tablet was unveiled to the memory of the…

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Schoolboy Collects His £1

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 3

The head of the schoolboy circled in yesterday's picture of boys from the Randwick Intermediate High School was…

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Overcrowded Schools Health Commission Alarmed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Some of Melbourne's private schools seems to be on a par with the infamous establishment conducted by Squeers, and…

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Hampden Injured Not to Race at Randwick Hurt While Schooling

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 7

While schooling at Randwick on Monday Hampden ricked himself, and as a result the gelding will not contest the £2000 A.J.C. Hurdle Race. The…

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