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Schools, 1927

4,194 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 210

Empire Day Combined Schools

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 2

On Tuesday next (Empire Day), all public schools in Granville district, including, the Junior Technical School, will attend a celebration at Granville…

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GRANVILLE - General News Indian Statesman Visits Granville Schools "Love Your Country"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 2

"We are all children of the Empire— not only in bonds of human brotherhood, but we have ties of common citizenship with the Empire, of which…

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Lidcombe's Pride Its School Band

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 3

There are now 1100 children on the Lidcombe Public School roll, and progress is still being made. The curriculum is first class and the…

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Rats and Mice In Public School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 3

The Under-Secretary Department of Education, has informed Auburn Council that the mistress of the infants department of Auburn Public School had…

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Moving on Teachers Transferred

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 3

Mr. L. R. Egan, first assistant at the Lidcombe Public School, has been transferred to Bexley Public School in a similar capacity. Bexley being a first-class…

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Parramatta Branch, P.s.a.a.a. Schools Soccer Competition

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 13

The late Easter vacation and the extra "Duchess" week, combined to make a late start with the winter school programme of sports. For Soccer football, however…

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Agonised Mothers Seek Children's Bodies Scenes at Dynamited School Building Lifted: Walls Fell Out Death Strikes on Day of Picnic

Evening News · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 1

BATH. MICHIGAN, Thursday. A VILLAGER who witnessed the explosion which destroyed a wing of the schoolhouse here, and killed more than 42 children, said: "The whole wing seemed…

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New School Wanted

Evening News · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 15

Hornsby Council decided last night to co-operate with the Asquith Progress Association in its endeavor to have a public school established in…

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Jumpers Schooled

Evening News · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 2

Fred Brown, one of the victorian visitors was schooled over hurdles at Randwick to-day. He struck a couple of the obstacles, and his display was not very…

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Wireless. Royal Commission. Broadcasting for Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 6

Listeners are particularly interested in the Royal Commission on Wireless, which opens its Sydney sittings in the lecture hall of Manufacturers' House, O'Connell-street, at 11 a.m…

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School Dynamited. Many Children Killed. New York, May 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 11

Nearly 40 children were killed and 49 injured, some very seriously, by an explosion of dynamite in the village school at Bath (Michigan), allegedly caused by Andrew…

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Country News. Schoolmaster Farewelled. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 12

Members of the Parents and Citizens' Association tendered Mr. D. H. Staples, headmaster of the Narrabri Intermediate High School, a farewell before his departure for…

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Twenty Tips From Experience School Things to Remember

The Sun · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 19

If you value your wrist watch, don't wear it when working near the magneto. When blowing away duet or filings…

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41 Dead Fifty in Hospital Dynamited School San Francisco

The Sun · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 1

At midnight the death-roll as a result of the Bath (Michigan) horror, where a demented farmer, Andrew Kehoe, blew up a school with…

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Hurstville Public School

The Propeller · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 2

As a result of the efforts of the Mothers' Club in connection with the Hurstville Domestic Science School, an addition of four double portable class-rooms…

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Taren Point School

The Propeller · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 1

A few weeks ago a concert was held at the Ramsgate Picture Teature for the purpose of raising funds in aid of the Taren Point School Building Fund. The…

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Transfer of Teachers

The Propeller · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 7

The Department of Education has notified the following transfers and appointments of teachers:--P. Nelson, Bexley to Narrabri; Mr. L. Egan, Lidcombe to…

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Bexley Public School

The Propeller · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 6

At this week's meeting of Bexley Council a letter was read from the local Parents and Citizens' Association asking the council to arrange a…

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Has Remarkable Pace for a Jumper Fred Brown's Fast Half-mile Schooling at Randwick

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 2

ONE of the speediest hurdle horses seen at Randwick for many a long day is undoubtedly the Melbourne jumper, Fred…

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41 Killed 40 Injured School Blown Up by Dynamite Mad U.s. Farmer's Deed

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 1

RATH (Michigan), Thursday. THIRTY-SIX children and five adults were killed and forty children were injured in the local…

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