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Schools, 1927

4,194 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 210

Hurdlers Are Busy Several School Well at Randwick Castles Fine Display

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 7

Candidates for the big A.J.C. jumping events were again busy at Randwick yesterday morning. Castles, in charge of a lad named…

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Maniac Dynamites School--Forty Children Killed Headmaster Among Victims Pathetic Scenes as Parents Search In Ruins Grievance Over Mortgage on Farm Bath, Michigan

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 5

A maniac dynamited the village school, and killed 42 persons, the majority being children. THE pupils had just assembled for their morning studies when there…

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'Varsity-teachers' Hockey Boy Gets £1 Today

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 10

UNIVERSITY AND TEACHERS' COLLEGE HOCKEY COMPETITION.--G. Brown (College) falls in an attempt to save the goal in yesterday's match between the College C team and the Medical School. ONE OF THE COLLEGE MEN SEEMS TO BE VERY PUT…

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Schools and Teachers Local Bodies Help Teachers Value of the Museum

Evening News · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 7

TEACHERS throughout the State depend for support in their efforts to better the conditions for pupils upon local associations, and their experience…

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School Continental

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 4

The annual Continental in aid of Penrith intermediate High Street was held at the School on Thursday afternoon and evening, and was a great…

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School of Arts

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 3

At the regular monthly committee mooting of the Penrith School, of Arts, hold on Wednesday, 11th inst., it was decided that the privileges of honor…

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Public School Jubilee

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 5

A large number of letters have been received from ex-pupiles who reside in various parts of the State, stating their intention to be present, at the School…

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Opened First Public School

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 5

Among the many letters received by the schoolmaster (Mr W. Kennelly) with reference to the School Jubilee celebrations is the following from Mr…

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Lismore School. Interrupted Construction Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 16

The Lismore Chamber of Commerce has requested Mr. W. T. Missingham, M.L.A., to interview the Government on the question of the proposed trades school at Lismore…

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School Association

The Sun · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Newtown Superior Public School Parents and Citizens Association it was decided to accept the offer of the Australian Made…

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Loans for Schools Q'land's Problems Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 3

Many Queensland schools are overcrowded. This was admitted by the Minister for Education (Mr. Wilson), who said, that the cause was the…

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Granville and Lidcombe Schools to Celebrate

The Sun · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 7

Empire Day will be celebrated in right royal style at the Lidcombe Public School on Tuesday, Addresses will be given by the Mayor of Lidcombe…

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Lessons Stopped to Watch Battle School in China

The Sun · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 7

School at Kiukiang in China is much more exciting than lessons in Australia. Little Miss Allison Rowley, who is not yet ten, can youch for that…

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Fred Brown Schooled at Randwick Fast But Unsafe Hit Three Hurdles

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 2

THE Victorian hurdler, Fred Brown, who possesses excessive speed on the flat, was schooled over hurdles at Randwick yesterday morning…

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Boy Killed by Lorry on Way to School

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 6

William Aiken. 8. son of Mr. Silas Aiken. 319 Queen Street, Concord, was run ever by a motor lorry owned by Sidney All[?]n had driven by Chas…

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On the Picnic Day Searching for Bodies of Children the Dynamited School Bath, Michigan

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 5

A villager who witnessed yesterday's explosion, when Andrew Kehoe, a maniac, dynamited 42 persons, mostly children, to their death, says: --…

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The Public School Safety Patrol in Action

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1927 · page 40

Thousands of children in American towns are saved from injury by the patrol, which guards the tots while they cross the streets on their way to and from school…

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Horse Racing Over Hurdles Randwick Schooling Mendit on His Mettle

Evening News · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 2

JUMPING was an interesting feature of to-day's track operations at Randwick. Among the horse to be [?] over the hurdles was…

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Museum Lectures for School Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 6

In co-operation with the Education Department, the Museum authorities have drawn up a syllabus of 14 lectures for the year, to be delivered by Museum oofficers to school…

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School Destroyed by Fire. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1927 · page 12

The Baranduda State school, near Wodonga, has been burnt to the ground. Mr. P. Baker, who first noticed the flames, hastened to the spot, and found the inside of the school a…

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