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Schools, 1928

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 194

Schoolboy's Error of Judgment

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 2

Enterprise is all right in its place. While thousands were rushing for good positions in…

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Sequel to Savage Attack on Music Teacher

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 38

CASINO, Friday. -- There was a sensational development late this afternoon in connection with the brutal assault on Miss Julia Mackey, music…

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His "Insolence" Birkenhead's School Days Teacher Challenged

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 34

An early example of Lord Birkenhead's rhetorical "insolence" was mentioned recently at a gathering of Birkenhead School old boys, in England,…

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Schools' Opening Places Greater Onus on Car Drivers

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 3

Now that school holidays are over, motorists must take Greater care when driving in the vicinity of schools and on busy streets. Children are compelled to be on the streets in certain hours, going to and coming from schools. Many of them are away from parental…

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School Out Twenty-three In For Two-up a Class Upset

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 1

LIKE scholars trooping back unwillingly to their class-rooms on opening day, last Monday 23 of the village lads filed into No…

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Schoolboy Howlers

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 2

A geyser is a male goose. Herrings go about the sea in shawls. To trisect an angle is to bisect it into three equal parts…

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My School

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 2

I like my school, It's very good. When teacher tells about Red Riding Hood…

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Big School £200 Between 26 Men Two-up Raid

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1928 · page 2

A big party of police from Newtown raided a two-up school in King-street, St. Peters, last night, and arrested 26 men, who, between them, possessed…

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Horse Racing Touch and Go Randwick Schooling. Ego Over Low Ones

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 2

TOUCH AND CO. and og [?] reerutts to the [?] of the [?] is showing [?] in this [?] of the business. With W. H. [?] Beher in the [?] Touch and [?] was [?] over…

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New School for Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 12

The Parramatta Municipal Council has been informed by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntnell) that plans are being prepared for a central domestic science school for girls at…

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New Type Girls' Head Teacher Country Life Training London

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 1

With the inauguration of a big girls' public school at Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, comes a new type of headmistress…

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Impersonated Police Handcuffed Teacher Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 4

Alfred H. Gray. a young salesman, posing as a detective arrested Mr. H. G. Lear, music teacher, of Mile End, on Friday night and put handcuffs on…

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Pull Old Convict Prisons Down! Technical Schools Instead of Iron Bars

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 11

HOBART, Sunday. -- "I do not think these buildings, historic though they may be, should continue to be preserved. Why not pull the things…

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200 EXTRA Granville Tech. Pupils Problem for Principal

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 2

Many mothers declared during the school holidays that one boy in the house was quite sumcient to manage, especially if that lad was an average healthy…

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Failed to Save Fiance and His Twin Brother Young School Teacher's Heroism Frail Canoe Capsizes in Weir Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1

AN heroic but vain attempt to save her fiance. William Lawrence Smith, and his twin brother, Walter Francis Smith, was made by a young school teacher. Mice Evelyn Fraser, at Eildon Weir yesterday. The three were paddling a cunos…

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Teacher's Transfer Mr. L. Scott to Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 4

Mr. B. B. Robertson, deputy headmaster of the Granville Technical School, has been transferred to Sydney High School. His position at Granville has…

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Schoolteacher Injured Fractured Jaw

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 5

Mr. Hubert Hoare, who is attached to the staff of the Auburn Public School, was knocked down by a cyclist on Saturday last, and later was admitted to…

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"Neglected School" Alderman's Memoirs

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 6

REPLYING to Hunter's Hill Council's representation regarding the need for additions and improved sanitary accommodation at the local…

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The State Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 6

So many letters have been received in reply to Archbishop Kelly's recent attack upon the State School system that it has been impossible to find room for them. Several ministers…

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School Sport All-round Enthusiasm Cricket Entries

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 6

Close on 70 sportsmasters attended a general meeting convened by the P. S. A. A. A., to discuss matters affecting the C. and J. T. and Primary cricket competitions for 1928. If…

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