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Schools, 1928

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 194

Fort St. High School Swimming Langsworth Breaks Record

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 34

The swimming at Fort Street High School's annual carnival at Domain Baths yesterday was of a high standard, and several records were broken…

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High School Boys at the Baths -- Golfers in Action

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 36

N. W. ("NICK") WINTER, holder of the . Olympic hop-step-and-jump title, snapped in action, on the Manly .Golf Links yesterday. THERE WAS NEVER A GREASIER POLE than that which Fort Street High…

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Schoolgirl Is Murdered Top of Head Blown Off; Man; Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 2

PERTH, Wednesday.--A fiendish crime, perpetrated at Darkan, a pastoral district between the Collie coalfields and Wagin, was revealed to-day…

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Schools' Cricket To-morrow's Games: Interstate Contests in Sydney

Arrow · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 12

THE third round of games in the Great Public Schools' Competition will commence to-morrow. The leaders, St. Ignatius' College, are to meet St…

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Well Stocked School Library

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 9

The children attending the Pennant Hills Public School appear to be so well looked after by the Parents and Citizens Association that they are surfeited with…

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Overcrowded School Accommodation Disgraceful

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 15

Guildford Parents and Citizens' Association intends holding its annual meeting on Thursday, March 1, at the local public school…

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Parramatta Evening School and Social Club

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 17

The above school and club will reopen next Monday, 5th inst., at 7p.m. As can be seen by the advertisement that appears in another column, the…

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School Library Normanhurst P. and C.

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 11

In contrast with its neighbour, the Normanhurst. Parents and Citizens Association recently decided not to provide books for the school library until more funds…

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Teachers' Colleges. Provision in the Country

The Land · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 7

In answer to inquiries the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, has stated that the Armidale Teachers' College provides a two years' course…

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More Schools Essentials of Success £2,000,000 to Be Spent

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 2

Overcrowded schools and the sad lack of school accommodation form one of the most pressing problems that the Government has to face, and…

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Schoolgirl Murdered. Farm Laborer Arrested

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

A shocking murder of a twelve-year-old school girl named Ivy Lewis is reported from Darken, a pastoral district between the Collie coalfields…

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Caning School Children

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 8

Sir,—W. G. Cowdroy (E.N. 12/2/28) should be publicly thanked for bringing forward, through your valuable journal, the barbarous custom of caning school children. Surely the teachers…

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School Sport. High Schools' Cricket. Dwyer and Vaughan Obtain Centuries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 15

Chatswood declared against North Sydney with eight or 178, of which score Dwyer, a [?] batsman, contrbuted 129 not out, including 18 fours. Aga[?] [?] in first [?], North Sydney High…

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Inverell Convent School. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 12

Speaking at the opening of a new wing of the Inverell Convent School Bishop O'Connor said complaints were made that religion was declining. This was due to the want of influence…

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Cry of the Teachers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 8

Sir,—The condition of many of the temporary teachers calls for comment, in view of the fact that next to nothing can be saved out of a weekly pay of £3/11/, out of which…

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High School Accommodation. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 12

Some scholars nttending the Casino Intermediato High School have to be taught in sheds, and in wet weather conditions are fir from congenial Additions to buildings were…

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Starving Children 1N N.S.W. SCHOOLS Government Must Provide Free Lunches

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 2

The education authorities of N.S.W. have been forced, by the propaganda of a few enthusiasts, into making a few experiments in the correct…

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Schools Too Busy Essay Comp. Refused

The Sun · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 17

Following upon the request of the R.A.C.A. to conduct an essay competition on traffic dangers and safety-first principles amongst the public school children of the State, the…

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Schoolmaster Farewelled

The Propeller · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 1

A large gathering assembled in the Masonic Hall, Mortdale, on the 23rd ult., to bid farewell to Mr. E. Hodge, B.A., who, until recently, held the…

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Hurstville School. New Building to be Erected

The Propeller · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 2

Work will shortly be commenced on the erection of a junior technical and trades school at Hurstville. The plans were prepared by the department's architect,…

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