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Schools, 1928

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 194

Penrith School of Arts Ping Pong Tournament

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 5

A very successful ping pong tournament was held at Penrith School of Arts on Monday evening. The games were 24 up. Once again in the ladies'…

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Commons Approves Exchange of Teachers London

Evening News · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 5

FOR the first time for many years, a Bill passed all stages at a single sitting of the House of Commons to-day. It was a Bill to Permit teachers to…

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Intimate Talks to Teachers

The Methodist · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 8

Again the period for the Coin-Gift-Card Collection in our Sunday School approaches. Conference decreed that on May 13 (Mothers' Day) the teachers and scholars in all our schools should be invited to…

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Chinese Girls' Schools in Singapore Miss Blackmore's Forty Years' Work

The Methodist · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 5

Miss Sophia Blackmore, who for over forty years has been a missionary in connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Singapore, has retired from active service, and has returned to Sydney. Miss…

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Cockburn [?]Gh School, L[?]ds. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 14

Sir,—The G.P.S. regatta brings back recollections of [?]appy days spent at school. I am sure [?] the minds of men and women go be [?] to that time when they used…

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"Two of the Finalists in the Last Event at To-ay's Great Public Schools' Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 20

Bow W. G. Hall; 2, K. W. Parl, 3, J Paravicini; stroke, H.J. Dettman; cox, E. S. Bourke. SYDNEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL'S FIRST FOUR. Bow: J. L. Menzies; 2, K. C. Harris; 3, E. L. Dixon; stroke, M. A. Mackay; cox, R. G. Alexander…

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Two-up School Melbourne Raid 51 Men Arrested Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 3

After smashing through two barred doors with an axe and seizing a man keeping watch at the top of the first flight of stairs, the police raided…

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Schoolboy's Fall

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 1

Falling on the asphalt while placing football at Cleveland Street High School, yesterday. Renald Harrison, 14, of Clara Street. Belmore, fractured his…

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Sentence of Death Bush Murder W.A. Schoolgirl Insanity Plea Fails Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 1

JOHN SUMPSTER MILNER charged with the murder of Lw Lewis, a 12-year-old schoolgirl at Darkan on February 28, was found…

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Her School Frock "Labor Daily" Pattern Service Pattern No. 9740

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 9

A practical juniper frock for the small girl. Skirt is made with a plain neck, and three box plents in the front: This is sewn on to a plain body…

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Milner Sentenced to Death Brutal Murder of Girl on Way to School Clothes Torn Off Body

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 2

PERTH, Friday.--"I have done nothing wilfully," said Jack Milner before being sentenced to death at the Criminal Court to-day for the murder of…

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Will Grammar Eat Their Way to Read of River? No "Easy All" in the Dining Room Four Pounds a Man Heavier Than Any Other Crew; Two Women Have to Cook Busily High School's 20 Miles a Day

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 2

Boat Race Day has arrived. By to-night one of the four schools left in the final from Wednesday's heats will be able to claim the proud title of Head of the River for 1928…

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Teachers College Girls Seek Husbands in America

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 April 1928 · page 19

In N.S.W. the female teachers out-. number the men by 60 per cent. 40 per cent. American figures show more than that. And the teachers' training…

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School-girl Contracts Loathsome Disease Department Repudiates Suggestion That School Latrine was Responsible Beer Bottles and Refuse at William Street School

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 April 1928 · page 5

When, a few weeks ago, a little girl attending William-street Public School, was found to be suffering from venereal disease, the possibility of her having contracted it from a school latrine was contended…

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Yesterday—the Boys' Great Day With Apologies to the Masters of Sydney's Great Public Schools

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 April 1928 · page 42

WHEN I was a lad at school I was' told by an irate, though lovable, master, that I…

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For Fed. Arbitration School Teachers Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 6

Schoolteachers in Victoria are strongly in favor of the suggestion of the Australian Public Service Association that amendments of the Federal Constitution should…

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Appeals Board. Restricted Choice of a Representative. Teachers' Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 12

"Reactionary and retrogressive" was how the council of the Teachers' Federation at a meeting on Saturday described the Minister's decision to restrict the selection of the…

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Sydney Church of England Grammar School's Day of Triumph on the Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 14

To the accompaniment of the tooting of every ferry siren and tumultuous cheering, Sydney Church of England Grammar School's champion eight passes the judge's boat three-quarters of a length ahead of Sydney Grammar School (nearest the camera). The smoke from the judge's pistol can be seen across the bow of the winning boat. Nearing the end of the struggle for river supremacy. Sydney Church of England Grammar School holding its lead a few hundred yards from the finishing line. The crews (left to right) are:— Sydney High School, The King's School, Sydney Grammar School, and Sydney Church of England Grammar School…

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School Holidays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 7

The council of the Teachers' Federation, at a meeting on Saturday in the Education Buildings, expressed strong objection to the proposal of the Minister for Education to alter…

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Teachers Object Appointments Committees

The Sun · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 13

Reference has been made in a section of the press to an alleged protest from the council of the Teachers' Federation against the restricted choice of a…

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