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Schools, 1929

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The Schools. Correspondence Teaching

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 6

Few features of our educational system have created more interest abroad, especially in America than the plan of teaching by correspondence. So frequent have the inquiries…

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Agriculture. School Courses. What Do They Lead To?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 12

An interesting discussion developed at yesterday's conference of the Australian Association of School inspectors regarding the value of a course in agriculture in the school…

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"Order of Merit" High School Entrance "No Overcrowding"

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 12

Though 16,000 pupils have qualified for admission to the high schools in the recent examinations, and' there are only…

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Teaching the Outback Child. Correspondence Schools to the Rescue

The Land · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 17

But a short time ago thousands of children in the lonelier portions of the State were denied the privileges of education by the State through its schools, and their instruction depended largely on the patient teaching by busy parents unqualified for the task…

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Methodist Sunday School. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 14

In the presence of a large gathering, including the Rev. R. J. Williams, chairman of the Armidale Methodist district, the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond), the Minister…

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Ban Books Extends Even the “Teachers International” Agitation Wanted

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

Still they come—shoals of notes from the Customs Department intimating that more working-class books and newspapers have been…

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Ramsgate Infants' School

The St George Call · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 6

The official opening of the Ramsgate Infants’ School will take place at 3 p.m., to-morrow (Saturday), 2nd February, The Minister for Education is…

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Kogarah School of Arts Literary and Debating Society

The St George Call · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

Members of the above on Thursday evening, January 24th had a Parliamentary Night, the president, Mr. H. A Peek occupied the speaker's chair…

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Transfer of Teachers

The Propeller · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 6

The Education Department notifies the following transfers and appointments of teachers in connection with local schools:--Miss M. Barwell,…

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Penrith Inter.-High School Staff Changes

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 5

The P[?]mary Department of Penrith Inter-High School resumed last Monday, and the High School will resume next Monday…

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The Sunday School Our Boys and Girls Back to Work My Dear Boys and Girls,—

The Methodist · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 12

You are all back to school once more. You are sorry that holidays are over, but mother isn't, probably; and before you lies a new school year. Some have passed what we used to call the "Q.C.," and…

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Sydney Grammar School. Improvements in Sports Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 16

Sydney Grammar School is reconstructing the Weigall Memorial Oval, its sports ground at Rushcutter Bay, by raising the surface level an average of 4ft. This will remove the…

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School Inspectors' Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 21

The blennial conference of the Australasian Association of inspectors of Schools was concluded yesterday at the Teachers' College. It was decided to held the next conference in…

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School of Life Teaching Adult Turks London

The Sun · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 1

The representative of the "Manchester Guardian" in Constantinople reports that the president of the Council, Izmet Pasha, has…

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Cecil Healy Suggested We Should Import Natives and Start Shark-Killing Schools

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 23

MANY and varied are the devices that have been proposed for the purpose of making our beaches safe for democracy, but nobody…

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Just The Thing For The Schoolgirl Complexion

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 12

The open road—and an open car—with the throttle opened wide. Can the doctor recommend anything better? No. Nor could he recommend a nicer job than the Director Tourer. This Studebaker has a folding windscreen, making speed ever so much more beneficial to the jaded tissues. See it at Studebaker's Yurong-street Showrooms…

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Of Making Many Books the Decadents Poets of the Nineties the Tuberose School

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 24

The nineties had a very definite tone--and that tone was "decadence." It was not fashionable for poets to be robust or merely musical--they must…

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Schoolboy Howlers

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1929 · page 2

The moon is the midnight sun. The liver is on the south-east of the heart. The snow mountains are covered with snow because they are so high that the…

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School Picnic Children at Casula

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 5

The annual Sunday school picnic of the Granville Congregational Church was held at Casula on Anniversary Day. For many years the picnic has been…

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High Schools. Reopening To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 8

The Public High, and intermediate High schools and primary schools in the western division of the State reopen this morning. New entrants holding notices from the department…

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