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Schools, 1929

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Music Teachers' Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 12

The full programme of the Easter conference of the music teachers of New conth Wales may now be obtained on application to the hon. secretary of the Musical Association, in Paling's Buildings. Attention…

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A Child and Her Teacher Her Story Was That Johnson Kept Her Back After School Parramatta Jury Acquits Accused

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1929 · page 24

ACCUSED by one of his pupils of having committed a serious offence, Charles Atherton Johnson, headmaster of the Orchard Hills Public School, near Penrith, was acquitted by a Pamunatta Sessions jury last week after giving a strong denial of her story…

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Fight Fans Love "The Killer" Days of Mace School Gone K.O. Stars Get the Money "Sock Appeal" Essential

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1929 · page 8

MOST popular boxing champion in recent years was Jack Dempsey. "The Killer" instinct in Dempsey was highly developed, and the erstwhile champion…

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Dilbhur Hall Finishing School for Young Ladies and Not "Victorian"

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1929 · page 19

It used to be, it is still, the fashion for those who can afford it to send their girls abroad to schools in Paris, Switzerland, and Brussels for the final polish…

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G.P.S. ROWING. G.P.S. Crews Sup Hard on the Gas As Busy as Bees Getting Ready for the Greatest Rowing Regatta of the Schoolboys' Year Coaches Put Polish on for the Day of Days

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1929 · page 5

"WHO will win the Head of the River?" "Can 'Shore' maintain its phenomenal record by gaining five successive victories in the various grades?" Are the new hands capable of displaying the prowess shown by the old boys of the…

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Horse Racing Fool's Paradise and Murray King Randwick Schooling

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 2

FOOL'S PARADISE and Murray king were companions in a shooting task at Randwick this morning They jumped three [?] hurdles…

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Great Public Schools. Opening of Season

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 8

The first mund of the competitions for the premiership of the Great Public Schools for 1929 commenced on Saturday. The wickets generally favoured the bowlers, and small scores were the feature of all the…

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Amusements. Richard McCLELLAND'S PUPILS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 9

This evening Mr. Richard Mcclelland will give his first monthly pupils' recital for the year. The pupils appearing include Misses Bessie Cooke. Ruby zlotkowski, Joyce Alexander, Dorothy…

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Like Sardines! Auburn Children Crowded Schools

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 6

SHOCKINGLY over-crowded conditions exist at the Auburn Public and Auburn Girls' Schools, according to a communication from the…

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Ballina School. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 12

At the first meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association at Ballina a motion was carried urging the construction of the longpromised new classrooms on land recently…

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The Schools' Cricket Opening of 1929 PREMIERSHIP Bowlers' Harvest

Referee · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 13

First round of the Great Public Schools' premiership games were staged on Saturday on rain-soaked wickets that enabled bowlers to reap harvests…

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School Sport. Interstate Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 22

The dates fixed by the Victorian S.S.A.A.A. for the second triangular tounumcnt to Melbourne are March 18 and 19, 21 and 22, March 25 and 26. The New South Wales team will have Sydney on March 14…

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Teachers. Transfers and Appointments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 14

The following list of changes in the teaching staffs of State schools was made available yesterday:- High School Teachers.—Messrs. P. Perrett to Drummoyne, E. Johnston to Ballina, V. Cohen, Technical to…

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Public School Improvements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 13

Contracts were let last week by the Department of Education as follow:—Lismore, new boys' building and remodelling to existing building, Brown and Jolly, Ltd., Lismore. [?] Quorrobolong, new school, C…

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New School Wanted. Auburn Council's Application

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 13

The Auburn Council has decided to ask the Education Department to erect a domestic science school at Auburn. The Auburn Parents and Citizens'…

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Late Mr. T. Walker. Former School Inspector

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 18

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Thomas Walker, retired senior inspector of schools, For some time he had been in indifferent health, and last Friday he entered Glengarlen…

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Distinction for School. Coonabarabran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 18

St. Joseph's Convent, Coonabarabran, has gained distinction by winning three State bursaries in successive years. Kathleen Marks won the first, Maurice Hennessey the second,…

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Collapsed in River Schoolboy's Narrow Escape

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 15

Donald Watt, aged 14½, schoolboy, of Kerr's-road, Castle Hill, had a narrow escape from being drowned in the Parramatta River, near the baths, this…

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Weary Trip 16 Miles to School Manly Children Council Has a Scheme

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 17

It is a grave reflection on the administration of the Education Department that the children of Manly have to…

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School Accommodation

The Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 14

Wingham, Wednesday.--The local council has received a communication from the Department of Lands to the effect that additions are shortly to be…

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