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Schools, 1929

3,660 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 183

Farmers By Adoption. Young England Comes to Australia Farm Schools for Child Migrants

The Land · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

When the late Kingsley Fairbridge founded the Pinjarra (W.A.) farm school for English children of the slums and alleyways, back in 1912, he pioneered a movement destined to exert a far-reaching influence on the system of migration from England to Australia…

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Junior Farmer Filling the After School G

The Land · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

An English writer on the question of junior Farmers' Clubs state "There is no part of the rural problem which touches more closely think…

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G.P.S. REGATTA High School Wins "Head of the River"

The Land · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 12

The 1929 Regatta of the Great Public Schools was finalised on the Parramatta River on Saturday last. The weather was boisterous, but that did…

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Wyalong Wants More Teachers

The Land · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 3

A report of a shortage of teachers comes from West Wyalong, where, at a meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association, the statement was made…

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Death Blast Twenty Children Killed Tornado's Toll School Is Demolished Clinchport (Virginia)

The Sun · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1

Twenty school-children are known to have been killed and an undetermined number injured when a…

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Catholic Schools Develop Miniature Busch

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 35

METROPOLITAN Catholic schools football competition has unearthed a miniature Busch. He is H. M'Namara, a 14-year-old half, who has scored 25…

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Guildford's New School Officially Opened. Market Day in Conjunction

The Biz · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 8

Still another big day at Guildford; this time in celebration of an important step ahead. As pointed out in last week's issue of this paper,…

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Auburn Evening Girls School

The Biz · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 5

At the Auburn Evening Girls' School near the Auburn Town Hall, at the end of Auburn's White Way, classes are being held for the…

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Methodist Sunday School Picnic

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 2

The annual Methodist Sunday school picnic, which is always looked forward to with delight by the children, took place on Miss Emert's grounds, on…

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Penrith School of Arts

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 4

In the final of the Penrith School of Arts billiard tournament of 150 up, G. G. Higgs (owe 50) defeated D. Heron (55), the latter at the conclusion of the…

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Notes of the Week Schools' Boat Race

The Methodist · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 3

NEWINGTON did not win the coveted distinction of "Head of the River" in the Great Public Schools' Regatta last Saturday. But it came so near to doing it that its staff and its supporters…

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Cheap Milk for Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 18

Dr. Arthur states that both the Fresh Foud and Ice Company and the Dairy Farmers' Cooperative Company have intimated their willingness to supply milk to the schools. In…

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School Demolished. 20 Children Killed. Vancouver, May 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 17

A message from Clinchport, Virginia, states that 20 school children are known to have been killed, and 90 injured, when a tornado demolished a two-story wooden high…

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Beef Tea. for School Children. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 16

A fund has been established by the Parents and Citizens' Association to purchase beef tea for the children attending the rural school…

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Federal Status What Teachers Want

The Sun · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 3

The Federated State School Teachers' Association is barred, by a recent decision, from applying to the Federal Arbitration Court in respect…

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Good As Men Women in Offices Teachers' Defence

The Sun · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 3

Are women as efficient in office work as men? In London, shipping offices are replacing their girl clerks with men; but…

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Teachers' Affiliation

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 4

Mir,--In reply to M. Doolan. When the Teacher Federation wisely derided to link up with the A.W.U. in the fight for a basic…

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Milk for the Schools Specially Reduced Rates

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 7

The Importance of supplying milk to the schools Is fully recognised by the Minister for Health, and strenuous efforts are being made to tills end…

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Tornado Wrecks School and Kills 20 Children

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 4

CLINCHPORT (Virginia), Friday. Twenty school children are known to have been killed and an undetermined number injured in a tornado…

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Sporting Young Australians After School Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 32

THERE ARE NO LESSONS when the boys of Edgecliff Preparatory School don their singlets and shorts, and, whilst others strove, these cheered at the sports yesterday. IN THE "LADIES' RESERVE" there was a small but "select" gathering at Hampde[?]…

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