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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1929

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Miss Francisco Wins Edwards Cup Schoolgirls Play Splendid Tennis

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 34

Before the admiring gaze of several hundred schoolgirls the finals of the Herbert Edwards tennis championships were played…

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Best Ever Auburn School Concert Galaxy of Talent

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 10

There was a galaxy of talent at the eighth Scotch concert, hell under the auspices of the Auburn Presbyterian Church, in the Auburn Town Hall on…

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Speeding Past School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 19

For having ridden a motor-cycle at a dangerous speed along Parramatta. road, Auburn, Reginald Alexander James Smith wan fined £5 with 5/6 costs at…

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Promises Like Pie-crusts Dundas School Furniture

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 19

Brigadier-General Lloyd, M.L.A.., wrote to the Dundas Council acknowledging receipt of a letter regarding the furniture of Noah's Ark (beg pardon; we mean…

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For the School Dancers Raise Money

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 19

Cabramatta Mothers' Club held a euchre party and dance in the Cabra-Vale Town Hall on Saturday, 4th May, to raise funds for the celebration of the…

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Girls' High School £41,579 for Hornsby

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 3

Major Shand, M.L.A., had some good news for the Hornsby Shire Council when he conveyed the information that the Minister for Education had accepted…

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Christian Brothers for Mackay. Foundations of School Blessed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 37

An important event in the educational history of Mackay took place on Sunday morning, 28th ult., when, in the presence of a large gathering of parishioners and…

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The Montessori Method: Hints for Teachers' Conference

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 15

One of the most striking and vigorous educational movements of our day is that which is associated with the name of the great Italian lady doctor, Maria…

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Great Public Schools' Football

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 28

Practice matches were the order of the day in the G.P.S. last Saturday. St. Joseph's College met the Chatswood Kentwell Cup team on the college oval…

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St. Aloysius' College v. Trinity Grammar School

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 28

St. Aloysius' First Fifteen played their first match of the season on Saturday at No. 2 Oval, North Sydney against Trinity Grammar School. The teams…

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Talked of Their Old Schooldays

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 22

REMINISCENCES were the order of the evening at the Pelican Cafe, when Fort Street Old Girls' Union held its 10th annual dinner…

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Fete at St. John's Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 4

For 20 years the school at St. John's Church, Darlinghurst, has been subsidised by the church. Lately it was raised to the status of a grammar scbool. On Tuesday the staff…

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The Schools. Co-education. Some Diverse Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 6

Consequent upon the approaching completion of the Girls' High School at Hamilton, there will soon be a separation of the High School boys and girls at Newcastle, the girls…

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Pig and Poultry Club Picnic and Show at Norwell School

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 15

The improvement that has restulted from the formation of a pig club in conjunction with a poultry club at the Norwell district school on the…

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Milk for the Schools Dairy Companies Offer Cheap Bottled Supply

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 11

The N.S.W. Minister for Health (Dr. Arthur) stated last week that both the Fresh Food and Ice Company and the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative…

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Milk Week Closing Date for Schools' Essay Extended

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 11

The N.S.W. Minister for Health (Dr. Arthur) states that owing to an unavoidable delay in the distribution of "milk-wook" booklets to country…

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Lismore Agricultural High School?

The Land · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 3

The remark that every department was [?]ted for luck of funds was made by the Under Secretary for Agriculture, Mr. G. D. Ross, at Lismore, last…

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New Girls' School

Evening News · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 4

Mr. Sanders, M.L.A. has been advised by the acting-Director of Education that the domestic science school to be erected at Willoughby shortly will…

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Melb. Schools Race Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 11

Heats of the Schools' "Head of the River" race were rowed this afternoon. The first heat resulted in a win for Melbourne Grammar from Geelong, by a canvas…

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