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Schools, 1929

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Normanhurst School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 13

The annual prize giving of the Normanhurst School was held in the Town Hall, Ashfield. Dances and exhibitions of physical culture were also given by the pupils. In presenting the prizes, the Rev…

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Kingsgrove School

The St George Call · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 1
Also in The Propeller

The Parents and Citizens’ Assn. held their annual school picnic on April 27. During the afternoon Mrs. Thacker and. Mrs, Colditz received beautiful…

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Dumbleton Public School. Improvement, Etc

The St George Call · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 6

Recently Mr. W. J. Butler, M.L.A., brought under the notice of the Minister for Education the unsatisfactory condition of the Dumbleton Public…

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Transfer of Teacher

The Propeller · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 3

Mr. Robert Fayle, assistant teacher at Kurri Kurri, has been transferred to Sutherland Public School. Mr. Fayle, who is an ace tennis player of West…

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Dumbleton Public School

The Propeller · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

Recently Mr. W. J. Butler, M.L.A., brought under the notice of the Minister for Education the unsatisfactory condition of the Dumbleton Public…

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Seven Dogs Bit the Dust Police Shot Them in School Yard

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

There were other things besides teachers arid pupils in the playground of the Bankstown School yesterday…

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Empire Day. Scholars to Lecture. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 18

Empire Day celebrations in the local school will be responsible for an innovation in the matter of addresses. Mr. M. Morton, M.L.A., will be the only adult to speak to the pupils,…

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Penrith School of Arts

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 4

A ping pong tournament was held at Penrith School of Arts on Tuesday night. The American system of playing was tried and found to be very…

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The Sunday School the Australasian S.S. CONVENTION Some Impressions

The Methodist · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 5

Almost 100 delegates from other States met in Melbourne on Tuesday. 23rd April, and succeeding days, for consideration of Sunday School and youth work throughout Australasia. Though…

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Head of the River. Melbourne Public Schools' Heats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 22

Heats of the Victorian Public Schools' Head of the River race were rowed on the Yarra this afternoon in the presence of over 100,000 persons. A slight tail wind favoured the lighter crews…

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Winter School Frock "Labor Daily" Pattern Service

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 7

Pattern No 9920: This style is a good Idea for a frock for cold winter days; the collar may close up if desired. Made in one from the…

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Baver Lad Schooled

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 28

Baver Lad, which failed when heavliy backed at Menangle on Tuesday, was schooled over hurdles by J. Troy at Randwick yesterday. The…

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School-master Acquitted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 May 1929 · page 19

BEGA, Friday.—Charles George Kable, formerly a school-master at Bermagui, was to-day found not guilty of an offence against a girl…

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Still Missing From Home Where Is Grafton Schoolboy? Police Baffled

Truth · Sunday 12 May 1929 · page 1

GRAFTON, Saturday.—The police Sere admitted to-day that they are making no headway in their search for the missing 12-years-old Grafton boy,…

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Schoolboy Howlers

The Sun · Sunday 12 May 1929 · page 2

B.Sc. stands for Boy Scout. Conscription is what is written on a tombstone. A brute is an imperfect beast; man is a…

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Names Men Leave at School

The Sun · Sunday 12 May 1929 · page 21

GIVEN a penknife, the aim of the average schoolboy' is to carve his name on his desk at school. Even some grown-ups have the urge…

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Tolstoy Presented at a Sydney School New York's Spell Pupil of Aeur Miss E. Steele Returns

The Sun · Sunday 12 May 1929 · page 7

AUSTRALIA is being visited by a number of her people, wh have followed a dream with faith, and hope, and love, and hard work,…

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New Term Auburn Evening School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 May 1929 · page 2

At the Auburn Evening School, near the Auburn Town Hall, classes are being held for the conching of students for nurses' and teachers' examinations…

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SCHOLARSHIPS MacCUNN School Awards Stage Singing

The Sun · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 15

Scholarships in connection with the MacCunn School of Stage Singing and, Dramatic Art, awarded by J. O. "Williamson, Ltd., and Mr…

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