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Schools, 1929

3,660 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 183

Unfair High School System Priest's Attack

The Sun · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 13

An attack on the system of secondary education was made by Monsignor O'Gorman, of Parramatta, yesterday, at Toongabbie, when he presided at…

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Sex Education in State Schools Championed by A.N.A. MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 7

Vocational guidance for State school pupils was advocated by the chief president of the Australian Natives' Association, Mr. A. G. Byrne, at…

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New School Building at King's Vale

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 7

Mr. Ken Head, M.L.A. has been informed that the Minister for Education has approved of the crection of a new school building at king's Vale, on the…

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New School Opened at Boronia Park

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 18

Constructed to accommodate 400 children, at a cost of £9500, a new school was opened on Saturday at Boronia Park (Hunter's Hill dis…

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Golf School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 27

has been opened for Practice or Tuition by competent professional at N.S.W. Sports Store, Ltd., 26 Martin Place. Charges moderate…

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For Women Social Events of Importance Natural Sprays Dance Feature Domremy Ex-pupils

Evening News · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 12

AT the annual dance of Domremy ex-students at the Ambassadors last night, the decorations were almost rivalled by the beautiful natural…

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Less Blindness. Among School Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 12

The Director of the New South Wales Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution (Dr. Storie Dixson) said yesterday that as a result of the preventive measures taken in regard to school…

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Varsity Brawl Arts Men Win Med. School Window Broken

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 1

UNDERCALEALUNTE rowdayisra reach ed mu apex yesterday afternoon. when over, four hundred students on- gaged In n prolonged rag…

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School Children's £3000 for Flood Fund Hobart

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 5

The Minister for Education, Mr. H. S. Baker, has written to the Victorian Minister thanking him for the very generous response by the Schoolchildren…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 17

A variation from the usual arrangements has been made for the farmers' winter school at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, so that those…

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To Benefit Their Cot Grammar School Old Girls to Dance at Ambassadors

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 22

TO aid their cot at the Children's Hospital, the "Old Girls" of the Church of England Grammar School, Forbes Street, Darlinghurst, will…

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Fort Street Speech Day

Evening News · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 12

Mr. Williams headmaster of Fort-street High School at the Speech Day to-day congratulated the boys on their One showing in the examinations, and said that in all…

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Floral Fountain College Dance P'matta Ex-pupils

Evening News · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 14

FLOWERS arranged in pyramids and mounds and a floral fountain, decorated the tables at David Jones' last night, when ex-students…

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Winter Comfort Hot Drinks for Scholars Money From Rabbits Lithgow

The Sun · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 20

P. and C. Associations in this district are determined to look after the wants of the scholars, particularly during the hard winter months…

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Rugby for Victorian Schools Would Victorian Boys Understand It ?

Referee · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 1

The suggestion that two of the Great Public Schools of N.S. Wales send their Rugger teams to Melbourne to give exhibitions to the Victorian schools may mean that n disposition is showing among some of these school to take on the great English game. It is a laudable idea…

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English Public Schools Performances Compared With Those of Australia

Referee · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 15

There will doubtless be ninny renders who would like to hear how the English Public Schools' championships resulted with a view to comparison with…

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Two-up "School." Raided by Police. Thirty Men Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 15

A police raiding party surprised 30 men who were playing two-up in a house at 111 Albion-street, city, last night. The raid was organised by Inspectors…

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Goodlet School. Presbyterian Assembly Ignored. Board Discharged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 16

The action of the board of the Goodlet Divinity School in refusing to comply with a decision of the last conference of the Presbyterian Assembly of New South Wales was…

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Fall From Cliff. Schoolboy Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 16

Falling about 40ft from a cliff at Cape Schank yesterday, Austin Woods, 15, a Scotch College boy, of Toorak-road, South Camberwell, was killed instantly. Woods was…

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At a Bush School

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 57

PHEGAN was teacher of a subsidised school on the Richmond River when public schools were scarce. He was a stern disciplinarian, but the form of the punishment depended upon the current requirements of…

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