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Schools, 1930

3,881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 195

School Savings Banks

The Propeller · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 1

During February and March 14,318 scholars opened accounts in the School Savings Bank Department of the Government Savings Bank of New South…

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No School Improvements

The Propeller · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 2

The Minister for Education has informed Mr. Gosling, M.L.A., that the request of the Blakchurst-Parents and Citizens Association that the infants…

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Transfer of Teachers

The Propeller · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 7

The Department, of Education announces that Mr. F. Poole has been transferred from St. Peters to the Kogarah Intermediate High School, and…

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School Sport

The Propeller · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 4

The draw for the first round of fixtures in the winter competitions for intermediate high, central commercial, and junior technical, schools, to be…

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School Concert

The Biz · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 5

The Canley Vale school choir concert, held, in Cabramatta Theatre on Friday last, was a success in spite of wet weather. Gross takings…

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"Old Qirls" and Present Scholars VHeet at Dinner

Evening News · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 8

PLEASANT reminiscences were exchanged at the second annual dinner of the North Sydney High School Old Girls' Union, held at Farmer's last…

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Empire Day Celebrated Throughout the District Big School Ceremony at Penrith

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 5

Empire Day was celebrated with customary loyalty, and with much enthusiasm throughout the Nepean district, on Wednesday. At Penrith Intermediate High School, a largely attended ceremony was held. The picnic is to take place later. Children,…

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Presentation to School Mistress

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 7

Miss Lees, lately promoted from Ashfield S.P. School to the position of headmistress of the Infants' Depart-m ment of Penrith Intermediate High…

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Through Barbed Wire Entanglements: Police Raid at Belmore Bag of Thirteen Men Near Midnight Careful Preparations For Pounce on Alleged Two-up "School" Tattered and Torn Fugitives

Evening News · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 3

WENDING their way through burbed wire entanglements, and dodging scouts on the way, Burwood police resided an alleged two-up school at Belmore just after last night, and arrested 13 men. The effectiveness of the entanglements was indicated when members…

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Doesn't Miss Sunday School

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 15

"ALF" (Anaws, Haradine).—I was nine years old on the 94th of April. 1 am in the third class at school. I have to go six mites to school in the sulky with my sister and…

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Head of the River Sydney High School's Continued Success

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 2

Sydney High School won the title of "Head of the River" on Saturday last in the Great Public Schools Regatta for the fifth time since it entered these contests…

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Send Them to School! To the Editor "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 14

Frequently, in the country, a child is not sent to school until the next one is old enough to go, too. This seems to me regrettable, although there may be…

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The Sunday School Notes of Lessons May 18, 1930. the First Christian Martyr — Acts 6:8-15; 7:54-60. General Plan

The Methodist · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 8

Teachers should explain the beginnings of the corporate life of the church, and the necessary division of work among the deacons and teachers as the society grew. The work of Stephen, both as…

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Lawn Tennis. School Girls' Tournament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 20

The schoolgirls' tournament arranged by the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association to be played at the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Ground, Rushcutter Bay, this month has been postponed…

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Head of the River Heats Victorian Schools Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 20

The heats for the Associated Public Schools annual Head-of-the-River race were rowed on the Barwon River at Geelong to-day in a gusty wind. Xavier College last year's winners were defeated…

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School Sport

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 20

Mr T. R. Knox, of Knox Grammar School, has been appointed secretary of sport of the Associated Schools of New South Wales…

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Married Women Teachers. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 8

Sir,—If the employment of married women teachers is a matter for such condemnation now, why were they employed at all? The answer I find given by the department itself…

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Satrap Schooled

The Sun · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 6

Efforts are being made to educate the ex-New Zealand performer Satrap as a jumper. He was placed in the "bull-ring'' at Randwick during the…

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500 More Employment Next Week Painting Schools for N.s.w. Residents Only

The Sun · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 3

In addition to the plans already in train to provide laboring work for thousands of men in the metropolitan area, arrangements…

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Married Women Teachers

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 6

"Onlooker" (an unmarried woman) speaks for them:--May I express the hope that in their decision to dispense with the…

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