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Schools, 1930

3,881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 195

Annual Ball of Lewisham St. Thomas' High School

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 May 1930 · page 16

THE ex-students of St Thomas' High School (Lewisham) are busily preparing for their Fourth Annual Ball, which will take place on May 20, at…

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Boatrace Clash Melb. Grammar Head-of-the-River Geelong School Unlucky Melbourne

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 May 1930 · page 2

THE Melbourne Grammar School defeated Wesley College in the final boat race on the Barwon River, Geelong this afternoon…

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Schoolboy Howlers

The Sun · Sunday 11 May 1930 · page 2

A Juggler is a man who manufactures jugs. Habit really means have it. Garish is a place where cars are kept. Cobbler is a word frequently used by…

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Gossip of the Town Rev. Ruth's Odyssey--Teachers Discuss Suicide--A Casual Parson--Lady Detective's Experiences--Bobby as a "Bobby" Rev. Ruth, Sun-baker

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 11 May 1930 · page 7

REV. T. E. RUTH, the popular and pungent Pitt Street divine, who sailed this week on an eight months' vacation, is bent, on a real loafing…

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Among Australian Birds Lecture by Local Schoolmaster

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Parramatta Historical Society was held in the council chambers on the evening of Wednesday, 23rd April…

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Bride-elect Entertained by School Friends

Evening News · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 10

MISS MARY CHAPMAN was surrounded by friends of her school-days, when she ns entertained at the Ambassadors by colleagues, and…

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Hit Hurdles Bagpipes Schooled at Randwick

Evening News · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 2

BAGPIPES, with W.H.Baker in the saddle, was shooted over six hurdles at Randwick to-day. He struck the first two cleared the next three in…

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School Attraction Broken Into Six Times This Year

Evening News · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 9

ULTIMO public school does not strike one as suggesting hidden wealth, yet the headmaster. Mr Page, told Mr. Laid-law. C.S.M at the Central Court, to-day…

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Head of the Yarra. Win for Melbourne Grammar School. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 17

The race for the title of head of the river, rowed on the Barwon, at Geelong, on Saturday was won by Melbourne Grammar School by three- quarters of a length from Wesley College…

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Teachers' Views. Financial Problems. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 17

Replying to the Mayor's welcome at a civic reception yesterday, Mr. A. McGuinness, president of the Teachers' Federation, said that during the last two years a "dismal" complex…

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Canberra School Dance. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 4

The Grammar School was the scene of a dance on Thursday, organised to raise funds for the building of a school tennis court. The fine school building proved an ideal setting for…

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School Text Books. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 8

Sir,—I wish to point out as a pupil attending a High school that there are far too many American text books issued into our schools. For instance, Robinson's "History of Western…

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Country News Wool-classing Schools in the West

Daily Pictorial · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 15

RYLSTONE.--A school for wool-classing has been opened at Rylstone by the Technical Education Department, and is meeting with great…

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Safety First. Campaign for Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 7

"The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond), is reported to have stated to a recent deputation that he would recommend the provision of the necessary means for the…

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Government Contracts. Public School Improvements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 8

Last week the Department of Education let a contract to Mr. A. S. Ferguson, builder, of Hurstville, to [?]rect a hospital block at the Teachers College, at Armidale, to cost. £849…

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Temporary Teachers. Protest Against Retrenchment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 12

The retrenchment of temporary teachers owing to lack of Government funds was discussed at a meeting of the Temporary School Teachers' Association last night…

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Tressady Rock Pleases Bagpipes at His Top Schooling at Randwick

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 2

IT will not be long before the rich A.J.C. jumping races are contested and trainers of leppers are beginnings to fit their charges for the…

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Dairy Science Schools Education for Factory Employees

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 13 May 1930 · page 15

In continuance of the policy of giving instruction to dairy produce factory employees, arrangements have been made by the Director of…

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Speech Day. Canterbury High School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 20

The Director of Education, when presenting the prizes at the annual speech day of the Canterbury Boys' High School, which was held in the Hurlstone Theatre yesterday, said that…

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School Teachers. Appointments and Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 20

The following changes in the teaching statis of schools under the Education Department are announced:- Teachers: Messrs P. Coates, Raleigh to…

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