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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1930

3,881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 195

Country News. Successful Sunday School Teachers. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 16

In the recent State-wide examination of Methodist Sunday school teachers. Miss Amy White, of Lithgow, tied with Mr. R. S. T. Kingston, of Burwood, for first place…

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Perides Was Schooled Back to Jumping Business— Songift Over Six

Evening News · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 2

[?]ERIDES, which ran third in the Granville Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday, will probably return to hurdle racing in the near future…

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School's Champion Athletes

Evening News · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 9

D. Harris and M. Opi[?], junior cadet and senior athletic champions respectively of Canterbury Boys' High…

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Sydney High's Supporters Resent Slurs on School's Eights Win Hints of Professionalism Given Denial Won Head of River Title on Their Merits Coach Hancock's Methods Helped Them to Success

Referee · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 26

Innuendoes and hints in a section of the daily Press that Sydney High School, winners of this year's Head of the River title, had introduced professionalism into G.P.S. rowing, are ridiculed by the school and its supporters…

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Canberra Schools' Team

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 21

A combined schools team from Canberra will mee[?] a combined Sydney schools [?] at Erskineville Oval on Bnturdny and on May 19 and 21. The match on Saturday will commencement at noon…

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Sydney Grammar School. Team for Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 21

At the request of the Queensland Secondary Schools Association the Sydney Grammar School will send a team to play in Brisbane on May 28 and 31, with a probable gnme against Inverell or…

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Country Schools and Economy. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 19

It is reported that some of the country schools may suffer as a result of the Government's enforced economy campaign. It is understood that several of the half-time…

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School Sport

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 21

The Canberra team of Australian footballers will arrive in Sydney on Friday afternoon, at 4.45, and during their stay will be the guests of Sydney boys. On saturday at Erskineville Oval, they…

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Canterbury High School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 18

The Director of Education, Mr. S. H. Smith, congratulating R. W. Hinchcliffe, dux of the 1929 intermediate year, at the school's speech day yesterday…

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School Text Books. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 10

Sir,—In reply to the letter in Monday's "Herald" regarding the objection to American text books used in the schools, I wish to say that one of the faults with Australia…

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School Improvements

The Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 18

Mr. W. J. Butler, M.L.A., informed the Bexley Council last night that the Minister for Education had slated that plans and specifications had been…

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Schoolboys' Adventure

The Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 18

Goulburn, Wednesday.--Two North Shore Grammar School boys, Neville Hunt, of Goulburn, and W. McCloy, are spending their vacation in the…

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£50,000 Work on Schools

The Sun · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 11

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) stated to-day that his department had been allotted £50,000 to spend on school repairs and other…

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Esperanto Teaching in Our Schools Should Be Compulsory (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 7

Sir,--The workers of the world must be able to communicate with one another, and especially there must be such inter-worker communication as shall make the…

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School Day Echoes Kambala Old Girls' Dance

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 18

It is rather unusual for dancers to be punctual nowadays, but many of the Kambala old girls actually turned up last night…

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Catholic School Girls Know How to Keep Fit

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 24

BEATEN in University intercollegiate tennis.--A. Provan (St. Andrew's) who lost to H. McFarlane (St. Paul's)…

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Empire Day Toongabbie School Pupils' Speeches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 19

An unusual feature of the Empire day celebrations at Toongabble Public School was that speeches were given by senior girl pupils of the school…

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The Teaching of Religion in Our Schools The Teaching Method of Christ III

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 18

And where shall we, teachers of religion, seek inspiration and guidance in method? We shall find it in the Gospel story of Him Who sat daily in the Temple,…

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Model Building. Inverell's Convent High School. Bishop O'connor's Address at Opening

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 35

Many hundreds of friends of the Sisters of Mercy in the Inverell district assembled at the Convent High School on Sunday, the 4th inst., when the Bishop of Armidale…

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"Teachers Should Not Suffer." Bishop O'connor's View of Salary Cuts

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 25

Speaking at Inverell on the occasion of the opening of the additions to the Convent High School, on the 4th inst., his Lordship the Bishop of Armidale said that…

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