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Schools, 1931

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Non-school Candidates. Individual Subjects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 8

A number of non-school students, although not candidates for the Leaving Certificate, attended the examination in one, two or more subjects. The results are given below:…

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The Pre-school Child. a Difficult Problem

The St George Call · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 6

Last week Dr. Sandford Morgan, Assistant Director of Maternal and Baby Welfare, pointed out that provision for the physical well being of…

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R.c. School

The Biz · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3

Those interested are reminded that the R.C. day school in Weston-street, Fairfield, opens on Monday, Feb 2…

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School of Arts White Dance

The Biz · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

The next dance by Fairfield School of Arts will be on Saturday, February 7, and is to be a "white night" (dress optional). Glan Martyn's popular…

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Rural Schools Rapid Development in New South Wales

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

The rural school movement is developing rapidly in New South Wales and at present fourteen centres have such schools. All these are playing an…

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Dismissal of Women Teachers To the Editor, "Farmer and Settlers."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

In regard to the dismissal of married women teachers, there is a side to the subject that, to my mind, should receive some attention, and that is the merits…

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New School Inspectors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 17

Mr. John W. Mann, B.A., who has been recommended for appointment as acting inspector of schools in charge of the Grafton district…

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Married Women Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 7

A public meeting, open to all who are interested in the suggested dismissal of married women teachers, will be held on February 7, at 10 a.m., in the conference hall at David…

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State High Schools. New Entrants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 12

Yesterday the Education Department announced the names of the boys and girls who were successful in the "Primary Final" competition for first-year places in the various…

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Minister's Plan to Make Youngsters Fit the Right Job No Work, So to School! Special Training Meeting Position

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

The Minister for Education (Mr. Davies) has made a hold move, which should appeal especially to parents whose…

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Daily Drink Milk for the Schools Davies's Scheme Penny a Half-pint

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1931 · page 1

A plan whereby schoolchildren may be supplied with half-a-pint of milk daily for one penny is contemplated by the Minister for…

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A Schoolboy faces the Depression He Can't Pass It on

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1931 · page 3

I'M fed up with the depression. I mean, I am at an awfully important age-- fifteen-- and this depression gets me where I bend. The…

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Milk for School Children Minister Davies' Plan

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 5

Mr. W. Davie[?], Minister for Education, has outlined a [?]chome whereby the big surplus of South Coast milk should be distributed among the…

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Scramble for Life Fire In Historic Girls' School LONDON

Daily Pictorial · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 4

Shortly after four this morning a fire broke out in the historic Abbots' Hall of the famous Battle Abbey, which some time ago was…

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Ex-pupils' Gifts

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 10

MISS ADA SAUNDERS, a former teacher at Shirley College, will have a large group of ex-pupils and friends to see her off by the Naldera…

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School Teachers Must be Unionists. Minister's Warning. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 9

Discussing a complaint that married women teachers were to be dismissed from the Education Department, while men and single women, who did not belong to the T[?]achers'…

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Schoolgirls' "Hair- Consciousness" Where Teachers Differ

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 7

DOCTORS and schoolmistresses differ widely over a theory set forth by Miss A. M. Wright,…

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Back to School To-day

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

There were many youthful sighs to-day when exercise books took the place of cricket bats. These lads are brushing up their knowledge after the long Christmas vacation…

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More Entrants to High Schools

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

Lists of boys who have qualified for admission to North Sydney, Newtown, Kogarah. Manly, Petersham, and Neutral Bay Intermediate High Schools,…

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Must Be Unionists Minister's Threat To Schoolteachers

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The Minister for Education, Mr. Davies, to-day stated his intention of insisting on all teachers becoming…

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