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Schools, 1931

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Country News Scholarships for the Armidale School

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 15

THE Armidale School reassembles after the Christmas vacation on Wednesday, February 11. Scholarships to the value of £80 a…

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Unemployed Ex-Pupils

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 36

THE Minister for Education (Mr. W. Davies) desires the co-operation of teachers in carrying out his proposals for providing a suitable training for boys and…

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The Man in the Street. (To the Editor) Travelling Scholars

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 4

Sir,--Could you tell me why this anomaly exists? Why does a child, winning a pass for a High School, and living on a railway line, travel to…

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Summer School for Subsidised Teachers

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 10

THE education of children in the sparely settled districts of this State is a matter of special consideration by the Department of Education. To meet the demands of localities where the…

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School Teachers. Appointments and Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 18

The following changes in the teaching staffs of schools under the Education Department are announced:- Teachers.—Messrs. A. Campbell, Dunoon to…

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Two 'Chasers School Prince Arim Blunders Then Does Well Unama Improves

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 2

Prince Arim's experience over steeplechase fences stood him in good stead this morning. He was schooling over fences at Ranwick,…

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Eyewitnesses' Stories : 400 Dead 1000 to 2000 Injured Reported Scullin Offers to Send a Warship 24 Schoolboys Die Tragedy in Cathedral at Napier Damage Totals Millions

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 1

400 DEAD was the estimated red roll in Napier and Hastings sent to Auckland by the "New Zealand Herald" correspondent at 4.30 p.m. to-day (Sydney time). He reported that the approximate details of the…

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Extracts from the Addresses at the Summer School

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 10

HUMAN NATURE.—"If there is one thing which we should believe, it is that human nature can be altered, has been altered, is being altered, and will be altered. The one thing…

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Schools' Section

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 36

A PUBLIC SCHOOL OF YEARS GONE BY. Contrast this primitive building with the modern public schools of New South Wales and we have the best evidence possible in regard to the advance of educational surroundings. The building illustrated above was once a public school and bears the…

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Sydney Grammar School. Past V Present

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 18

The annual games will be played on the Weigall Memorial Oval on Thursday wook all day. Two teams of the Old Sydnelans have been chosen to meet the present boys and they will have the honour…

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Teachers' Matches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 18

The teachers vacation matches have now concluded. The season has been o record In the number of games played and the number of participants 35. Of the 17 matches 10 were won, four drawn…

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All Schools' Agb Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 19

Entries will close at noon on Februiry 11 for all events in the all-schools' age championship tournament which Is being held this year for the first time Incorporate in this tournament will…

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Back to School. Mother's First Quiet Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 17

So ended yesterday another happy summer holiday from school. In almost every suburb just before 9 o'clock, front doors began to open, and mothers to lead troops of shiny…

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School Sport. Interstate Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 18

The first practice for candidates for Inclusion In the New South Wales team will be held next Saturday, at No. 2 Sidney Cricket Ground, commencing at 9.30 a.m. Nominees must be under…

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TRAPPED 24 Schoolboys Homes Crash Panic Scenes Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 1

Thousands of people throughout New Zealand waited up all night in the hope of hearing details of…

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'Quake Moving North More Tremors How Schoolboys Were Killed Tragic Incidents Wellington, N.Z.

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 1

The actual number of bodies recovered at Napier at 9.15 p.m. (N.Z.) time was 100, but it stated that more than four or five times…

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New Scholastic Year Sees Changes of Teachers Appointments and Transfers

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 6

WITH the new state scholastic year, which commenced yesterday, the gazettal of transfers and appointments of teachers was effected. There are as follows:-- ASSISTANTS: Miss E. Browniess Stuckton to Tighe's Hill Boys': Mrs. W…

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Jack Haines and His Pal--back to School Again

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 20

AFTERNOON TEA after his recovery.--Jack Hames (left) at home with Ambrose Palmer, his opponent in the fight in which he was injured…

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Governor Back on the Job New Hydro Glider Schoolboys Seemed Happy

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 10

IN ACTION at City Green the rinks of Sir Joseph Carruthers and Mr. F. Pohtey had a keen game yesterday. PRINCIPALS and witnesses at police inquiry leaving for lunch…

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Three Outstanding Scholars Among Noted Converts

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 11

In connection with me recent conversions of English Catholic scholars, attention is drawn to the attainments of a few former converts. Three at…

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