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Schools, 1931

2,881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 145

Mob Law Young Teacher Victim Kicked to Death Melbourne Outrage Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 7

Arthur Head, 16, school teacher, of Belgrave-street, Coburg, who was savagely attacked by a mob and mercilessly kicked…

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Kogarah Intermediate High School. Language Curriculum

The St George Call · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 6

The Chief Secretary, the Hon. Mark Gosling, M.L.A., recently took up-with the Minister for Education the question of including languages in the…

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Como Public School

The Propeller · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 4

A deputation comprising Councillor Lawrence (President), and Messrs. Falkiner and Richards, Mesdames Jacklin (secretary), and Roffey. from the…

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School for Horsley Park

The Biz · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 4

Mr. W. T. Ely, M.L.A., acting on behalf of the residents of Horsley Park, has succeeded in inducing the Minister for Education to establish…

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"A Scandal" "Disgraceful School Ground."

The Biz · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 4

Fairfield A.L.P. on Tuesday night fonvarded to the council a copy of a letter from Fairfield P. and C. referring to the "disgraceful condition"…

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Orphan School Road

The Biz · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 6

The Main Roads Board has intimated to Nepean Shire Council that £127/4/8 would be paid to the council for surveys and supervision of…

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Taught 10,000 Pupils

The Sun · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 8

A State record for the number of children taught by a woman teacher is claimed for Miss Beeby, the retiring headmistress of the Auburn…

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Selecting Rhodes Scholars Engineering Undergrads. Have New Way

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 1

Engineering, undergraduates of Sydney University are dissatisfied with the procedure followed in the selection of Rhodes Scholars…

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Unemployment Tax Interesting Case of a School Teacher

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 15

"Father" says that "A" engaged the ser[?] of a together for a scheduled school conducted at his home. The management of Education contributes a subsidy of £33 per…

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Wants to be a Teacher

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 15

JOHN SMITH (Dripatone).—I live nbout four miles out of Dripatone, about 240 miles from Sydney. The nearest large town is Wellington, which, like many neighboring towns, is…

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Sunday School Removal Cards

The Methodist · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 9

Because we believe that a number of children are being lost to our Sunday Schools during the period of removal from one district to another, we heartily commend the use of the above cards to the Sunday…

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For East Rugby Union Grammar School Forward Stone Joins Up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 3

G. Stone, the big Sydney Grammar School forward, has joined up with the Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union Club. He has been an outstanding…

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New Wool-classing Instrument Presented to University Veterinary School

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 9

An instrunment, the lanameter. which entirely eliminates individual judgment and relies on accurate measurement in classification of wool…

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School Gardens Competition List of Winners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 9

Judging of the school gardens competition conducted by the Royal Agricultural Society, in conjunction with the Teachers' Federation…

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Champion School Garden for the State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 16

A section of the South Strathfield school garden, which won the first prize in the autumn school garden competition…

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School Garden Competitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 17

Prizes won by entrants in school garden competitions were presented last night, in the Department of Education hall. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) congratulated the…

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School Worker Honored Cabramatta Lady

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 5

Members of Cabramatta Mothers' Club entertained Mrs. Wayland, who has just left the district, at an afternoon tea last week…

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Granville School Sewered

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 4

The Education Dept. having approved the scheme, work was commenced last week on connecting up the sewer to the Central Junior Technical School at…

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Frozen to Death. School Children's Fate. Caught by Blizzard. Seventeen Seriously Ill. New York, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 11

Five children, whose ages ranged from six to 16 years, were frozen to death while huddled with 17 others in a school omnibus which stuck in a 15-foot snowdrift for 30 hours, at…

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Associated Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 16

At Summer Hill, Trinity College beat Cranbrook School on the first innings by 82 runs. Cranbrook II., however, beat Trinity II. by 80 runs, at Edgecliff…

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