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Schools, 1931

2,881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 145

The Schools. History and Civics. Primary Instruction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 5

In a recent address to teachers, Inspector B. J. Price, M.A., combated the criticism frequently directed at the treatment of history in schools, namely, that it places undue…

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Preference to Unionists Opposed by Teachers. WOLLONGONG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 11

At a meeting of the Illawarra branch of the Teachers' Federation, the following resolution was carried: "That preference to unionists is not in the best interests of education, and…

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Convent Schools' Tennis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 15

Following are the results of the first round of the convent schoolgirls' inter-schools' matches:— Western division: St. Vincent's beat Lewisham by 4 sets 38 games to 2 sets 29 games. Kincoppal…

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Bell Rang Sadly to School a Day Spoilt

The Sun · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 1

It was a sad day for the school kiddles of Long Bay. All the townsfolk turned out to see the vessel hard and fast on the…

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St. Geo. Girls’ High School Old Girls’ Union

The St George Call · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 1

The members of the above Union held its annual .welcome social in the Assembly Hall of the School, on Wednesday evening, 25th March. The function…

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The Possibilities of Tabbita a School-girl's Informative Essay

The Land · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 2

The following clever essay on the future of the Western Riverina district of Tabbita was written by a young girl, Marjorie Russell, of Tabbita, and won for her the special prize offered by Mr. T. I. Campbell for an essay on the subject. Tabbita is situated within the Murrumbidgee…

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Legacy Club. a Schoolmaster Abroad

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 6

At the luncheon of the Legacy Club at David Jones' yesterday, the speaker was Mr. L. C. Robson, M.C., headmaster of the North Shore Grammar School, who summarised his…

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Parents and Citizens. Annual Conference. School Age and Films

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 8

The handwriting of school children was among the matters discussed at last night's closing session of the annual conference of the Federation of Parents and Citizens'…

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High School Girls' Union

The Propeller · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 1

The members of the St. George Girls' High School Old Girls' Union held their annual welcome social in the Assembly Hall of the school on…

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Continuation School

The Propeller · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 2

The Hurstville Evening Continuation School will be closed for the Easter vacation from the 2nd to the 9th inst. both dates inclusive. The school will…

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Ex-teacher Suicides in Mountains

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 7

KATOOMHA, Thursday.--The body of Eric Corderoy (56), a visitor from Manly, was found shot through the head this afternoon, in the Lawson…

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Penrith Inter.-High School SWIMMING

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 6

On Wednesday afternoon, 25th ult., the boys of the Penrith Intermediate High School held their annual swimming carnival. Events were all well…

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High-class Stock Cattle, Pigs and Poultry for Lismore Rural School

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 7

A JERSEY bull and twelve females from the famous Hawkesbury College stud have been selected by the State herdmaster, Mr. C.G.F. Grant for the…

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Teachers' Fear "Industrial Conscription" WOLLONGONG

The Sun · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 7

A meeting of the Illawarra branch of the Teachers' Federation, at the instance of Messrs. Barton and Somerville, carried a motion declaring that…

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Vic. 'Chasers School in Good Style

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 2

VICTORIAN 'chasers Reviser (T. Dynon) and Namera (S. Fielder) set out together for a trial over three steeplecase fences at Randwick…

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£20,000 Theft Admitted No Funds to Pay Teachers Ottawa

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1931 · page 8

WALFORD BIGGS, former treasurer of Renfrew County, has admitted to defalcations, amounting to £20,000, over a period of…

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"Give it word!" Educating Baby Binghi-australia's Queerest School! (By Ernestine Hill)

The Sun · Sunday 5 April 1931 · page 15

No Child in Australia has quainter schoolmates than little Olive Woodlands of Moolabulla in Bast Kimberley…

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In Demand Pretty Teachers

The Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 9

Dear Miss Dix,-- Will you please compare school teaching and business as a vocation for girls?…

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More Schoolboy Howlers The Battle of Rowland Hill: New Use For Cosmetics

The World's News · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 25

"SIR PHILIP SIDNEY will always be remembered in English history because he gave up his hot-water-bottle to another soldier on the battle field." No doubt Jones…

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Yanco High School. Old Boys' Reunion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 9

The annual reunion of the Yanco Agricultural High School Old Boys' Union was held last night, when the ex-principal, Mr. E. Breakwell, B.A., B.Sc. (now superintendent…

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