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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1931

2,881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 145

Teachers' Federation

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 1

The regular monthly council meeting of the Teachers' Federation will be held in the Assembly Hall. Education Department, on Saturday, at…

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School Holidays

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 22
Also in Freeman's Journal

The holidays for the primary and secondary schools of the Archdiocese of Sydney will begin on May 15, and continue till Monday, June 1, both days inclusive…

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The Primary Schools. Work in English

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 5

Every year we are more and more impressed with the need of laying a good foundation in English. As the majority of our pupils will not go beyond the primary…

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School Activities Granville Parents and Citizens Minister's Visit Indefinite

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Granville Parent and Citizens' Association was held on Wednesday. There was a very fair attendance, Alderman J. S…

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Full House! Evening School Popular Granville Girls Busy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 2

Over 300 women and girls have been enrolled no students at the Granville Domestic Science Evening Continuation School…

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At School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 6

Following on that same hail, after quitting the plover, the turkey, and the row, I would like to add that when I grew up and started school mastering I…

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Will It Close? School of Arts Committee's Plight

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 5

This year the Parramatta School of Arts will not get its annual subsidy from the State Government. If the council's subsidy also is withdrawn, the committee…

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AUSTRALIANITIES "Old Bendigo." — The Maternal Instinct. — At School. "Old Bendigo."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 6

As several of my country readers have written, asking for a copy of "Old Bendigo," which I published many months ago in this column, I am giving the old…

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Catholic Children in Non-catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 24

HOW many Catholic children are being educated outside our Catholic schools? This question has been raised in U.S.A., and it is a question that worries many prelates and priests in Australia. We know only too well that a percentage of Catholic parents succumbs to the temptations of the State secular…

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Schools of the Middle Ages. How the Catholic Church Gave the World Its Universities Lamps of Learning

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 10

THE term "Middle Ages" is usually understood to include the period from A.D. 400 to A.D. 1400. It is the purpose of this article to sketch in…

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Seas Make Salvors Mark Time Public Schools' Swimming Meet

The Sun · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 24

HIGH SEAS held up Malabar salvage work today. (In oval).--L. PRICE…

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School Oarsmen Prepare for "Head of the River" Exceptionally High Crews G.p.s. Standard Crews Are Announced Shore Has Most Promising Newington's Faults

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 3

AS the day of the classic Head of the River race draws near, it is clear that the standard of rowing of the Great Public Schools' crews is exceptionally high, and compares favorably with previous years. The various eights have already been through several weeks of…

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Ran Away From Jeers at School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. -- A Melbourne boy of 13 was found asleep to night in the lounge of an Adelaide hotel. He had run away from home because he…

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Swimming. Public Schools A.a.a. Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 13

Boys' swimming championships will commence at 10 a.m. to-day, and girls' events will follow at 1.30 p.m., in the annual carnival under the control of the Public Schools' A.A.A.. at the Domain…

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The Schools. University Courses. Bursaries and Exhibitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 4

Some of the suggestions made in the report of the odvisory educational committee of the A.L.P., adopted by the Easter Labour Conference, recall legislation passed in 1912, a…

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Saluting the Flag. Pupils and Patriotism. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 8

The Moree Parents and Citizens' Association last night discussed the question of saluting the Union Jack at the school, and it was decided that such an action was…

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"Larry Foley Would Make Real Champions" "Great Lads These Days, But No Teachers," Says Mick Dunn

Arrow · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 11

NIGH on 30 years ago, Otto Cribb fell beneath the of Mick Dunn, at the Gaiety (Sydney), and When Cribb failed to recover, and died, Mick never pulled on a padded mitt again in earnest…

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The Bee School

The Land · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

Banjo-girl, Gunnedah, writes: No doubt the Beehive is one way of learning…

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Health Danger in School

The Land · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 5

Mrs. K., Wyalong.—I submitted to the Director of Public Health your enquiry concerning the attendance at a public school of children from a home…

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