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Schools, 1931

2,881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 145

Evening Continuation School

The Sun · Saturday 6 June 1931 · page 4

An evening continuation school for girls has been opened at the Rozelle Public School. Cookery, needlework, millinery, dressmaking and other…

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Talk, Tears, Wit and Whoopee Diverting Duel Over Dancing Man's Dismissal Dashing Pat White Wins Verdict For £62 From Terpsichorean Teacher Phyllis Bates Hears Glad News as He Dances on Stage "For the Whisky"

Truth · Sunday 7 June 1931 · page 15

"I MAY say that on the plaintiff's evidence I was going to find for the defendant, but on the defendant's evidence I find for the plaintiff for £62." AN epigram—and an epilogue. That final Curlewisian mot from under the descending curtain, last week closed one of the brightest comedies of the Australian courts; the claim of dancing star Pat White for £80 from renowned…

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Circular to School Teachers

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 1

AT the request of many teachers, who consider the time opportune for the formation of an Educational…

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Many Dances Country Schools Combine Surf Club's Plans

The Sun · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 2

FOLLOWING the recent combined dance by the old girls of Marsden and the old boys of All Saints College, Bathurst, comes the…

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Youths Raid Tuck Shop Failed to Open Big Safe School Suffers

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 1

A gang of youthful originals made an unsuccessful attempt to smash open a large safe at John McGrath Ltd.'s premises,…

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"Whisperers at Work" Closing the High Schools Absurd Rumor

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 1

Without any foundation, rumors have been assiduously circulated for some weeks past, and have gained currency in the…

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Sydney High Schools Defeat North West Maitland

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 5

Combined Sydney High Schools defeated Combined Northern District High Schools, in the inter-City Rugby Union match, played at Lorn Park, Maitland,…

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Handsome Lead by Teachers £1000 Donated to Workless Fine Spirit

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 5

A FINE public spirit and a determination to share in the common burden prompted a suggestion at the council of the…

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Anxious to Form New Union Teachers Are in Open Revolt No Harmony

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 5

The squabbling and petty jealousies which have disfigured the deliberations of the Teachers' Federation for some time…

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Storm About Expense Teachers Argue the Point

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 5

STORMY scenes occurred at a meeting on Saturday of the council of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers' Federation, during a discussion…

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Teachers' Grant for Charity It May Be £500

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 5

The New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation at a meeting on Saturday decided to make a grant for the relief of…

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Building and Construction Home for Girls. a New School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 4

The girls' school, illustrated to-day, portion of which is now in course of erection at the Church of England Homes for Girls at Carlingford, occupies an admirably elevated…

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Teacher's Death St. Joseph's College

The Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 8

Rev. Bro. Wilbred Staunton, who had been on the staff of St. Joseph's College for about 30 years, died yesterday. He had been in ill-health for…

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Acrobatic Dancing Taught in Schools New Enthusiasm of

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 7

AMERICAN schoolgirls, with the energy and enthusiasm they display habitually for a new sport or fad, have taken up tumbling and…

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Protest Raised Empire Dat Speeches in Schools

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 1

The Labor Educational League yesterday made a strong protest against the terms of certain speeches made in public schools on Empire…

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Rift Among the Teachers? Breakaway to Support A.l.p Enticing Juniors

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 1

The first steps to make the public service a definite political organisation will be taken at a meeting at the Trades Hall to-morrow night…

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School Teachers and the A.l.p

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 5

PUBLIC School teachers will meet in Sydney Trades, Hall to-night to determine what action should be taken to link up with the Australian…

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Hurstville Junior Technical and Trades School Joinery, N.S.W.

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 19

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School Sport

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 16

Messrs. A. Jennings (Sydney), F. Wackwitz (Canterbury). D. St. Clair Moclardy (Parramatta), R. T. McCurley and V. Goodin (Technical) have been appointed a committee for the annual sports…

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"Outrage" Use of Schools by Reds Assembly Uproar

The Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1931 · page 10

Met by a storm o£ protest from Labor members and a number of points of order, an attempt by Sir Thomas Henley to move…

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