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Schools, 1931

2,881 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 145

Floods Receding Rescues From Rooftops Wagga Schools Full of Refugees Chinese Linger

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 7

Inland rivers are still flooded, though fine weather is returning, and the water is leaving the upper reaches…

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Misfits in School

The Sun · Sunday 28 June 1931 · page 3

EDUCATIONAL enthusiasts will seize on two news stories of the week as an opportunity to hurl another stone at the examination…

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Miss Mary Cochran's Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 4

Miss Mary Cochran will direct a demonstration by her younger pupils of her games method of piano teaching at the Conservatorium on Saturday afternoon next, at 2.30 o'clock…

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Schoolboy's Spartan Courage Attempt to Keep Record

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 6

The spartan courage shown by Bernard Guttranski, aged 21, of Jersey City U.S.A., in his keenness to keep his school attendance record unbroken may result…

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Salesman Shot. Alleged Two-up School Fight. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 10

Percy Deans, 25, salesman, of the Golden Gate Hotel, South Melbourne, was picked up by a Civil Ambulance at a hotel in Swanstonstreet about 2.30 o'clock yesterday morning…

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Cranbrook School. Playing Fields and Stuart Pavilion Opened

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 5

Cranbrook School new playing fields and Stuart Pavilion, off Kent-road, Rose Bay, were officially opened on Saturday afternoon by the president, Mr. Justice Harvey. Among…

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Convent Schools' Matches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 6

Kirribilli and Kincoppal have qualified in the eastern division for the semi-final round of the Convent Schools' matches. Kirribilli has not been defeated. Monte Sent Angelo has qualified in the…

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School Rugby Armidale v. GRAMMAR

The Sun · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 8

The Armidale School Rugby Union team played Sydney Grammar School at the Weigall grounds, Rushcutters Bay, this afternoon…

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Women's World School Wants To Help Homeless Unemployed Housing

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 6

THE public of the Doone Sdhool at Araluen have offered the Housing Fund Committee a very valuable suggestion. They maintain that if…

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Lang Plan and the Case for Australia Young Teacher Makes Searching Analysis Interest Menace Is Bared Paddison Points the Way

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 4

IN a work just issued from the press--"The Plan," or, as its subtitle more…

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School Teaching

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 6

The Editor, Sir.--In the clamor for standardisation of school teachings are we not apt to forget the rights of the individual? I believe we have standardised…

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Rhodes Scholars & Athletics

Referee · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 12

WHERE are the N.S.W. Rhodes Scholars of yesterday—those brilliant intellects and all-round sports who won the blue ribbon of undergraduate distinctions at Sydney University? ALTHOUGH the majority have passed out into the world of…

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Their Tents School Pupils' Lead Aiding Homeless Facing Winter Problem

The Sun · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 11

The Convent of the Sacred Heart, Rose Bay, has responded to the appeal to the secondary schools each to subscribe a tent…

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Australian Greatest Racing Stables Trainer Who Learned His Job with Champions Pat Nation Went Through Hard Schooling to His Racing Successes List of Striking Achievements

Referee · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 3

A trainer who has had a lot of success in a quiet way without attracting the limelight of broad publicity, is G. P. Nailon, of Randwick. The reason is perhaps that most of his patrons are men who but modestly, and the triumphs achieved in big races have been brought off mostly without the…

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Schools Donate Tents Help for Families Iron and Timber Needed

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 7

WHILE recognising their responsibility to unemployed girls, through the business girls…

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Schools Have No Money City Rate Claims Authorities Alarmed

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 4

CLAIMS for rates, alleged to be owing by denominational schools to the City Council and amounting to £5650, are largely in respect of the…

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Police Seek Girl's Attacker Warning Teachers to Pupils for Safety Prevention of Assaults

The Sun · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 15

An extensive police search has been organised to hunt down the kidnapper of the eight-year-old schoolgirl of Rosebery yesterday…

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Education Notes. [Teachers, are invited to seek information on any question relating to their school work. Correspondence will be treated confidentially.—Ed. "C.p."] a New Book, a Help in French

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 5

"Twenty Easy French Proses." Based on the Second Year Requirements of the N.S.W. Syllabus for Socondary Schools. By Peter Murphy, B.A. Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Price…

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South African Schools. Retarding Mission Work

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 22

A policy adopted for the South African Government schools, which went into effect on April 1, will have serious retarding effect on the work…

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Cardigan for School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 2

Materials.—7 ozs. of 4-ply pure wool knitting yarn, one pair of bone knitting needles No. 9, and three buttons the size of sixpence…

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