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Schools, 1932

3,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 166

School Record

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 7

What is probably an Australian record for unbroken attendance at school is at present held by the Walker family of Brimbonga (Vic.), [?]ive of whom…

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Chinese Teacher Arrives in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 12

An interview with Mr. Chung Tak Kwong, a prominent and youthful Chinese educationist, who arrived in Sydney this week from Hongkong, reveals interesting sidelights on the…

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Nonagenarian Teacher. Interesting Ancestry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 9

The early days of the late Mr. David Wright Harrison, a retired schoolmaster, who died at Manly recently in his 91st year, recall an almost forgotten period of American history…

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The Cane "Teacher Will Be Exploited" MORALE

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 8

"INSTEAD of discussions bearing on neurotics, and 'tommy-rotics,' the general public should be made to realise that, in…

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For Safety's Sake Motorists and School Children

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 7

With special reference to the reopening of the schools, the weekly traffic bulletin, issued by the Commissioner of Police, says it is…

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School Children and Traffic

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 4

At the annual general meeting of the Newtown Public School Parents' and Citizens' Association, it was decided to support the council in…

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"Smith's" Shopping Bureau Mothers Bought Wisely Back to School Purchases at Sales

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 20

NOW that the summer sales are nearly over, one looks back on the shopping records of the last few weeks with a feeling of pride and a tribute of admiration for the ingenuity and thrift of Australian women…

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This Schoolmaster Is Liked

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 4

After 50 years' service with the Education Department, Mr. Frank' Neal, headmaster of the Glebe Junior Technical School, retired yesterday…

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Schooling Japan That Note From the Powers Crisis Ahead

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 4

There have been other occasions on which Powers at variance have been formally reminded of their obligations under the League…

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Sydney to Form New Dancing School To be Branch of Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, London

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 22

FOR the purpose of establishing a branch of the London Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing Australia a meeting has been called…

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This Use of the Cane It's Old, Right or Wrong Teachers To Seek Legal Opinion

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 7

It is on record that a Yorkshire schoolmaster caned a whole class of fifty, boys because they spelled "pigeon" without a "d"! Imagine…

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Death at School

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 3

AN undercurrent of gentle irony adds flavor to Mr. Trevor's murder mystery: it is the case of an Old Boy who dabbles in detection and is…

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The Schoolboy Detective The Clue in the Snapshot

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 2

WHIZZ! Hundreds of eyes were on the ball as it flew straight for the net. Rob Pearce, the tricky centru-forward, was doing his work in fine…

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A Private School at Home

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 22

So important a little person in her parents' eyes is little Tania, the only daughter of the Consul-General for Holland (Mr. P. E. Teppema) and Madame Teppema, that when she reached her earliest school days, a kindergarten school was installed at her home…

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The King's School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 2

In February next, 1907, The King's School, Parramatta, will commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of its foundation. It may seem no great age to the…

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Teachers to Appeal On Behalf of Headmaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 9

A meeting of the School Teachers' Federation on Saturday decided to lodge an appeal against the conviction in the District Court of a headmaster for having [?]aned one of his…

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The Cane in School. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 6

Sir,—Whatever doubts may have existed in the minds of the thinking public, of the fitness of the Minister for Education for his high office, must surely have been dispelled by the…

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Importance of Schools. Training for Citizenship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 8

The importance of training boys and girls while at school specifically to fit them for citizenship was emphasised by the Bishop of Armidale (the Rt. Rev. Dr. Moyes), in a speech…

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School Hall Built by Voluntary Labour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 8

Yesterday afternoon, before a large audience. Father Eris O'Brien, priest in charge of Bankstown, stated that the school hall, which Archbishop Kelly had just opened, had been built…

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Damages Against Schoolmaster Federation Will Pay

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 6

Affirming that a vital principle is at stake in the case of one of its members, the Teachers' Federation on Saturday decided to stand finaly…

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