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Schools, 1933

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Boys' Grammar School

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 2

The Blue Mountains Boys' Grammar School resumed 011 Tuesday, 7th inst, with about 20 now boarders. Master John Lawrence, of Carlton,…

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School of Arts Tennis

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 4

A mixed doubles tennis tournament will be hold on the new courts at Penrith School of Arts on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, 14th and 15th inst…

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British Consul at Noumea Death of Old Penrith School Boy

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 4

Private cable advice has been received in Sydney of the sudden death of Mr Thomas Johnston, British Consul at Noumen, who was a Penrith school…

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Dr. Prescott's Book The Romance of School

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 2

A forty years' headmastership is behind this book —not a headmastership to which its author graduated from lower posts, for lie was never a "master." He came straight to headmaster, first as first…

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West Wollongong The Opening of New School Hall

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 13

Last Saturday week a new school hall was opened at Fisher Street, Wollongong. Some years ago, the Wollongong trustees, scenting…

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For Religious Instruction in State Schools

The Methodist · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 10

For a long time there has been a need of more co-ordinated work in Scripture lessons in the State schools. In most cases some uniform syllabus is necessary, and there has arisen a demand for one…

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School Sport. Commercial and Junior Technical

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 17

The year's activities were planned at a meeting of representatives of commercial and junior technical schools. Two grades of cricket have been arranged, first grade for players born in 1917 or…

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School Sorrows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 8

"The Dark Places of Education," by Dr. Willi Schohaus is the result of an interesting experiment. The editor of an educational journal in Switzerland invited his readers to send…

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The King's School. New Headmaster. Speech at Old Boys' Dinner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 12

To his new job as headmaster of The King's School, the Rev. C. T. Parkinson brings a broad conception of the duties of schools in the new problems which face the world. At…

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Public Schools. Religious Instruction. Archbishop Wright's Attitude

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 12

Archbishop Wright in his February Pastoral Letter, written before he left for a holiday in New Zealand, stated that he did not wish to enter into the controversy relating to religious…

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Marriage Fraud Is Alleged Charge of Obtaining Money From Young Teacher Man Vanishes Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 7

ON a charge of having obtained £535 from Dorothy May Scott, a school teacher, of Mitchim, by falsely pretending he was going…

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New Teacher Is Welcomed Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 6

At a largely-attended meeting of the Cooerwall Parents and Citizens' Association, held in the school room, the now headmaster. Mr. A. Shrubb, late…

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King's School Carnival Old 'Uns Outed

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1933 · page 8

KING'S SCHOOL, Australia's oldest Great Public School, celebrated its 101st anniversary yesterday. Sporting fixtures between Old Boys…

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Chess in Schools

The Sun · Sunday 12 February 1933 · page 9

In an endeavor to stimulate an interest in chess, the New South Wales Chess Association is arranging with the Education Department to form…

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Back to Haunts of Their Youth King's Old Boys Visit to School

The Sun · Sunday 12 February 1933 · page 1

With their wives, sons and daughters, King's School boys of 40, 50, and even 60 years ago toured the school grounds yesterday when the…

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Beauty From a Schoolroom Window

The Sun · Sunday 12 February 1933 · page 3

OH! When would the pitter-patter of the rain stop beating on the Windows! All the morning I had been sitting at my desk in school, half…

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The Schoolboy Detective When Rob Missed the Train

The Sun · Sunday 12 February 1933 · page 2

WHILE a pandemonium of talk reigned on the railway station among the boys of Granges College who had been away at special…

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Sanitary Charge Greystanes School Department's Protest

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 2

"I don't think it's a fair thing for the Education Department to think they can come right down to the same rate as in the scavenging area," said Alderman…

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The King's School. 101st ANNIVERSARY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 8

The 101st anniversary of the opening of The King's School, Parramatta, was celebrated on Saturday. There was a large crowd of visitors including many from coutry centres and…

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At the 101st Anniversary of the King's School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 12

From left: Archdeacon Charlton, Mrs. Parkinson, Master N. Parkinson, Rev. T. C. Parkinson (the new headmaster), Master A. Parkinson, Mr. S. G. Boydell, and Mr. H. Cox…

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