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Schools, 1934

3,423 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 172

Lane Cove School

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 11

The Honorary Minister (Mr. Fitz-simons) notified Lane Cove Council last night that the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) had…

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Teacher Farewelled

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 12

Richmond, Monday.--Mr. W. L. Blackmore, who has been attached to the staff of the Richmond District Rural School, for the last seven…

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Schooled Well Grey Abbott & Antibes

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

SEVERAL jumpers turned out for schooling at Randwick yesterday, Antibes (McNamara) and Grey Abbott (McMenamin) gave a…

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Schoolmaster Who 'Caned Colleague'

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 4

OSCAR Theodore Shaft, schoolteacher, of Cessnock, alleged in the Divorce Court yesterday that he had thrashed…

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New Pupils Get Extra Holiday

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 19

All schools in the eastern area of the State will reopen next Tuesday, but the Education Department advises that, in order to facilitate…

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School Teachers. Appointments and Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 8

The following changes in the teaching staffs of schools under the Education Department are anCookery Teachers.—Misses M. Bamford, Dubbo to Chatswood; H. Churchward, Chatswood to…

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Schoolboy Howler

The World's News · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 17

A class of boys was being examined in general knowledge. 'Tommy," said the teacher to the small son of a billiards player,…

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Visiting Schoolboys at the Cenotaph

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 16

The New Zealand schoolboys, now staying at Manly, placed a wreath on the Cenotaph yesterday. The Commissioner for New Zealand (Mr. L. J. Schmitt) is standing on the extreme left…

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New Zealand Schoolboys

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 12

The New Zealand schoolboys, who are in Australia on a holiday visit, yesterday placed a wreath on the Cenotaph. They assembled in Martin-place outside the New Zealand Tourist…

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Forestry School. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 12

For the first time since 1924, directors of forestry representing the States and the Commonwealth will meet in Canbena to-morrow to discuss technical questions and the…

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[?] DENIAL Co-respondent In Teachers' Divorce

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 25

WILLIAM KENNEY, schoolteacher, the co-respondent in the Shaft consolidated divorce suits, to-day gave…

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Successful Pupils King Street Prize Giving Medals for Duxes

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 1

About [?] parents and friends including the Mayor and Mayoress Ald and Mrs. G. J.Dransfield attended the prize giving at Mascot School on Wednesday…

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The Schools. Syllabus Revision. Teachers' Co-operation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 4

An article published in the "Herald" on January 13 has evoked comment among teachers regarding the proposed new primary syllabus. Further inquiry shows that…

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Forbes Public School Scandal. Education Department Makes Amends

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 21

On page 18 of this issue will be found a reply of the Minister of Education to the charge of sectarian propaganda raised by the "Catholic Press", against the…

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The Children's Needs. Going Back to School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 4

Next Tuesday nearly all the children will be back at school. They will have had a good holiday and should be ready for hard work again. Unfortunately human nature…

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An Inspiring Teacher. Pasteur and His Disciples

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 8

The two principal disciples of the great Pasteur, Dr. Emile Roux and Professor Calmette, died recently after lives which strikingly paralleled the careeer of their…

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Forbes Public School Scandal the Minister's Investigation

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 18

The insult to the Catholic community by the staff of the Forbes Intermediate Public High School, on which we commented in our issue of January 11, has met with the Minister's strong condemnation. It will be remembered that the school magazine,…

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Blacktown School of Arts Half-Yearly Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 6

That the activities of the Younger set had resulted in an increased membership of fifty in six months was stated at the…

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Schools' Coaching Week a Success G.P.S. Cricketers Reveal Good Form Many Centuries

Referee · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 11

LAST week was a great one for Sydney G.P.S. cricketers. The special coaching week arranged by the N.S. Wales Cricket Association for the purpose of seeding out…

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"Keep Your E'e on the Ba'" The Old Teachers Knew Their Business

Referee · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 18

NOTWITHSTANDING that there are a hundred golf professionals where formerly there was only one, and that all of them have a "different line of…

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