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Schools, 1934

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Ex-schoolmaster's Death

The Propeller · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

The death last week of Mr. George E. Jones, for a number of years headmaster of the Mortdale School, is regretted by many teachers in the Education…

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Transfer of Teachers

The Propeller · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

The Department of Education notifies the following appointments and transfer of teachers and assistant teachers in connection with local…

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Physical Culture Schools

The Propeller · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 4

Among educational proposals for 1934 is a plan to place on a more definite and systematic basis the physical training of pupils in the…

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She Saved Lives and Buildings Praise Is Given To Schoolgirl At Inquest Strange Fires

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 5

DURING the Inquest into the mysterious outbreaks of fire at Granville, at the Parrarratta Coroner's Court yesterday, the Coroner,…

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Teachers and Court

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- It was decided by the Teachers' Union today to ask the Premiers' Conference to amend the Federal Constitution…

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School Ransacked

The Biz · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 4

Shortly after the closing of Cabramatta Public School for the Christmas vacation, the buildings were entered and the whole place ransacked. So far, the police have…

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School Entered

The Biz · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 5

Rosehill school was entered by vandals three times during the 'Xmas-New Year period. Malicious damage was done to fittings, etc…

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Speech Day at M.l.c., Burwood

The Methodist · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 1

Speech Day at Burwood M.L.C. was held on Wednesday, December 13th, under the brightest of auspices. It was a day of "silver clouds and sunshine on the grass." The…

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School Teachers Transferred

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

The following transfers of public school teachers have been notified:—Miss A. Guild, from Penrith to St. Marys; Miss N. Roberts, from St…

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Cramming Condemned by School Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The need for reducing the size of classes was stressed at the annual convention of school teachers to-day…

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Cranebrook Annual School Concert

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 3

The annual school concert, under the auspices of the Cranebrook Parents and Citizens' Association, was held at Cranebrook School on Friday,…

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Y.P. DEPARTMENT Teacher Training

The Methodist · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 3

The past year has seen a great increase of interest in the subject of teacher training. Following on the visits of the Director and the Organising Secretary to the circuits, about fifty classes…

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Teachers' Conference. Withholding of Increments. Coaching After Hours. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 15

The conference of the Australian State School Teachers' Association decided to-day that the size of classes in large primary schools should not exceed a maximum…

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Church Schools. Bishop Kirkby's Comment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 7

Bishop Kirkby, in a message to the Sydney diocese, states that now and then the complaint is heard that the Church schools produce few candidates for the ministry, and he…

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Fewer Accidents N.R.M.A. School Safety Patrol Scheme

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

The Safety Department of the N.R.M.A. reports that the increase of interest in the school safety patrol scheme during the year has been…

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School Areas for Playing Council's Suggestion Is Rebuffed

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

Newtown Council recently asked the Education Department to throw open, the school ground, in the district after School hours, to be used…

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School If No Work Conference Plan for Unemployed. Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 5

The Federated State school Teachers' Conference to-day agreed that unemployed youths should remain at school to the…

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Beginners Gave Good Display Randwick Schooling

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 3

ONE of the best exhibitions of jumping given at Randwick yesterday morning was that of Sidney George (Douglas) and Antibes…

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By Fitness to Happiness Gymnastic Teachers' Great Plans LONDON

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 12

FOUETEEN HUNDRED WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SWEDISH GYMNASTICS HAVE PLEDGED…

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The Schoolboy Detective Lucky Escape

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 2

FOR the first time in years. Oranges College heard nothing about machinery for marine models. Ronald Collett, the maker of clockwork…

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