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Schools, 1934

3,423 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 172

Diphtheria Rages in Vic. School Melborurne, Mon

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 1

AN epidemic of diphteria at Koondrook, on the Murray, has attacked 54 children, causing, the local…

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Gorls Watched School Burning Melbourne, Mon

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 1

ST. CATHERIME'S GIRLS' SCHOOL, in Toorak, was partially destroyed by a fire early this morning…

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She Mixed Rat Poison in Scones How School Teacher Took Her Life "Full Bottle"

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 5

AT the City Coroner's inquiry yesterday into the death of Lina Eliza Craig, 29, school teacher, formerly of Cowra,…

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Sydney Medical School. Bronze Bust of Founder. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 12

A bronze bust of the late Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart, the founder of the Medical School in the University of Sydney, which has been given to the Australian Institute of…

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Gift of £5000. Newcastle Boys' School. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 12

Mr. Stephen Brown, the last sunviving member of the northern coal and sh[?]ping family, has presented the sum of £5300 to the Anglican di[?]cese of Newcastle to…

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School Sport. Girls' Tennis Matches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 19

Results of the Girls Secondary Schools' Sports Union's tennis matches were:- A Grade.—A teams; Meriden beat P.L.C., Croydon 6-41 to 2-34; M.L.C. Burwood, beat…

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Woman Teacher. Suicide by Phosphorus Poisoning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 14

Evidence was given before the City Coronet (Mr. Fariington) yesterday of the manner in which Lina Eliza Craig, 29, a Cowra schoolteacher, took phosphorous, a slowly-acting…

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Teachers' Salary Campaigns

The Sun · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 8

GOULBURN, Wednedsay.--Addressing a meeting of school teachers, Mr. W. Coulson, vice-president of the Teachers' Federation, said the…

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Wallaby Full-back in Centre Drummoyne Selects Star School Player Union Teams

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 3

SO satisfied were selectors with the players chosen for the opening round of the Rugby Union's first grade competitions,…

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Back to School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 6

STERN men with a long upper lip condemn the excited interest shown by people and newspapers in the school boat races. "Bad for the boys," they say. These moralists forget the boys' fathers, their uncles, and…

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School Teachers Addresses on Modern Dairying Given by Experts

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 5

THE school teachers of the Illawarra inspectorate attended a short school for elementary agriculture and horticulture at Nowra, where addresses were…

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School Holidays

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 22

The schools of the Archdiocese of Sydney will close on May 11 and re-open on May 28…

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Liturgical Catechism for Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 22

The liturgical catechism, by Rev. Father P. J. Lynch, B.A., of the Archdiocese of Hobart (Tas.), has been recommended for use in the schools of the Archdiocese of…

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Notice to Teachers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 22

The following lectures will be delivered to the primary and superprimary teachers for the half-year, ending June, 1934: On next Saturday, 21st inst., at 10.30…

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Eastwood: Church-School for Marsfield

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 22

Rev. Father J. M. Cusack has accepted the tender of Kennedy and Bird, Ltd., to build a church-school at Marsfield. Mass is now being celebrated each Sunday in the Town…

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Rev. Brother Laurentius. Death of Noted Marist Teacher

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 23

After an illness extending over the last nine months, in the Mater Hisericordiae Hospital, the life of Rev. Brother Laurentius, of the Marist Brothers', came to a…

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New School at War at Ah. Opened by the Bishop of Maitland

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 15

The Rev. Father D. Forde, B.A., of Waratah, in making history as a builder in the Diocese of Maitland—two new fine churches, and on Sunday afternoon last the opening…

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"Serious Offence" Man in School Grounds Master's Timely Arrival

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 1

On her way to school about 1.50 p.m. on Tuesday, a girl of ten was accosted by a man in Prospect-street, Rosehill. He questioned her about the locality,…

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50th YEAR School of Arts Celebrations

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 2

Appointed to discuss arrangements to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Granville School of Arts, a special committee is still undecided as to what form…

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Choir Visits Industrial School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 4

On Tuesday night, April 10, Mr. J. H. Gibb brought his choir of trained voices to the Girls' Industrial School, and gave a concert to the girls there, it consisted…

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