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Schools, 1934

3,423 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 172

Bus Fares for Schoolchildren Agitation at Liverpool

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 7

Travelling by train to secondary schools costs children practically nothing; those travelling by bus are forced to pay as…

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Transport Facilities To Domestic Science School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 17

Mr. G. C. Gollan, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Road Transport:— "With reference to your…

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Head of River Sydney Grammar School's New Record

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY Grammar school won the final of the Great public schools' championship eights ("Head of the River") that Saturday on the Parramatta…

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The King's School and Geelong Eights Race Next Month on the Barwon

Referee · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 21

THE King's School has accepted a challenge rom Geelong Grammar School for an eight-oar race on May 11 on the Barwon River. the date falls in the…

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Neutral Bay School and Father Ferrari

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 22

On Wednesday afternoon, 11th April, the pupils of St. Joseph's School, Neutral Bay, held a farewell recital in honor of Rev. Father Ferrari, who has been…

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Sport Great Public Schools' Rowing

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 24

In the first heat of the Eights in this year's G.P.S. Regatta, both St. Joseph's and Riverview were eliminated from the final. Shore took the lead early and…

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In the Schools. C. of E. Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 10

A large gathering assembled in the Church of England Grammar School chapel, North Sydney, which contains many memorials of old boys who fell in the war…

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Teachers' Tribute To Australia's "Crusaders." League of Nations Praised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 10

Members of the Public School Teachers' Federation who served in the war gathered at the Education Department Building to pay a tribute to their fallen comrades…

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Merton Hall and Merton Grange. a Story of School Life. Chapter Vii. a Mad Escapade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 22

The cricket match between Merton Hall and Greycliffe College was in full swing, and there was a loud roar as Phil Carford stepped out to a fast ball and hit his second boundary for the over…

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The Schools. Development of Personality. British and American Methods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 5

"School sport as well as school work helps to develop personality," said an educational authority recently. "Both foster regular habits which[?] under proper guidance…

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Teachers' "Salaries" a Clear Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 8

"Teaching is the worst paid and the best rewarded of all professions," said Ian Hay, and never spoke a truer word. For the good teacher can rejoice in the consciousness of…

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A Gesture Interstate Rowing for Schools

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 14

The race between the King', School and Geelong Grammar, to take place on the Barwon River (Vic.) on May 11, is a friendly…

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Bexley Pupils' Recital. Talented Children's Performance

The Propeller · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 5

An appreciative audience attended the Rockdale Town Hall on Thursday evening, 19th instant, when the pupils of Miss Ina Reynolds, of Bexley,…

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Secondary Schools. Country Staffs Strengthened

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 10

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) said yesterday that, for some time past, a policy had been pursued by the Government of strengthening the staffs in secondary…

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Interstate Schools. Rowing Challenges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 12

Mr. A. N. Finlay, coach of the Sydney Grammar School crew, which won the Great Public Schools' champion eights. last Saturday, received a letter yesterday from the Melbourne…

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Rowing. Great Public Schools Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 15

The ceremony of presenting the o[?]rs to the successful eight and first fours in the recent Great Public Schools regatta will take place at the Sydney Grammar School to-day at 1 o'clock. All old boys…

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Convent Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 15

The convent championships will be played at the Lawn Tennis Ground, Rushcutter Bay, on May 7 and 8. Entries will close with Dr. McElhone on May 2…

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Schools Tournament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 15

The usual one-day tournament for school children, conducted by the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association, will commence at 9 a.m. on May 21, when girls' doubles, boys' doubles, and…

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AERODYNAMICS. School Course Advocated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 7

"Elementary aerodynamics should be taught in the schools," said Sir Charles Kingsford Smith yesterday, in receiving the Wakefield (Australasia) trophy on behalf of the Model…

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Child Welfare. Girls' Industrial Schools. Character Training

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 12

Mr. Alexander Percy Humphreys, who is superintendent of the Girls' Industrial School, Parramatta, and also exercises supervision over the institution at La Perouse, gave…

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