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Schools, 1936

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Guildford School News Teachers and Scholars

The Broadcaster · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 1

The school holidays are over, much to the delight of all the barents, and Mr. Peterson, headmaster of Guildford Public School, reports very few new pupils…

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Rural Bank Essays Pupils of Small Country Schools have Many Successes

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 15

MANY hundreds of essays were received from all parts of State in Connection with the ce[?] competition sponsored by the Rural Bunk in…

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Bogey Men Novel Goggles Blind Flying Pilot Pupils

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 8

"HOPPED" goggles, an ingenious invention, have made their appearance at Mascot among pilots who are faced with the…

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Tracking School' Teacher Sand and Spinifex Country Canberra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 10

The Minister tor the Interior, Paterson, has been advised by the Deputy Administrator at A[?] Springs that Mr. Bankin. the…

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Jesuit Night School. Popular with Indian Workers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 5

A free night school for workingmen has been started at Ahmedabad, India, by the Jesuit Fathers of the Archdiocese of Bombay. Applicants are received irrespective of…

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Notice to Teachers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 28
Also in Catholic Freeman's Journal

The results of the Diocesan Examinations will be found on pages 14-17. There will be a meeting of the teachers of the Archdiocese of Sydney on Saturday…

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Half-yearly Meeting Blacktown School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 5

A satisfactory report on the institutions activities was made at the half-yearly meeting of Blacktown School of Arts on Thursday. It was stated that…

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School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 5

A further 120 books have been added to Merrylands School of Arts library. This brings the total to 700 and it is hoped that within the next six months…

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Toongabbie School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 17

Mr. G. C. Gollan, M.L.A., has been interesting himself in connection with Toongabbie Public School, which is badly in need of repairs…

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Attendance Lower At Auburn School No Sewer Yet

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 3

That the attendance this year was exceptionally low was stated by Mr. Alldis, headmaster of the Auburn Boys Public School last Monday. Last year,…

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Commemoration Day At the King's School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 18

Consequent upon the death of His Majesty King George V. no sporting events will be held on Commemoration Day, February 15. The feature of the…

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Lidcombe School 300 Enrolments in Super-Primary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 3

That there were ever 300 enrolments in the super-primary section of the Lidcombe School was stated by the head master (Mr. Riley) last Monday…

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High Schools' Cricket North Sydney Defeated by Strong Colts' Team

Referee · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 2

ON Wednesday a team of promising colts, captained by A. G. Moyes, the former Gordon lst grader, played North Sydney Boys' High School 1st…

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School Magazines. Waverley—1935

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 36

The Annual of the Christian Brothers' College, Waverley comes to us within a cover of blue and gold, and is a very attractively got-up booklet. The spirit…

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Man with Camels to Search for Missing Teacher. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 11

The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) has received advice from the Deputy Administrator at Alice Springs that Mr. Ellis Bankin, the missing school teacher, arrived at…

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Novel Art School for Children. (From Our London Representative.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 18

Not because it has a double interest for Australians, but because it is the most novel ar[?] school for children in all England. Mr. Kingsley Doubleday's methods of teaching his small pupils the intricacies of painting and modelling have attracted wide attention since he arrived in London from Melbourne by way of Vienna about [?]0 years ago…

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North Sydney High School Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 16

At North Sydney Oval yesterday a team selected by Mr. A. G. Moyes beat North Sydney High School on the first innings by 16 runs. Scores:…

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The Schools. The Teaching Service. Ratio of Men to Women

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 7

It is of interest to learn that the proportion of men to women in the teaching service is increasing. The latest available figures show that of 11,567 teachers and trainees in…

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Out Of School (Conducted by South West Wind.) [?] Mystery at Maralinga. Chapter [?]. [?] the Dwarf?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 23

[?]Y hasn't anyone lived in the house for twenty years?" Merry insisted. [?]cer swallowed. "Because the housekeeper [?]dered there" he blurted out. "And the…

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