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Schools, 1936

3,751 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 188

Missing Teacher. Motor Cycle Found. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 11

In a letter dated January 21, which was received in Melbourne to-day, the Rev. H Griffiths, of the Alice Springs patrol of the Methodist Inland Mission, stated that Mr…

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Coff's Harbour School. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 12

AS the annual meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association, speakers expressed indignation at the Government's failure to provide adequate accommodation at the Coff's…

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Parents Threaten to Strike School Must Be Improved, Or--

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 5

FOLLOWING the ultimatum of the Marsfield School Parents and Citizens' Association, that, unless immediate…

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Missing Teacher Gold Searcher's Theory of His Whereabouts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

Back from conducting an expedition in the search for gold in the country where Mr. Ellis Rankin, a school teacher, is now. missing,Mr. Stan…

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Govt. Official Now Missing in Search for School Teacher Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 5

Concern is felt for the safety of Mr. B. G. Carrington, Deputy-Administrator of Central Australia, who on Saturday went in search of Ellis…

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Rural Bank Essay Contest. Results of School Competition

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 6

Many hundreds of essays were received from all parts of the State in connection with the essay, competition sponsored by the Rural Bank in conjunction with the…

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Things That Happened Here a Hundred Years Ago The Governor and the Schoolboys

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 9

AS the pupils of Mr. Trood's school were taking a walk on Tuesday evening last they were accosted by His Excellency the Governor, who spoke in the highest terms on the becoming deportment and…

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Some Horse Sense Schooling the Colts

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 35

ONE should always know the methods of a horse-breaker before trusting him with the schooling of young horses. A promising colt or filly may be spoilt or ruined in the breaking-in. Some…

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TEACHERS. Transfers and Appointments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 8

The following appointments and transfers of teachers were announced by the Education Department yesterday:- Assistants, etc.—Miss A. Kerr, Tamworth to…

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Work to Start Repairs At School

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 10

The Director of Education (Mr. Rosss Thomas) stated to-day that work would be commenced at the Marsfield school to-morrow to remedy…

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School Essays On Royal Easter Show Society's Prizes

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 4

The 1936 Royal Easter Show essay competition, conducted by the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, will be open to pupils of all schools,…

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School Boycott Threat

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 4

INTIMATING that action could be taken to compel children to attend school, the Director of Education, Mr. G. Ross Thomas, stated…

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Fears for Searchers No Word From Seekers of Missing Teacher

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 9

ALICE SPRINGS, Tuesday.--Nothing has been heard of the Deputy Administrator, Mr. V. G. Carrington, who, with Mounted Constable…

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Marsfield School Education Department Will Carry Out Repairs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 7

The Director of Education, Mr. Thomas, said yesterday that repairs at Marsfield school are to be put in hand at once. In the meantime, a…

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School Strike Off; Pupils Disappointed

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 21

PUPILS of Marsfield are disappointed. Hopes of anticipated holidays vanished to-day, when plumbers arrived, as the threat of parents to keep their children at home if certain repairs were not effected, will not now be carried out…

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The Primary Schools. Our Successful Pupils

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 14

We should like to congratulate those pupils from our schools who have been successful in winning bursaries. That they have well deserved the prizes, we may be…

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The Schools Watch It Color-blindness in Scholars Frequent Defect

The Sun · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 36

COLOR blindness, or partial color blindness, is a sight defect frequently encountered among candidates for admission to the…

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Little Hope Now Victorian School Teacher Missing in Desert

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--"There is little chance of finding alive. Ellis Rankin, the Victorian school teacher, who has been missing in Central…

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Notice to Teachers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 24

On Saturday week, the 22nd inst., at 10.30 a.m. in St. Mary's Cathedral Chapter Hall, Mrs. A. Maher (instructress) will give a lecture on "Needlework…

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Lessons. a Story of Two Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 39

"I just hate going back to school," grumbled Michael White, as he tumbled his books anyhow into the case. "Perhaps yon do. But that is no reason…

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