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Schools, 1936

3,751 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 188

State Parliament School Reform, Richer Bursaries

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 7

REFORMS in education and extended bursary privileges for poor scholars are contained in a bill…

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Men's Night School of Arts Gathering

The Biz · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

Guildford Soldiers' Memorial School of A[?] [?]'s night again proved to be popular last week when the attendance was the best, since the commencement of…

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Teacher Farewelled Gatherng at Mt. Pritchard

The Biz · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

Parents and children assembled in force at M[?]. Pr[?]hard on May 5, at Meadow's Hall, to do honor to Miss L. Trigtone. who has resigned from the Education…

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Mount Druitt School Ball

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 May 1936 · page 6

One of the most successful and enjoyable functions promoted by the Parents and Citizens' Association, was the school ball, which was held in the…

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Lugar Brae (Waverley) Church and Sunday School Re-opening Celebrations

The Methodist · Saturday 16 May 1936 · page 4

By the cordial and unanimous wish of the Lugar Brae Methodist people, the President of the Conference, Rev. E. Coplin Thomas, performed the re-opening ceremony on Saturday…

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Schoolboys Arriving From "Cruise"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 May 1936 · page 1

To-day, at 5.41 p.m., 170 schoolboys, who have been touring the western districts of the State on the Railway Department's "cruise"…

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Schools' Tournament

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 May 1936 · page 20

Schoolboys and schoolgirls participating in the annual schools tournament, are requestd to be on the Rushcutter Bay ground at 9 o'clock on Monday morning…

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Golf in Schools. Professionals' Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 May 1936 · page 21

With the idea of making golf even more popular than it is to-day, the New South Wales members of the Professional Golfers' Association are attempting to have the game…

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School Memorials Dedicated at Canberra. Lady Garran and Mrs. O. M. Richards. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 May 1936 · page 14

At the Canberra Grammar School this afternoon the Bishop of Goulburn (the Right Rev. E. H. Burgmann) dedicated memorials to the late Mrs. Olive Mildred Richards and the late…

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SCHOOLBOYS Welcomed to Canberra. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 May 1936 · page 14

The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) visited the Capitol Theatre to-night to welcome to Canberra more than 160 New South Wales schoolboys, who had spent the day sight-seeing in…

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The Schoolboy Detective Wrongfully Accused

The Sun · Sunday 17 May 1936 · page 2

MR. LITHETON was one of the most, popular men at Granges College. He was the football coach and in this capacity he acted as…

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Taking Rent Rise Out of Teachers Govt. Demands More for Ancient Homes That Endanger Health

The Sun · Sunday 17 May 1936 · page 3

Complaints against a sharp increase in house rents charged by the Government to married teachers in the country have poured into the Teachers' Federation, which plans to interview the Minister for Education,…

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In Amhem Land Rev. A. J. Dyer Addresses Teachers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 May 1936 · page 2

"Answered Prayer in Arnhem Land" was the subject of an address, illustrated by over 100 lantern slides, that stirred the 130 Sunday school teachers…

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Problem Sunday School Presbyterians Rival Outings

The Sun · Monday 18 May 1936 · page 12

"CHILDREN who really wanted to go to Sunday School have been forced to go out with their parents,…

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Nonchalant Teachers (To the Editor of "The Sun")

The Sun · Monday 18 May 1936 · page 11

Apropos or the recent controversy concerning homework, it is my conviction that the amount of homework prescribed and the percentage of…

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School Tennis

The Sun · Monday 18 May 1936 · page 3

Miss Barbara Sco[?]-Fell, playing in the school tennis tournament at Rush-cutters Bay to-day…

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School Rates "Verbal Agreement"

The Sun · Monday 18 May 1936 · page 9

The Lord Mayor (Aid. Howie) informed the City Council this afternoon that a verbal agreement had been reached with Church authorities…

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Decision Stands Rates From Schools

The Sun · Monday 18 May 1936 · page 7

A rescission motion on the City Council's decision to recover the rates from certain schools, moved by Alderman Shannon,. M.L.A., was…

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Girls' Schools in Cairo. Experiences of an Australian Teacher. (Written for the Womens Supplement by a young Australian woman who, after leading Oxford, laught English at a school in Cairo.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 7

GIRLS' schools in Cairo are countless, and each is as characteristically different as its pupils. Equally numerous are the varieties of buses, for each girls' school has its own, to collect its young…

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Out of School a Page for Boys & GIRLS (Conducted by south West Wind.) [?]Arry of Berkeley House. Chapter Iv

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 23

[?]RED OFF! MAZED and disgusted to find that the crew could actually come to blows immediately [?] practice, the headmaster admonished the…

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