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Schools, 1937

3,514 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 176

Letters Music in the Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 12

Sir.—Once, years ago, a person named Shakespeare (W.) made certain remarks about a man who had no music in his soul. Need I stress the point? Surely "Parent," who…

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Country News. Schoolgirl Injured. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 13

Betty Paynter was running across the play-ground at Table lop School to-day when she tripped in the long grass and fell, fracturing her right arm. She was brought by the Albury…

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Heating Equipment for School

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 7

Console air heating equipment supplied by Unit Air Conditioners Pty. Ltd.. is being fitted by the Australian Gas Light Company at St. Catherine's Church of England School, Waverley, in…

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Infants' School for Dobroyd Point

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 18

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) yesterday opened a new infants' school at Dobroyd Point. The school consists of two portable…

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All Teachers of Hairdressing Must Obtain Licences

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 7

Teachers of hairdressing must now obtain licences from the Hairdressers' Apprenticeship Council, to conform with, the provisions of the…

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Schoolteacher Granted New. Trial

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 8

The Full Court, comprising the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and Mr. Justice Bavin, yesterday allowed the…

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School Diamond Jubilee

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 5

Preliminary steps toward the celebration of the diamond jubilee of St. Marys Public School, in July, have been taken, and the interest of…

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Rev. Henry Fulton the First Schoolmaster

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 5

The first teacher to take up the work of secondary education in Australia was the Rev. Henry Fulton. He arrived in Sydney by the ship Minerva…

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New Technical School. Opened in Rockhampton. Gift of an Anonymous Donor

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 39

Educational history was made in Rock-hampton on Sunday, 31st ult., when his Lordship Bishop Hayes, in the presence of a large gathering, blessed and opened a new…

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The Primary Schools. Beginnings of Arithmetic

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 14

Most readers know that unless a good foundation is laid in arithmetic, the later work cannot be satisfactory. The simple processes must be made quite clear, so that…

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The Secondary Schools. Third-year English

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 14

Shakespeare was not bound, as are modem writers, to devise his own plots. His practice was to take several older plays, and, choosing certain incidents from each,…

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Evening Continuation School Re-Opens on

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 6

The evening continuation school at Parramatta will re-open next Monday, in the Intermediate High School building. The classes meet each Monday,…

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25 Years Ago (Reprinted from the "Cumberland Argus" February 17, 1912) High School Wanted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 11

Mr. C. E. Rawlinson, at the last meeting of the Parramatta Progress Association, moved in the matter of approaching the Government with a view to urging the…

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Busy Baptists New Sunday School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 2

A building in South-street, Granville, was purchased recently by the Granville Baptist Church, for the purpose of converting it into a Sunday School…

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Prizes Presented Arcadia Sunday School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 11

Anniversary services in connection with the Areadia Methodist Sunday School were held last Sunday in the Union Hall, Arcadia…

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Back to School

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 11

BILL BORDER (Bugaldie).—We have started school again. Dust storms have been bad school apro[?]ed trees and blow roofs off houses. It went in a Barrow strip from…

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The King's School Rugger Team Returns Splendid Tour Of England Impressions and Experiences

Referee · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 16

MR. R. A. O. MARTIN, manager of the King's School Rugby team, which returned from England last Wednesday, states that English and Australian boys are almost identical physically, and have the same outlook on sport…

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St. Gabriel's School for Deaf Boys, Castle Hill. Help Wanted

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 22

With the Brothers' residence in such a ruinous state, it is the unanimous opinion of those who direct St. Gabriel's to construct on the existing foundations…

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When Catholics BUILD & Decorate a Visit to Cronulla. Our Lady of Mercy Boarding School for Girls

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 5

Cronulla! The very word has the sound of the sea in it, and it calls up a picture of blue water, blue sky and fluttering…

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The Schools. Grades of Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 4

The table of intelligence quotients published in this month's "Education Gazette," shows some interesting results. A boy who scored 42 points at last November's test, and was…

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