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Schools, 1937

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Hurdle Schooling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 21

Polly Corban (Abrahams) acquitted herself creditably when jumping six big hurdles at Randwick yesterday. She took the jumps in her stride, and kept up a fast pace all…

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GOSSIP Founded Millionaire Family Here By Chance -- Record As Draper -- Sydney Man Wins Fame As Playwright Theatrical Schoolmistress

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 17

MISS GWLADYS POWELL, of Westgarth (Vic.), is the first school teacher to be given official authority to travel with a theatrical company…

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Teachers From Overseas Guests at Function

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 12

Overseas teachers were guests of honor at a function arranged tar Miss Muriel Heagney, travel organiser of the Queensland Tourist Bureau, at…

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School Notes a Weekly Feature British History Struggle--parliamentary v. STUARTS

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1937 · page 5

Tudors succeeded by Stuarts: JAMES I., 1603-1625; CHARLES I., 1625-1649 (OLIVER CROMWELL. 1553-1660); CHARLES II., 1660-1685;…

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The Schoolboy Detective Tricked!

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1937 · page 2

"THAT'S the house," said Rob Pearce, getting off his bike and wheeling it to a clump of bushes by the roadside. "The police have…

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School Swimming

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 1

Berala and Lidecombe Public Schools will hold swimming carnivals at the Lidcombe a Baths on March 17 and March 19 respectively…

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English Schoolboys Cads, Says Charles

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 7

ENGLISH school life is much overrated, says Charles Betford, 12-years-old Queenslander, who is returning to his home in Cooroy after attending an English school…

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Out of School... Section for Girls and Boys Conducted by South West Wind. Life in Fiji

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 23

1 LIVE in Fiji, so I would like to tell you a little about my life here. 1 live in a sugar centre, where there is a huge mill at present it is the crushing senson,…

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Proposed School at Coogee South

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 12

The Education Department has advised the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Dunningham), in answer to his representations for the erection' of a Public school at…

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Youth Sentenced. Malicious Wounding at Arncliffe. Judge Refers to "School of Larrikins."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 11

John Joseph Abrahams (18), woodturner, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months' imprisonment with hard labour, at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge…

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Trial in Sunday School Hall. Farmer On Charge Of Murder BRISBANE

The Sun · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 13

In a Sunday-school hall which is being used while the courthouse is being demolished, a murder trial was begun at Ipswich to-day…

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Govt.'s Duty to Schools Women's Complaint Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 6

Education authorities in victoria were given little encouragement from the Government, and as a result they had to depend upon voluntary…

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Schoolgirl's Poster

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 1

One of tile 500 posters drawn by school children and exhibited at the opening of "Be Kind to Animals Week" yesterday. The artist was Jean Wylie, who secured second prize in the section for children over 15 years…

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Boy's Death at Baths Strained Himself in Race Qualified For School Final Sad Case

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 1

THROUGH over-exerting himself in Granville Baths, so as to qualify for the final of a schools' swimming race, late…

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Race Books Sold by School Children Moree

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 8

Objection was raised at last meeting of Moree P. and C. Association to school pupils selling race books and distributing pamphlets around…

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Schoolboy Dive

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 17

D. SOUTHWELL, winner of the open diving championship at Scots College swimming carnival at Rose Bay Baths…

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Dance Notes Danger Of Child "Teachers"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 13

DANCE teachers are becoming alarmed over the growing number of young "teachers" who conduct classes in their own…

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Schoolboy "Cads and Bounders"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 7

According to Charles Betford, 12-year-old Queenslander, who arrived in Sydney by the Jervis Bay yesterday, English public school boys are "cads"…

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By Radio to School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 13

Czechoslovakian schools are up-to-the minute institutions. Soon school bells will be obsolete, having given way to a wireless signal, which will be followed by a brisk…

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A School for Talent Teaching Screen Technique

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 21

When the casting director was faced with the problem of selecting an ingenue lead for "It Isn't Done" he interviewed nearly a hundred and fifty girls before the final choice was made. The part went to Shirley Ann Richards, an eighteen-year-old Sydney girl, not only because she…

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