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Schools, 1937

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£2000 for Backers Schoolmate Of Carlton State's Success Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 8

FOUR New South Wales runners filled places in the Stawell Easter Gift, 130 yards, with £810 in prizes…

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School Wireless and Talkies

The Sun · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 4

Blakehurst School, now being built, will be fitted with a complete wireless unit and talkie equipment at a cost of about £300, raised by…

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Out of School... Section for Girls and Boys Conducted by South West Wind. Fairies' Easter Egg

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 23

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The Old School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 23

ANN MERTON and her sister, Joan, entered the dim, dusty old school. Ann walked slowly down the corridor, pausing to look in the deserted classrooms. A few steps behind, Joan followed…

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New School Wing Opened. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 9

The new wing at the Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School was opened this afternoon. The ceremony was performed. by Lady Whiskard, wife of Sir Geoffrey…

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Healthy Race Is the Aim School Services Justified

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 16

Money spent on health services by the Department of Education was not Socialism, said the Minister (Mr. Drummond) to-day…

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Many Absent at Roll-call Stricken School Starts Again New York

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 13

When the roll was called at New London High School, near Overton (Texas), which was destroyed by an explosion on March 18, only 287…

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Essays on the Show School Children Offered Prizes

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 6

THE Council of the Royal Agricultural Society is conducting and essay, open to pupils of all schools, in connection with the Show…

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School Teachers. Transfers and Appointments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 7

The following appointments and transfers of teachers were announced yesterday:— TEACHERS.—Mr. E. Trist, Weethalle to Jindabyne; Mr. A. Quigley, Taren Point to Wilga Plains;…

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School and Picnic Prizes

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 20

Dear "Worker,"—Here I am again writing to our dear old Page. We are having very hot weather this month, and a good rain would be greatly appreciated. Our…

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Inverell High School

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 51

Visitors from all parts of the Inverell district attended the official opening of the new High School building,…

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Machine Caused School Deaths

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Sparks from a sanding machine, used for polishing floors, caused the recent gas explosion disaster at New London school…

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Gift Winner Unlucky at School

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 17

F. A. Bradley, winner of the Stawell Gift final on Monday, was overshadowed in his school years at Joseph's College by "Brock"…

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Law Ignored' on Scholarships Teachers' Complaint

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 7

Legislation governing the number of university exhibition scholarships has been ignored for several years, the president of the Teachers' Federation…

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School Disaster. Melancholy Roll-call New York, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 13

When the roll was called at the New London High School, near Overton (Texas), where the disastrous explosion occurred, only 287 children answered. Originally there were…

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British Public School Teachers. Communist Influences

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 35

Recent conferences of Australian public school teachers, in which proposals suggesting Communist influence were proposed, give point to this address by the Most…

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Inter-School Sport a Grade Cricket

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 6

Penrith Inter.-High School played Richmond, on the latter's ground, on Wednesday, 24th March. Penrith, batting first, were…

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School Repairs

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 4

The President of the P. and C. Association (Mr O. W. Fletcher) devoted considerable personal attention to the matter of having much needed…

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Notice to Teachers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 24

The Diocesan Inspector of Schools (Rev. Father T. J. O'Connor, B.A.) will hold a special meeting to discuss the arrangements contemplated in regard to the…

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The Primary Schools. the Teaching of Spelling

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 14

Many who consider that English will eventually be the universal language are also advocates of drastic reforms in spelling. They point out that it is senseless…

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