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Schools, 1937

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Broadcast Education. Use in 4000 English Schools. B.B.C. Announcer's Visit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 9

Captain F. McDermott, F.R.G.S., who arrived in Sydney by the Mongolia yesterday, is a B.B.C. broadcaster and lecturer, and is visiting Australia and the South Sea Islands…

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Of Interest to Women Shocking Disclosures Government Neglect Of School Children

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

A STATEMENT by the principal medical officer of the Education Department of N.S.W. reveals Shocking neglect by the N.S.W…

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Schoolgirls See N.S.W.

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 5

After two days' sightseeing on the Mountains and at Jenolan Caves, the Victorian and Tasmanian schoolgirls who are visiting New South Wales…

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"Military Heroes." School Teacher's Criticism. History Glorifying War. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 17

A South Australian delegate to the annual conference of the Australian Teachers' Federation to-day attacked the methods of teaching history in the…

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Yass Re-opening of Renovated Church and Opening of New School Hall

The Methodist · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 7

The land, upon which the Yass Church is built was a gift by Hamilton Hume, the explorer, who had received 1,200 acres at the west end…

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Young People's Dept. Sunday School Literature

The Methodist · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 4

Dear Mr. Editor,— On a number of occasions recently it has been suggested that it would be of interest to many, and help a number of our people, if I were to briefly indicate in this…

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Letters Subsidised Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 10

Sir,—Reading the correspondence on the above and the reports of teachers' meetings opens an avenue of much food for thought for those of us who are called upon to contribute…

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Benefit to Schools Occasional Stir Supported

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 3

OUR education system would be much the better for an occasional stirring-up. That is the view of Sir Francis…

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N.Z Traffic School Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 6

New Zealand's traffic inspectors will be required to undergo a course of training at a school which the Minister for Transport. Mr. Sempls…

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Movies for Schools; Federal Aid Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 4

UNLESS some concrete plan is placed before the Federal Government by the States there is little likelihood that the Federal…

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School Movies Matter For States

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--The Commonwealth holds that the installation of moving picture equipment in schools is a matter for the State Governments…

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School for Traffic Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--A training school for traffic inspectors is planned by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Semple)…

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Albury Schoolboy Punched on Back Complications Responsible For Tragic Death

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 14

THE tragic death of an Albury school boy from complications which followed a blow on the back, was related to the District Coroner (Mr. I. Beavers, P.M.), last week when an inquest was opened into the death of…

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Th[?] [?]e Schoolboy Detective The Empty Shop

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 2

"THAT'S queer!" "What is?" "That, shop." Rob Pearce walked over to a small…

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Technical School Granville Exam Results

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

The Technical Department has announced the results of the 1936 that examinations for the Diploma Preparatory and Diploma Courses, and the balance of…

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School Curriculum. Visiting Educationist's Views. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 8

Mr, Felix Howland, American educationist and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, reached Adelaide by the Dutch motor ship Aagtekerk from the Continent on Saturday on…

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Woy School. Woy Woy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 7

Mr. W. J. Emery, headmaster of the Woy Woy Public School, has been advanced from grade five to grade four and is now on an equal footing with the Gosford Primary…

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Ski-ing Part of School Curriculum

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 6

The Obserstdorf elementary and secondary schools, in Germany, have introduced into the ordinary school curriculum, ski-ing instruction, to take the place of the more orthodox physical exercises. The children in the picture are practising a spring…

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Loves Girl of School Days She Married His Best Friend (Dorothy Dix--Copyright)

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 5

Dear Dorothy Dix,-- I am a bachelor in my late 30's. Since my school days I have been in love with a girl who married my…

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Schoolgirls at Art Gallery

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 5

VISITING SCHOOLGIRLS from Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania inspecting the Sydney Art Gallery yesterday…

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