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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 167

Congregational Sunday School Anniversary Services

The Broadcaster · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 1

On Sunday, March 13, Guildford Congregational Sunday School celebrated its anniversary with three bright and happy services. The feature of the day was…

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Marist Brothers' High School, Darlinghurst. Old Boys' Annual Mass and Communion Breakfast

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 42

The annual retreat of the ex-students of the Marist Brothers' High School, Darlinghurst, was held on the evening of the 24th, 25th and 26th ult., and was…

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Verdict of £5,000 Against Nine-Years-Old Boy. Schoolteacher's Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 8

A Supreme Court jury yesterday awarded a schoolteacher £5,000 damages in an action tor malicious prosecution, which he had brought…

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Music in the Schools. Increasing Interest. Examinations and Flute Band

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 5

Mr. B C Harkness, chief inspector, Depart[?] of Education, spoke of the increased Interest shown by school children in music when he opened the Musical Inhibition…

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The Schools. Animals Week. Anniversary Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 6

Next week, March 20 to 26, Is "Be Kind to Animals Week," when the Education Department desires that all teachers will impress upon puplla the…

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Education Notes Effect of Illness on Schools

The Sun · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 35

Last year, 98,306 school children were affected by illnesses of an infectious or contagious type and an additional 79,997 were absent from school as the result of ordinary illnesses or injuries from accidents…

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High School for St. George. Mortdale Area Advocated

The Propeller · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 1

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) will be asked by Kogarah Council to consider acquiring a site at Mortdale for the establishment…

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Letters to the Editor. School Home Lessons

The Propeller · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 8

Sir,--Australia recently had a visit from a number of "Intellectuals" from overseas, who furnished us with a most interesting criticism of our…

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South To School Outpost Children Come To Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 17

AUSTRALIAN schools are capturing the fancy of the daughters of English families in the East. Paris, Belgium, London, New York-- thousands of…

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Verdict for £5000 Against Boy, 9 Schoolmaster Wins Malicious Arrest Claim

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 7

EDWARD CHRISTIAN MUHS, B.A., schoolmaster, of Kensington Road, Summer Hill, was awarded £5000 damages yesterday, by a Causes Court jury, against a boy nine years of age…

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Subsidy for School Children

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1938 · page 4

Parents residing at Woronora, who desired to avail themselves of the subsidy for children attending schools make application to the Department…

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Display of Schools' Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 10

The third of the functions arranged by the Department of Education in connection with the Anniversary celebrations will take the form of a dlsplay of practical work from…

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New Domestic School. New Zealand Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 5

To become the supervisor of a new domestic training school which has been founded in New Zealand to train girls in all branches of housecraft, Mrs. F…

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Singer to Wed Her Teacher

The Sun · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 6

Miss Evelyn Hall, Australian contralto, will be married to Signor Franco Izal, impressario and singer, at St. Stephen's Church on April 9…

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New High School Suggested for Mortdale. School Children’s Lives Endangered Travelling on Busy City Trains

The St George Call · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 1

The crowding of school children into busy workmen’s trains both at morning and night time, is the reason why Ald. Moore, a Kogarah alderman, is agitating for a local high school to be built at Mortdale. If the school was to be erected at…

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School Cricket HURSTVILLE v. Cleveland St

The St George Call · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 4

Riddel and Calrncross were star players for Hurstville Technical School team on Tuesday, when they scored 34 not out and captured 6-15 respectively, against…

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Secondary Schools Pageant

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 12

The Secondary Schools Pageant will be staged in the Town Hall on March 29, 30, 31, as the fourth function organised within the…

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Remarkable Cricket Win by School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 22

GOULBURN, Friday. -- St. Patrick's College won a remarkable match in the Goulburn Cricket Association's "B" grade competition…

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State Aid to Denominational Schools

The Methodist · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 14

Sir,—Now that a State Election is about to take place, the Roman Catholic Church is making a desperate effort to gain the support…

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Rehearsal for Schools' Pageant—goat As Regiment's Mascot—salvaging Coal From Wrecked Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 14

Girls rehearse for the secondary schools' pageant at the Town Hall on March 29, 30, and 31. From left to right the girls represent: "Tenacity," "Vision,"…

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