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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 167

Teachers' Federation Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 11

The foundation stone of the new Public School Teachers' Fedeiatlon building will he laid on Monday, January 17 at 4 pm The site of the new building is in Phillip Street,…

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Anglican Summer School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 6

The third Anglican Summer School, under the auspices of the Australian Board of Missions, will be held at Barker College, Hornsby, from Saturday, January 15, to Saturday,…

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Plane Crash Near School. Pilot Making for Oval. Escaped Injury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 10

Mr. Ronald A. B. Gower escaped injury on Saturday afternoon when the Taylor Cub plane in which he was flying solo crashed into an iron railing at the rear of Newington…

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Preference for Union Teachers Hobart

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 6

First practical application of the Government s policy of preference to unionists was the approval of transfers of between 200 and 300 teachers…

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Must Pay Rents School Teachers put on Spot Dept. on Good Wicket

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 3

Raising rents is an old-established habit of landlords. But have a tenant who must live in the house and to raise his rent will knowing that the tenant cannot leave would be a rentracketeer’s paradise…

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School Reform Teachers' Move; System Of Exams. Business for Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 7

A MOVE for revision of school curricula and examination methods will be made at the annual council meeting of the…

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Canberra Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

The council of the Canberra Grammar School has decided to spend about £20,000 to erect additional buildings this year to improve the accommodation for the…

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Teachers' Federation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

The tenth annual council meeting and eighteenth annual conference of Australian teachers will be held at the New South Wales Teachers' Federation Rooms, 56 Young Street,…

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Nursery Schools Are Good in England

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 11

NURSERY schools in England are better equipped and more efficiently staffed than those in Australia, said Miss Alicia Walsh,…

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School with No Holiday

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 6

The only school in Sydney which does not have a Christmas vacation is at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. The school, which is attached to the…

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School Teachers. Many Changes in the Personnel. Country Appointments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 10

The Depart[?]t of Education announced yesterday the following appointments and transfers of teachers in New South Wales schools:…

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Little Sister Has Started School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 14

Dear "Worker,"—This is my first letter to your interesting Page. I like reading "The Worker" very much. Dad has been taking it for a long time. I…

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A School Christmas Tree

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

Dear "Worker,"—Here I am again writing to "The Children's Corner." My father has been away shearing, and is home now. I was eleven on…

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Origin of the Coconut (Told to A. C. Mackay, F.R.G.S., by a native teacher.)

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 13

IN a certain Papuan coastal village there lived a man named Wedai. He was known to be a very successful fisherman. Often, when the other men of the…

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Pictures from Overseas the King and Queen Attend a School Play

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 41

On December 20 last Their Majesties the King and Queen attended the annual performance of a play in Latin given by the boys of the Westminster School. Their Majesties were escorted through the Quadrangle by students…

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Cricket. Schools' Week Matches. Improvement in Baiting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 21

Batting improved in the second round of matches of the Schools Week cricket at North Brighton yesterday. C. Pinch followed up his 49 retired of the first day's play, with 82 including eight…

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Home at Wau. Wedding at School Chapel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 9

Wau, New Guinea, will be the future home of Mrs. Wilbur Bell, formerly Miss Jean Drosten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Drosten, of Waverley, whose…

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WELL-EQUIPPED Nursery Schools in England. Nurses' Conditions Hard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 9

Nursery school work in England, winter dress fashions abroad, the English theatre, and nursing and teaching conditions in England, were the subjects…

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School Leaving Age. Attendance Until 15 to be Discussed. Proposal for Cabinet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 23

A proposal to raise the compulsory school attendance age to 15 years will probably be considered by the State Cabinet to-day. The International Public Education…

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Radio Training. New Melbourne School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 22

The demand for radio engineers, technicians, operators, and mechanics has become greater as new avenues of wireless activity, especially in the field of aviation, are…

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