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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 167

School Jubilee

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 12

TO commemorate the jubilee of the Presbyterian Ladles' College, Croydon, which was opened by Lord Jersey 50 years ago, a pageant…

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Judge on Task of Schools

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 16

Changes in the German education system were criticised by Mr. Justice Owen Dixon of the High Court in an address at…

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The Schoolboy Detective Ted's Adventure

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 2

TED THOMPSON, Rob Pearce's young cousin, was feeling glum. The schoolboy detective had been scoring rather too much. Ted liked…

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This School Will Keep Prisons Empty

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 6

EVERY boy at this school has been convicted of at least two offences. It seems unlikely when they, leave that they will be convicted of any more…

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A Weekly Feature School Notes and Tests British History--test Stuart Period

The Sun · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 5

(1) What caused Charles I. to summon Parliament after a lapse of eleven years? (b) The name of this Parliament is known as--…

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Country News. Transport of School Children. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 11

It was suggested at a meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association of the High school that the association should help those parents in the district who were unable to…

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ROWING. St. Ignatius' College Regatta. School Crews Do Well. High School's Senior Eights

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 19

The final of the Grand Challenge eights for senior crews was won by Sydney High School on Saturday at the St. Ignatius regatta on the Lane Cove River, after one of the…

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School of Modern Writers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 8

Entries for the monthly book review competition and other manuscripts will be read and discussed at the meeting of the School of Modern Writers. Room 13, third floor. Post office Chambers, 333…

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Trinity Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 8

The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Mowll, on Saturday afternoon dedicated the chapel furnishings, and unveiled a plague commemorating the building of the new class rooms at…

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Head of River Favorite Coach Praises High School Eight Beat Clubs

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 3

"THE crew that beats High will win the 'Head of the River,'" exclaimed a prominent rowing coach at the Riverview Regatta on the…

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For Women Arranging School Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 4

—Raymond Sawyer. From left to right: MISSES SHEILA HOGAN, EILEEN HERLIHY, and MARY BAULMANN, who are on the committee for the Dominican ex-students' annual ball, which will be held at Hordern Brothers' on April 28…

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The, VITAL age What Nursery Schools Do For Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 5

WITH its decision to establish nursery schools in the capital cities of Australia, the Federal Government is recognising at long last that the training of preschool children is a vital national concern and not an…

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Flying School Site. Canberra Likely Choice. New Defence Plan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 14

Although the claims of Sydney as the site of the new flying training school, to be established as part of the augmented defence scheme, have not been definitely rejected, it…

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Hush-Hush Charge by Schoolmaster Health Inspector’s Statement

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 4

NEWCASTLE.—“I think it is a hush-hush policy between the press and the health authorities,” said the Headmaster of Waratah…

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Children’s Fine Display Bungled By Big Nobs Leave It to Kiddies and Teachers

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Governmental inefficiency and hopeless managerial bungling turned arrangements for the children’s display at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday (part of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations) into nothing less than a terrible…

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School Holidays

The Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 3

State Public Schools will be closed from Friday, April 15, to Tuesday, April 19, inclusive, for the Easter Holidays. They will resume on…

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Farm School in Realistic Model

The Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 3

A remarkably realistic model at the Show of the Barnardo Farm School at Picton, which is in the Agricultural Hall, demonstrates the extent to…

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Doing Well at School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 14

Dear "Worker,"—This is my first letter to your very interesting Page. I go to the Robertstown Public School. I am IS years of age, and in Grade…

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Women and Children Faint. Widespread Chaos at Sydney Schools' Festival

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 12

DISGRACEFUL lack of organisation caused widespread congestion and chaos at the Public Schools' 150th Anniversary Pageant at the Sydney…

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The Schools' Pageant

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 41

One of the most spectacular, beautiful, and effective of the whole series of Celebration pageants Was that which Was staged al the Children's Festival on the Sydney Cricket Ground last Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. As an example of…

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