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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 167

Postal Sunday School Movement—easter Camp at Collaroy

The Land · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 23

The P.S.S.M. is well-known in thousasds of isolated homes, where the little magazine, "Joy Bells," is welcomed month, by month. But not often do these bonny young…

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Another Fire in School Vandals At Work At Petersham

The Sun · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

Youthful firebugs operated again last night, or early to-day, when an attempt was made to burn down the Crystal-street Public School…

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Family Record in Law School

The Sun · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 2

At the conferring of degrees at the University to-morrow morning, the degree of LL.B. will be conferred on Mr. H. F. Windeyer, B.A., whose two…

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Empire Day Assistance in the Schools

The St George Call · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 6

The Rockdale town clerk (Mr. Scott) reported at the last council meeting that the council usually made the following donations to the various P. and C…

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Peakhurst Paralysis. Children Kept From School

The St George Call · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 6

In his peport at the last meeting of Hurstville Council, the health inspector (Mr. Dolg), [?]d since last meeting of council a total of five cases of notifiable…

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Pictures And Plays By "Pat" The Singing Schoolgirl Back Again

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 10

DEANNA DURBIN, who unleashed her surprising soprano voice in police stations in bed and in concert halls during her first two pictures, sings on bicycles on railroad…

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Thieves Active At Schools

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 1

LAWBREAKERS have, been active at Public Schools in three different suburbs in the last few days Between 7.30 p.m. on May 2 and 9…

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School Fire Gives Girls A Holiday

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 5

GIRLS of the Leichhardt Domestic Science School had a half-holiday yesterday. An attempt had been made on Wednesday night to set the…

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Country School Children. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 6

Sir,—It seems a pity to let the letter of "Constance Sly" go unchallenged, though she is sure her information is correct. The private bus leaves Avoca between 8 and 8.15 a.m.,…

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Country School Children. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 6

Sir,—Those metropolitan delegates who attended the last annual conference of the Federation of Patents and Citizens' Associations should know, by the discussion on this…

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Great Golf by Irish School Boy. London, May 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 15

The 17-year-old Irish school boy, James Biuen, participating in the Walker Cup trials at St. Andrews, had a round of 68, equalling Bobby Jones's amateur record. He…

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Children Blamed for Fire in School. Silver Cups Missing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 16

Children are believed to have been responsible for a fire which burned through three or four feet of the ground floor of the Crystal Street Public School, Petersham, early…

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School of Modern Writers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 5

Mr. MacKenzlc will talk on "Literature and [?], at the School of Modern Writers. Room 13 third floor. Post Office Chambers. 333 George Street. on Monday. May 9 at 8 p.m. Non-members are…

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School Book Attack

The Sun · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 2

Describing the present public school magazine as "wasteful, and uneconomic spending of public money,"…

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Poorer Health at School' Playground Lack Is Blamed

The Sun · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 2

Children's health improves when they are not at school, according to a report quoted at to-day's monthly meeting of the Teachers' Federation…

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Another Fire in School Petersham Outbreak

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 7

Another fire in a school--the second in three days--occurred in Crystal-st. public school. Petersham, yesterday…

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Manager Bound Over For Incident At Park Riding School

Truth · Sunday 8 May 1938 · page 26

AN incident at a riding school in Centennial Park on April 10 was described at Paddington Court last week, when Edward George Weeden, hotel and club manager, of Cook-road, Centennial Park, was bound over…

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Garden Party at School

The Sun · Sunday 8 May 1938 · page 12

THE fun of renewing old acquaintanceships was the chief feature of the garden party held yesterday afternoon by the ex-students of St…

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School Notes and Tests British History Test 12 Declaration of Rights

The Sun · Sunday 8 May 1938 · page 2

(1) Before the accession of William III, and Mary II., what Parliament met? (b) What famous Declaration did it draw up? (c)…

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The Schoolboy Detective Tom's Disappearance

The Sun · Sunday 8 May 1938 · page 2

ROB PEARCE stopped, turned round to look at a small girl who was weeping bitterly, and muttered something in an exasperated…

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