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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 167

New High School Protest Against Janalli Site. Mortdale Preferred

The St George Call · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 1

Recently the Government acquired large amount of land at Janalli for the purpose of building an up-to-date high school to accommodate the increasing…

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Bexley School Conditions

The St George Call · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 1

All the schools in Bexley are in a disgraceful condition and if they are like others in the State. It is time something was done,” said Ald. Malnerd at the last…

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Even Blackboards Blown Away! N.S.W. School Conditions Criticised

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 9

SO cramped are the playgrounds of some public schools that teachers forbid the children to run about in them. Fearing accidents, teachers will not let the the children…

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School Boxing Tourney

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 4

Marist Brothers' High School, Kogarah, is holding an amateur boxing tournament at Carlton Stadium to-night. Over 30 contests are listed…

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Record Term At High School NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 10

WITH a record of the longest term of service with one school, 25 years, Mr. C. E. Browne, commercial…

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Winter Schools For Farmers

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 7

APPLICATIONS for admission to the winter schools for farmers, poultry farmers, and others, to be held at the Hawkesbury College from…

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On Strike for Bigger School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Incensed at the lack, of proper accommodation, Asterton parents refuse to send their children to school until something is…

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Schools Free: Holiday Army

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 5

Seventy-five schoolgirls who left Central Station last night for Kosciusko wore slacks, sweaters, and other snow sports clothes…

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Presbyterian Assembly: Opposes Aid To Church Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 5

Presbyterian ministers will speak and vote against any suggestion of State aid for denominational schools…

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School Holidays

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 14

MRS. GWENYTH PAUL, of Darling Point, accompanied by her children. Jacqueline, Diana, and Richard Anthony, will leave on Monday for Whitley…

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Sunday School. Fewer Attendances. Excursions and Motor Drives Blamed. Presbyterians Urge "Drive."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 7

A "drive" to induce more parents to send their children to Sunday school was urged by speakers at the Presbyterian Assembly yesterday. Sunday…

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Arts School May Close. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 7

A mayoral minute proposing that the Bowral Council should take over the assets of the Bowral School of Arts, estimated at £4,435, by raising a loan of £2,500 to…

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State Schools. Departmental Survey. Minister's Statement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 12

Following statements made to representatives of Parent and Citizen Associations on Thursday night, that conditions in many State schools in…

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Police Raid Alleged Two-up "School."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 6

In a raid on an alleged two-up "school" at Alexandria late last night, 28 men were arrested. Led by Sergeant Wright, of Headquarters,…

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A Schoolmaster Looks Back

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 20

Dr. Ballard, in common with most schoolmasters, is a keen student of humanity; and he has a happy knack of expressing his views on humanity in quite an un-schoolmasterly…

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School of Modern Writers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 6

Manuscripts will be read and discussed at the meeting of the School of Modern Writers, Room 13, third floor. Post Office Chambers. 333 George Street, on Monday, May 16, at 8 p.m. Non-members…

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Schools Should Teach Music

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 12

THE discovery that Australian State schools do not include musical education as an essential part of their…

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Physical Check on Children State School Plan

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 8

A preliminary survey of 10,000 metropolitan school children is being made by officials of the Department…

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Canter-banks Dispel League S.P. Bogey Draw 13,211 to See Easts' Downfall Dreadnought Pack Irresistible Pupils Turn Tutors

Truth · Sunday 15 May 1938 · page 6

"RUGBY LEAGUE boom days are coming again," was the joyful refrain of President Harry Flegg and Secretary Horrie Miller at S.C.G. yesterday, when a chortling crowd, the best and most enthusiastic for…

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"Like Lord Byron" Schoolteacher Bound Over On Serious Charge

Truth · Sunday 15 May 1938 · page 16

"HE is a genius, highly studious, but, like Lord Byron, he has certain peculiarities." A medical report saying this of Stewart Bishop Snow, one time Master of Brisbane Grammar School, and lately a teacher at Burradoo, was read when Snow pleaded guilty last week at Campbelltown Sessions to indecent assault on…

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