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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 167

Rhodes Scholars in a Black Empire

The Sun · Sunday 22 May 1938 · page 5

THERE is no new thing under the sun. Stone-age man has his travelling scholarships. Under ordinary circumstances, it…

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Mosman Schoolboy in Racing Stir Alleged Lease of Disqualified Horse Sensational Developments In Brisbane Inquiry

Truth · Sunday 22 May 1938 · page 3

SENSATIONAL developments have occurred in connection with the disqualification of the well-known Brisbane racehorse, Mew Gull, at the Bundaberg Newmarket meeting on April…

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The Schoolboy Detective Camera Luck

The Sun · Sunday 22 May 1938 · page 2

"A DETECTIVE can't always find his man," said Lionel Martin, sharpening a pencil to a fine point with his new penknife, which he…

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Britain's Balloon Barrage School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 13

Hauling on the mooring ropes of one of the balloons, which will form a barrage for the defence of London against aerial attack. This photograph was taken at the school for volunteers at Cardington, where the men are being trained in the defence scheme…

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New School for Silverdale. Silverdale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 7

On behalf of the Silverdale Progress Association, Mr. Joseph Jackson made personal representations to the Minister for Education for a new school at Silverdale. The…

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School-Bag Gas Masks LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 3

Will British school children be supplied with one gas mask for the home and another for school, or must the same one be carried…

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Czech Children Learn Defence in War School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 1

GAS MASK DRILL FOR GIRLS. At one of Czechoslovakia's Youth Camps, girls between the ages of six and 14 are instructed, in wearing respirators. They are seen emerging from a demonstration car after a lesson…

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For Women Anglo-american Ball Committee Meeting. School Song Sung. Combined Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 4

The song or Fort Street Boys' High School and Fort Street Girls' High School, "Come Portians, Fortians All," was sung by those present at the eighteenth…

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Country Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 3

Sir,—The reason country people are often against pulling down the bush schools and sending their children into central schools is that it costs the parents more money than…

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"No Dictators" Empire Day at Parramatta Schools

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 3

"Comparing the solidity of our Empire with the unrest and turbulence of other nations throughout the world makes one proud to be a…

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Dance at School for Crippled Children

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 4

The first dance promoted this season by the Rosehill branch of the crippled children's auxiliary was held in the assembly hall at Rosehill school on…

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Extensions to School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 10

The first of a number of projected improvements, extensions are being carried out at the Wentworthville School of Arts…

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Back to School Again

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 14

Dear "Worker,"—I thought I would write again to the interesting Page. I was very pleased to see my first letter in print. We started school again on…

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Schoolteacher Killed Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 18

William Christopher Thompson, 65, head teacher of the Mutdapilly State School, near Laidley, fell in front of a slow moving goods train at Booval Station this afternoon, and…

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Celebrations in Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 16

Empire Day was celebrated in the State schools, which reopened yesterday after the autumn vacation Special addresses and lessons were given, emphasising the desirability…

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High Schools' Rugby Union First Grade

The Sun · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 26

Canterbury 14 (Bates 2, Jobbins 2 tries, T. McClenaughan goal) beat Fort-street nil. At Pratten Park. North Sydney 11 (King. Westbury tries…

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Transfer of Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 18

The Department of Education has issued the following list of transfers and appointments of teachers:-- Teachers.--Mr. O. Anderson, Burragate to…

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Empire Day Celebration at Penrith Inter.-high School

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 6

School resumed on Tuesday after the vacation, and Empire Day was celebiated throughout the State. At Pen[?] Intermediate High School the day…

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Blind Children. St. Lucy's School Blessed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 25

On Wednesday, 18th inst., at 7 a.m., his Grace the Coadjutor-Archbishop (Most Rev. N. T. Gilroy, D.D.), celebrated Holy Mass in the new school for the blind, St. Lucy's,…

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Pledges That Are Not. It Started at School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 6

Surveying the confusion now rife in nations called civilised, can we admit that the statesmen in control show any consciousness of responsibility to God? Many of…

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