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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 167

Physical Tutor for Schools Newcastle

The Sun · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 2

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) to-day foreshadowed the appointment of an overseas physical education director for New South…

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Sentenced to Death Offence By Teacher

The Sun · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 3

Harold George Thomas, 22, schoolteacher, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court to-day on a…

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Transfer of Teachers

The Propeller · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 3

The Department of Education notifies the following appointments and transfer of teachers and assistant teachers in connection with local…

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Oatley School of Arts

The Propeller · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 3

The second annual plain and fancy dress ball of the Oatley School of Arts was held last Saturday, the School of Arts hall being decorated…

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Proposed High School. Support at Rockdale

The Propeller · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 1

Co-operation was granted at the last meeting of Rockdale Council to the St. George District Council of Parents and Citizens' Association in…

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Madrid Builds Schools

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 2

MADRID BUILDS NEW SCHOOLS. As soon as the killed and maimed can be dug out of the…

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Junior Technical School Empire Day Celebrations

Liverpool News · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 1

Under the capable direction of headmaster Teasdale, assisted by headmistress Spies, the scholars of Liverpool Junior Technical School were assembled…

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Man Sentenced to Death. Assault on Young Girl. Country School Teacher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 12

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Harold George Thomas, 22, school teacher, was sentenced to death for having committed a criminal assault on a girl of nine years at…

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School Children's Pilgrimage. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 7

More than 300 pupils of Lithgow schools, [?] travelling by bus and otheis on bicycles, attended an annual pilgrimage to Mount Blaxland, where speakers, including two High…

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Writers’ School “Welcomes” Luckner

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY.—An illuminated address (edged in black in memory of the murdered fighters for freedom), produced by the School of…

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Selectors' Knot in Old School Tie London

The Sun · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 1

"Old school ties, pukka sahibs, and old gentlemen have been given a nasty jolt by the choice of Hammond as England's captain for the first Test on June 10," says the "Daily Mail's" sporting gossip writer…

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Education Conference “Teachers Have Good Time.”

The St George Call · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 1

Teachers have a good time and also have too many privileges now,” said Ald. Gardiner at the last meeting of Rockdale Council…

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"I Am Overwhelmed with Shame" Teacher Sentenced To Death

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 2

HAROLD GEORGE THOMAS, 22, school teacher and University graduate, was sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court yesterday…

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Death Sentence On Teacher Offence Against Child Pupil

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 7

SENTENCE of death was passed yesterday, at the Central Criminal Court, on Harold George…

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Hurdle Schooling. Impressive Displays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 15

Judging by the large number of recruits to hurdling, fields promise to be large during the winter months, as 22 horses were sent over the hurdles at Randwick yesterday…

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School of Modern Writers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 6

Mr. I. K. Sampson will lecture on "Art and Propaganda." at the School of Modern Writers Room 13. third floor. Post Office Chambers, [?] G[?]e Street on Monday, June 6 at 8 p.m…

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Teachers Want to Participate

The Sun · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 3

Opportunity of participating in the national insurance scheme, as voluntary contributors, will be sought by the Teachers' Federation. Its council…

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Arbitrator Plan Teachers Protest Letter Sent To Premier

The Sun · Saturday 4 June 1938 · page 2

Further protests against the Government's contemplated alteration of the Arbitration Act to provide for…

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Death Sentence On Country Teacher

Truth · Sunday 5 June 1938 · page 13

IN a frank statement from the dock at the Central Criminal Court during the week, Harold George Thomas, 22, one-time school-teacher at Clermiston Provisional School,…

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Motor Section Will Minister Accept? School Driving Lessons Promise Of Earnest Consideration Of Offers

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1938 · page 26

"Any proposal coming before me, having for its object the minimising of the dangers which beset our daily life,…

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