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Schools, 1938

3,334 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 167

The Schoolboy Detective Missing Poster

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1938 · page 2

DOUGLAS WHEELTON, of the fifth form at Granges College, was, to put it plainly, down in the dumps. With several of his form…

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Schooling Made Big Difference To Strathbogie

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1938 · page 21

A course of hurdle schooling contributed to Strathbogie's success in the Warwick Farm Novice Handicap yesterday, but, as he started at any old price, punters would have been happier if he had competed against the jumpers earlier in…

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Popular Ernst Drops In: Susie-Q And Lindy Hop: From England To See Fiance Yvonne's Diary Teacher Said We Were Tough Out Here For Bright Entertainment Mr. Pooley Likes A Corpse A Chapter

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1938 · page 1

WHEN SKIERS' FAVORITE, Ernst Skardarasy, was a little fellow at school in Austria, teacher taught him that Australia was a country a long way away and that the people who lived there were,…

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Select Gambling Parties Grow Gay Sydney Meetings In Luxury Flats Schools For Chemin-de-Fer And Roulette Dodge Police By Shifting Quarters WHILE S.P. Betting Has Had a Setback From the Recent Tightening Up of Regulations, Gambling in Sydney Has Received a New Lease of Life

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1938 · page 3

From unpretentious two-up schools to elaborate gambling dens where roulette, chemin-de-fer and baccarat are played for high stakes, business is booming. Since the last clean-up of gambling establishments a new…

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Dept. Won't Give Schools Machines

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1938 · page 7

Needlework is a compulsory subject for girls in Domestic Science Schools, and instruction in machining is an essential part of the work,…

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Catholic Social Action. Lay Apostolate. Campion Winter School Addresses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1938 · page 7

In an address to the winter school of the Campion Society at Riverview College yesterday, Mr. Justice McTiernan said that the estimate of a dutiful…

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Arbitrator for Service. Questions for Premier. Teachers' Endorsement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1938 · page 7

Five questions about the scope and functions of the proposed Public Service Arbitrator have been directed to the Premier, Mr. Stevens, by the…

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Girls' High Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1938 · page 8

Hockey— a grade [?] 9, beat Fort Street, nil: Parramatta, 3, [?] North Sydney, 1; St George, 3, beat Sydney, 1 B grade; Hornsby, [?] beat Fort Street nil; Parramatte, 2, beat North…

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Boys Claim Schools All Wrong

The Sun · Monday 6 June 1938 · page 6

"The educational system in this State is scandalous," declared Mark Bannister, 15, a prefect of the Central…

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School for Husbands

The Sun · Monday 6 June 1938 · page 9

"MARRIAGES would be much happier if there were training schools for husbands," said Mrs. Mary Rivers to-day at the Soroptomist…

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Schoolboys' Offer: Help Education

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1938 · page 7

TWO schoolboys have made a suggestion to the Teachers' Federation. It is that schoolchildren should take…

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The Boarding School Influence Modern Teachers Take Over Home Training

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 13

MADAME CEORC SZELL, in an article in last week's Women's Supplement on her home country, Czecho[?]lovakia, said, "The home life—it is very…

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Schoolboy Hides Injury. Unwilling to Miss Examination. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 12

Leonard Jackson, 14, a pupil at the Newcastle Junior Boys' High School, concealed the fact that he had had his left leg severely injured in the…

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Children Rest Too Little. Head Teacher's.Warning. Mom Our Special Representative. London, June 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 11

Miss L. Lowe, in her presidential address to the confefence of the National Association of Head Teachers said: "Childicn, to-day do not have enough rest to keep them wel1…

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Building and Construction New Building for School. Addition to Anglewood Opening on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 6

The Minister of Justice, Mr. L. O. Martin, will open extensive additions which have just been completed, at the Anglewood School, Burradoo, Bowral,…

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Schoolboys at Council Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 10

Willoughby aldermen last night had an attentive audience of about 60 Chatswood schoolboys, who attended the meeting as the guests of the Mayor, Alderman Bales…

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Miss Burt's Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1938 · page 9

Pupils of Miss Constance Burt will give a recital this evening at the Little Theatre in Phillip Street. The assisting artists are Miss Dora Hough and Miss Gladys Hart…

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Juvenile Concert Pupils of Mr. J. H. Gibb Provide Entertaining Programme

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1938 · page 26

St. Paul's Church Hall, Harris Park, was packed to overflowing last week, when a Juvenile Pupils' Concert, arranged by…

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School of Arts Euchre

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1938 · page 2

About 40 players participated in the euchre evening at the Wentworthville School of Arts on Saturday night. Mr. T. M. Paul was in charge of the tables…

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Liverpool School Plans for Alterations

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1938 · page 13

For some time the subject of severe criticism, the Liverpool public school will possibly undergo extensive alterations in the near future…

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