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Schools, 1939

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Nature Films for Schools. Spending Carnegie Grant. Museum Staff at Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 17

A grant exceeding £1,000, which the Australian Museum received from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, for expenditure "on an educational…

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School for Detectives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 17

After lectures extending over a month, 48 young constables who are in training for the rank of detective were given an oral examination in various phases of crime detection at…

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School of Modern Writers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 6
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Reading of manuscripts, preceded by the quarterly general meeting, will take place at the School of Modern Writers, room 13, third floor, Post Office Chambers, 333 George Street, on Monday, February…

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Teachers Lose Holiday Pay

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 3

Women teachers, dismissed on marriage and taken back by the Department to fill shortages, are dismissed at the end of the year, to…

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"Oigle" Back to School

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 10

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School Shut

Daily News · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 2

The Crystal Street Parents and Citizens' Association at Petersham last night issued a strong protest against the summary closing of the Crystal Street Primary School…

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Employers Want Youth Industry's Door Open To Pupils 45,000 Will Leave Schools: 'Chances Bright,' Say Authorities

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1939 · page 13

School and Government authorities agree that the chances of the 45,000 boys and girls in N.S.W., who will leave school this year are excellent. The Labor and Industry Department regards the juvenile…

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School Re-union

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1939 · page 10

MEMBERS of the Old Girls' Union of the Springwood Ladies' College assembled at the Carlton Hotel yesterday for their annual general…

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The Schoolboy Detective Midnight Adventure

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1939 · page 2

IT was a dark night, with hardly a star in the heavy sky. All day great banks of cloud had been gathering. As they made their way…

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In a Scottish Village "Kailyard School" Continues

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1939 · page 16

THE "Kailyard School" of novelists, whose scenery is in Scottish village life, has never been quite out of sight during the past fifty years,…

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True Lovers' Knots Trim Bridesmaids' Organza Gowns Wedding Ceremony At School Chapel

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1939 · page 10

THE Chapel of the Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, was chosen for the wedding, last night, of Miss Joan Elisabeth Talbot, and Mr. Mervyn Garnet Scholer, only son of the late Mr. O. M. Scholer and of Mrs. A…

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Let's Talk Together School Begins Again

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 23

Dear Girls and Boys,— HOW do you like going back to school? So far, I must say, no one seems to mind the thought of it at all. In fact, as one of…

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Crystal Street School. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 5

Sir,—The Crystal Street Parents and Citizens' Association wish to express their indignation at the closing of the Crystal Street Primary School at Petersham and the…

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Married Women Teachers. Dismissals Criticised. Repeal of Act Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 6

The country committee of the Teachers' Federation on Saturday criticised the Education Department for its treatment of married women teachers…

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Schoolgirls' Flight. Salamaua to Sydney. Back to School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 7

Jill and Jacqueline Seagers, aged seven and nine years respectively, who spent their school holidays with their parents in Salamaua, arrived in Sydney yesterday in the W. R…

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No Warning to Parents Closing Of Primary School

The Sun · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 2

An indignant protest has been made by the Crystal-street Public School P. and C. Association, Petersham, at the way in which, without notice or…

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Teachers Elect Officers

Daily News · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 5

The following officers of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation were elected on Saturday: President, Mr. Malcolm MacKinnon,…

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Teachers' New Executive

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 7

The annual election on Saturday of executive officers of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation resulted: President, Mr. M. Mackinnon;…

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