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Schools, 1939

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Letters an Officers' Training School. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 10

Sir,—I am afraid I am not in step with Mr. D'Arcy Shelley's and Major A. H. Champion's criticism of Mr. Sinclair Smith's letter to the "Herald." The school cadets, particularly…

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School of Modern Writers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 11
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The School of Modern Writers will reopen in room 13. third floor, Post Office Chambers, 333 George Street, on Monday, January 9, at 8 p.m. Non-members are invited to attend…

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Schoolgirl Extras

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 19

PUPILS of the Sydney Girls' High School dismissed thoughts of the impending intermediate examination last month and took part in a scene…

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Lingerie, Old School Ties, Excluded Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 1

A popular line of handwork lingerie, which had a ready sale in many parts of New Zealand, is included in the list of imports restricted by the New Zealand Government. Young women were dismayed…

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Yesterday's Weddings Wed In School Chapel

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 6

CANON WOODGER, assisted by the Rev. Nigel a Beekett Backhouse, officiated at the wedding yesterday of Miss Eleanor Joyce Millard and…

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The Schoolboy Detective The Mummy

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 2

ROB PEARCE was spending a few clays of the annual holidays with his cousin, Ted Thompson. The house was an old…

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In Camp With School Cadet Corps

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1939 · page 3

AS a member of Sydney High School Cadet Corps, I was able to attend the annual camp of training held at Liverpool from…

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Harmless Fall for Rider Womblebank Down While Schooling

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 15

Womblebank gave jockey R. Young a harmless fall when schooling at Randwick this morning. After jumping six small hurdles,…

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Teachers to Wed To-night

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 11

A GOWN of lacquered moire taffeta, cut on classical lines and featuring a long train, will be worn by Miss Merle Clayton Atkinson for her…

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Wedding Of Two Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 8

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Robinson, who were married at St. John's Church, Ashfield, on Saturday night, are both ex-students of Armidale Teachers' College…

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An Officers' Training School. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 7

Sir,—One gains the impression from the letters of your correspondents of the "Great Public Schools" that the moneyed classes they represent should be the main recruiting ground…

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Instruction for Teachers. Physical Education. Mr. Young Explains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 14

The Diiector of Physical Education, Mr. Gordon Young, began his physical fitness campaign yesterday when he opened a conference and refresher…

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Visiting Schoolboys to Play at Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 8

The Queensland schoolboy tennis players will be at the Campbell-street courts, Parramatta, to-morrow night. They will play a team drawn from this…

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Enjoys Cycling to School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 14

Dear "Worker,"—This is my first letter to your "Corner," which I like reading. I attend Wollomombi Public School, and enjoy gong. I am 11 years…

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Summer School for Country Girls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 8

"When you go back to the country, do realise that you have just enjoyed lots of opportunities which others have not had, and hand on the cultural development you have…

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Sydney Grammar School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 20

The following candidates have been awarded entrance scholarships to the Sydney Grammar School on the results of the recent examination:—…

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School Wireless Sets. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 11

Parents and Citizens' Associations throughout Erina Shire have requested the council to connect electricity to schools so that wireless sets may be installed…

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Trade School Bricklayer Says Sacked On First Job

Daily News · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 2

An ex-traines of a polytechnic school at Camperdown informed the Bricklayers' Appretniceship Council yesterday that a builder told him he was unsatisfactory…

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WINS 5 Learning to Swim Waverley Schoolboy

Daily News · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 5

Morris Curotta, 9, of Waverley, was the winner of 6 given by the Daily News yesterday. His head was marked by the lucky ring…

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