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Schools, 1939

3,286 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 165

Turf Notes From Stable and Course. Schooling at Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 13

The number of horses schooled at Randwick yesterday was smaller than usual. Two of the best performers were Lord Belmont and St. Robert. The former, ridden by Kennedy,…

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The Schools. Examination Study. International Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 4

The Australian Council for Educational Research has been invited to act for Australia in forming an international committee for the study of…

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School Playing Field. Gore Hill Site Suggested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Turner (U.A.P., Gordon) asked whether the Government would "show its sincerity in the promotion of national fitness" by turning the…

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Schoolgirl Fatally Injured. Tweed Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 5

Yvonne Hayes, 8, of Chindera, died last night from injuries received when her bicycle and a motor car collided on the Pacific Highway at Banora Point, near Tweed Hoads,…

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Schoolgirl Champion

The Propeller · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

Miss Joyce Fitch, a local schoolgirl, last Saturday won the schoolgirls' singles championship conducted by the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association. Joyce has…

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Guildford Congregational Church. Sunday School Garden Party

The Biz · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 3

Last Saturday afternoon the Guildford Congegational Sundey School, with parents and friends, held an afternoon garden party at the home of Mr. and Mrs…

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Miss Bessie O'donnell, L.L.C.M. Teacher of Fianoforte. Organ and Theory at Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. from 2.30 p.m "Ivanhoe," Eustace-st., Fairfield: and St. Luke's Parish Hall, Liverpool

The Biz · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 10

BORIS KARLOFF, who plays the role of the "Monster" in Universal's "SON OF ERANKENSTEIN," is in real life a cultured…

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Site for R.A.A.F. School. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 7

The Mayor reported at a meeting of the Dubbo Council that, [?] it was stated that Wagga had been selected as the site for the inland training school for, the Air For[?], steps…

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Country News. Air Force Training School. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 7

The Mayor of Albury, Alderman Padman, announced at a meeting of the council last night that, in reply to representations concerning the suitability of Albury as a centre…

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Doctor of Philosophy As Teacher of Maths

The Sun · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 9

ALTHOUGH forced by the Nazis to leave Austria Dr. Lia Forst, a doctor of philosophy from the University of Vienna, has been paid the…

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School Cricket. Hurstville v. Dulwich Hill

The St George Call · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 4

Dulwich Hill (declared) 7-129 beat Hurstville 34 (Bushel! 10; Jones 5-16 Darley 3-12) and 1-53 (Bushell 30 n.o., Maher 9. n.o., Crawford 8.)…

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Schoolboy Falls From Train

Daily News · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 5

A 15-year-old schoolboy narrowly escaped death when he fell from an electric train near the Guildford railway station yesterday…

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Urges School Fitness Drive

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 2

"Corrective, remedial exercises and folk dancing should be compulsory in every school." Miss Patricia Page, physical…

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Queensland Has Grip on School Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 19

Queensland seems assured of the Australian public schools' cricket title. Queensland defeated Victoria outright on Wednesday, and has a first-innings…

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Pupils As Election Helpers Perth

The Sun · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 2

Twenty school children will go, in a party, to see the "talkies" this afternoon, in recognition of their…

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Tornado Sweeps Kansas Town — Migrants Pass Customs — School Crews Train for "Head of River."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 14

An unusual photograph of a tornado moving at high speed across the town of Columbus, Kansas, USA. The whirling column demolished buildings and left a trail of destruction through the town. The rotating currents of air in the column…

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School of Modern Writers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 5

Manuscripts will be read and discussed in Room [?], third floor, Post Office Chambers, 333 George Street, on Monday, March 27, at 8 p.m. Non-members are invited to attend…

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Royal Schools' Music Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 5

on Thursday evening next, March 30, at the Forum Club, Mr. Frank Hutchens, A.R.A.M., will give a talk, entitled "Musical Scene in London." The Misses Una Gibson, harpist; Constance Monk,…

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Teachers Warn Premier

The Sun · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 3

Complaining of "shabby treatment" by the Education Department, the Teachers' Federation,…

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Schoolboy's Thousand Runs in Season

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 22

R. BRATCHFORD, a 14-year-old left-hander, has scored 1006 runs in Brisbane this season. Yesterday he made 64 not out for Queensland, who defeated New…

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