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Schools, 1939

3,286 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 165

1000 Sign School Petition Bathurst, N.s.w

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 4

A further step in the demand for the new school for the pupils of the Bathurst primary school was taken during the week-end,…

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School Leaving Age

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 4

In a recent issue of the “W.W.” we read that “the Queensland government has approved the principle of raising the school leaving age to 15 years.”…

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Kingsgrove School Prosecution Suggested

The St George Call · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 1

At the last meeting of Bexley Council the health inspector (Mr. Baker), reported that there was no visible sign yet of having been commenced at…

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Scarlet Fever. Found at School

The St George Call · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 1

The Hurstville health inspector (Mr. Doig), reported at the last council meeting that only one case of notifiable infectious disease was reported…

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Lessons On Gas Govt. Secret Scheme for Schools

Daily News · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 2

SCIENCE masters will soon begin to teach public school children about poisongas and gas masks in their…

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Teachers' Duty Education Is Matter of Politics Wollongong, Thurs

Daily News · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 5

FIFTY teachers were told at a meeting in Wollongong that they would have to realise that education was…

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Gas As Part of School Science

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 4

Special science courses on wartime gases will be introduced in all high schools in the State after Easter. Sydney high schools science teachers…

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Sewer Soon For School

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 7

Work to provide Maroubra Bay Public School with a sewer will start as soon as possible. This was stated to the Central…

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Pyrmont S. School

The Methodist · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 5

Teachers have been encouraged by the recent addition of new scholars, and the increased average attendance, which now stands at 35. On a recent wet Sunday 39…

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School Buildings and Sites. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 13

Sir,—Nobody can claim that the Public school premises and playgrounds in suburban and country areas are all above reproach. Neither can anyone in fairness dispute that…

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Michael Redgrave Teacher -- Actor BIOGRAPHY

Daily News · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 7

Four years ago Michael Redgrave was a schoolmaster teaching languages at an English public school. To-day. world-famous stars are…

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Teacher Saw Pupil's Horse Win

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1939 · page 33

A dapper little grey-haired man was among the first to congratulate part-owner F. P. J. Man[?] after Reading had won…

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Basement Classes in High School Lismore

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1939 · page 15

Deplorable conditions resulting from congestion at the Lismore High School were described by the principal (Mr. J. T. Clyne) at a meeting…

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Week's Review of Books and Writers... the Art of Propaganda Herr Hitler And Goebbels As Teachers

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1939 · page 16

A small town which boasted eight churches, ten lawyers, twenty priests, thirty carabinieri, and a convent, was bound to be the birthplace of a man of exceptional talent and in Pescina our author was born, and anybody who wishes to…

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The Schoolboy Detective Mystery Handkerchief

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1939 · page 2

ROB PEARCE had taken a stroll down to the harbor front at Deane Bay. The funnels of a giant liner against the blue sky of a…

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Letters the World in the School. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 3

Sir,—Your sub-leader of Good Friday opens up the wide subject of training for citizenship. An international outlook is a great ideal for us all. Most modern teachers are…

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The Henley Eight. Trials With School Crews. Rowing in English Boat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 13

The Henley eight rowed on the Parramatta River during the week-end with the school crews. On Saturday morning it went up as far as…

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Camp Schools for City Children London, March 24

The Sun · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 4

The school in its greatest education work, harmonious collaboration with the home, is sometimes unable to isolate young people from their often unsuitable surroundings, especially…

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15-Year-Old Girl Schools Own Horses

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 6

Jean Pape, 15, who rides her horses at Sydney and Melbourne shows, also schools her own stable. She rode Tarzan into second place…

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Cash For Cars But Not Schools

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 4

Last Sunday I walked through Darlington, one of the working-class suburbs of Sydney. As I walked I noted the door dwellings from which some…

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