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Schools, 1939

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Catholic School Paper

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 22

It is a rule in the Archdiocese that all Catholic Primary Schools must have the Catholic School paper as their official text book in classes 3, 4, 5, and 6. during…

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Teachers' Conference

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 22

The Teachers' Conference will be held on May 11, 12 and 13, 1989…

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School Holidays

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 22

Close on 10th May, re-open on 29th May. Close on 1st September, re-open on 11th September…

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Ursuline Convent, Guyra. New High School Opened

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 35

On Sunday, 26th ult., his Lordship Most Rev. J. A. Coleman, D.D., Ph.D., Bishop of Armidale, was happy to visit Guyra and to bless and open the new…

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Griffith High School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 11

The headmaster of the Griffith intermediate High school, Mr. W Hill, at the annual speech night, said that a pupils of an infants class were at one time "housed" in a riin 16ft by…

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New Headmistress Appointed. The New England Girls' School, Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 20

TO succeed Miss N. Dumolo, B. A., who has retired' from the position of headmistress after fourteen years of most successful work, the Council of the New England Gills' School…

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The Schools. Educational Guidance. Counsellors Appointed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 4

The Education Department has appointed school counsellors to ten distircts from which children are enrolled in public high schools…

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Teachers Ask Questions Waverley Election Candidates

The Sun · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 10

A questionnaire on their attitude to education matters, and a request for an immediate reply, has been sent to each of the candidates in…

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Penshurst School

The Propeller · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 3

At a meeting of the Penshurst Parents and Citizens' Association, held in the school on Tuesday night, Mrs. E. Atherton tendered her resignation…

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Domestic Science School

The Propeller · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 3

Sir,--Your correspondent, W. Spicer should be commended for having brought under notice the conditions which appear to exist at Hurstville…

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School of 400 Gets 70 Pencils

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 5

"Lack of materials supplied by the Education Department to primary schools is so grave that teaching is no longer efficient…

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Teacher Posed As Doctor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 8

A young man admitted in Central Police Court yesterday to an obsession to call himself a doctor…

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School Concert

The Biz · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 2

Arrangements are well in hand for the St. John's Park School concert, to be held in the local School of Arts on Saturday night next. There will be a good…

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Farm School Model at the Royal Show

The Land · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 13

One of the interesting exhibits in the Agricultural Hall at the Royal Show is a working model of the Barnardo Farm School at Picton…

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School Garage

The St George Call · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 1

Bexley Council was asked at its last meeting by the Carlton and West Kogarah P. and C. Assn., that the garbage service be made available to the Carlton…

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School Patrols

The St George Call · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 1

At the last meeting of Bexley Council a letter was received from Sergt. Colless, asking if council would again make a donation of £2/2/0 towards…

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Teachers' Test

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 5

The Teachers' Federation is testing Waverley by-election candidates with a questionnaire sent to the three candidates…

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Conduct of Pupils. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 7

Commenting to-day on recent complaints that children travelling to school in trains develop into a "first-class set of hooligans," and that the carriages are "schools of…

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Northern Suburbs Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 7

At the seventh annual meeting of the council of the Northern Suburbs Parents and Citizen's Associations held at Chatswood Public School the following officers were…

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The King's School Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 16

The headmaster of The King's School, Mr. H. D. Hake, has oraganised a cricket match between a side chosen by himself (which includes the Premier, Mr. Stevens) and the…

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