School of Arts Fairfield Committee Meeting
Many important matters were dealt with at the meeting of Fairfield School of Arts last Thursday night. The president, Mr. H. A. Clancy, occupied the chair,…
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"Teachers Poor Defence Pupils"
School teachers do not like going back to school. That was demonstrated yesterday when 200 attended an anti-gas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →International Art Show Striking Work By School Pupils
An international art exhibition, representative of the work of schoolchildren in ten countries, will be held at the Department of Education,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Attendance
"Anxious": M[?] son passed the P.F. examination about 18 mon.; ago, and although he is not yet 14 years of age he has been working and earning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →French Liner Sinks After Fire — Making Machine-guns at Lithgow — Inadequate School Accommodation
The French liner, Paris (34,569 tons), which sank at the pier at Le Havre as a result of a disastrous fire. Art treasures, worth about £150,000. which were consigned to the New York Fair, were saved. Vickers machine-guns are being produced at high ptessure at the Small…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →G.P.S Crews. Nepean Trials. Course Rows Done. Sydney High School Impressive
The placid stretches of the Nepean River near Penrith were transformed into great activity yesterday, when the crews preparing for the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Progress in Defence. Educating the Public. First Gas School
The first gas instruction school to be held in Austialia will begin under the National Emergency Services at the Randwick Small Arms school to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Neglected Schools. Unhealthy and Crowded. Urgent City Needs
Charges of neglect of the proper maintenance of State schools have been bluntly made and as bluntly denied. An inspection, however, of a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Heating in Schools. Money Available
The Minister for Education Mr. Drummond announced last night that money had been made available to permit the installation of heating…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£30,000 Needed to Heat Schools May Get Cheap Power
At least £30,000 is needed to give adequate heating to State schools in Sydney, according to investigations by the Education Department, it was stated to-day. As a start, slow combustion stoves are being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gas Instruction School Opened
The 47 instructors, under the National Emergency scheme, who attended the opening session to-day of the first gas instruction school held…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rockdale Schools
The Rockdale town clerk (Mr. Scott) said at the last council meeting that the Brighton–le–Sands P. and C. Association made application for the usual donation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Want Schools Heated Parents' Demand To Minister
A demand that a scheme to provide heating for school classrooms should be put into operation immediately was forwarded to the Minister for Education,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indignation Over Lack Of School Fuel Animals Warm While Children Go Cold
News that animals at the Zoo were being warmed by special supplies of fuel aroused general resentment yesterday among schoolteachers. "We feel it is pitiable that even animals are kept warm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Fires At School
ASHFIELD INFANTS' SCHOOL, like hundreds more in the State, has no fires. These children at Ashfield school did classroom exercises yesterday to keep warm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heating Need in Schools Teachers Criticise Government
The country committee executive of the Teachers' Federation, representing 2000 schools, strongly criticised the Government last night for its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Teachers Plan Letters To All N.S.W. Councils Doubled School Fuel Grant "Useless"
New South Wales teachers have decided on a concerted drive to get proper heating for schoolchildren this winter. They claim that the promise that the fuel allowance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Afternoon Sunday School
Sir,—The failing afternoon Sunday School can be restored. I know a circuit where the numbers were falling off to such an extent that alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Schools' Boat Race. Keen Struggle Expected. To-day's Great Race at Penrith. Shore and Sydney High Mosl Favoured
To-day's race for the Sohool's eight-oar championship on the Nepean River promises to be keenly contested. The history of the event over a number of years shows that the event has always provided a close finish, and another exciting: race is anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →School Games. Folk Dancing for Girls. Basket Ball for Boys
The State Director of Physical Education Mr. Gordon Young, has arranged to introduce folk dancing for girls in State schools…
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