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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1939

3,286 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 165

Teacher Won It! Warmth For Schoolroom SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

Long and consistent pressure by the members of the Teachers’ Federation has forced the Stevens government to definitely…

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Scenes at Gallipoli Awaken Memories of 1915 — Anzac Beach To-day — Schoolboys at Memorial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 10

Copies of pictures by "Sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office, Scale of charges may be obtained on application…

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Cold Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Sir,—The problem may find its solution in the adoption by the Education authorities of well-designed and well-constructed timber school buildings. Extensive tests for thermal…

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"OLD boys" dance. Model of School for Decoration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Younger "old boys" of St. Joseph's College were able to have the school before their eyes, as well as in their minds, at the annual ball of the ex-students' union held in…

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Heating in Schools. North Sydney Council Supports Move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 6

The North Sydney Council last night decided to support the efforts to secure adequate heating facilities in the schools in its area…

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Those Wintry Schoolrooms Aldermen Argue On Chilblains

The Sun · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

"All my life I'll remember how I used to sit and shiver in school at Lithgow. I suffered almost continuously in winter from chilblains on…

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School Wants To Expel Its Dogs NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Swansea dogs which insist on going to school are worrying the Education Department. Every morning a number of does follow the children to…

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Game With Match Set School Alight

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 5

LITHGOW, Monday. -- You boys must realise these foolish actions might lead to serious consequences," declared Mr. D. M. Cregan, Lithgow Coroner, to…

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Special School Holiday Trains

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 7

Excursion trains for the autumn school vacation will be run during the second week in May. Schoolchildren, 14 years and over, will…

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Coach Criticises Pupils' Apathy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 6

Lack of interest displayed by members of the Parramatta-Granville tennis class is deplored by the coach (Mr. H. W. Kirkpatrick)…

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Tried to Kiss His Pupils Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 3

A sentence of three weeks' gaol was imposed on Harry Arthur Bright, 27, on one of two charges of assaulting former pupils of his Bible class…

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Teachers Took Their Own Fuel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 1

"I was told last year by one of the school teachers that they had to bring along wood themselves to keep the fires going. I think we should co-operate in…

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Heating of Schools

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 11

Dundas Council, at last week's meeting, granted permission to the Educational Progress Movement to send a representative to address the council's…

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"No" Says Dept. Footpath Near School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 11

"The Minister has reviewed the council's request, but regrets that the department is unable to agree to the construction," is how the Education…

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Brush Farm Suggested Site for Proposed High School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 11

If a high school is to be established in the district, Dundas Council considers the best site would be at Brush Farm. This is…

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Forty-eight Years a Teacher Miss E. Abbott to Finish Long Career at P'matta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 3

After forty-eight years as a school teacher—the last thirty-six of them at Parramatta—Miss E. Abbott will retire at the end of…

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Mt. Pritchard School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 8

When the Department of Education on Monday informed Cabra-Vale Council that the improvement of sanitary conditions at Mount Pritchard Public…

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Warmth for Zoo Animals. But School Children Must Shiver!

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 8

THE N.S.W. Teachers' Federation has circularised all municipal councils in the Sydney metropolitan area, urging pressure on their Parliamentary…

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Fire in School. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 11

After an inquiry into a fire which occurred in a classroom in the boys' department of Lithgow Primary School on December 13, the District Coroner, Mr. D. M. Cregan, found…

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Two-up Schools in Streets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 17

After the march yesterday many Diggers let the years fall away as they set out to "paint the town red." Their efforts, perhaps, were not as…

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