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Schools, 1939

3,286 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 165

Arrested At Sunday School: Murder Charge New York

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 1

A college student was arrested on a charge of murder as he left Sunday school at Johnson City (Tennessee) yesterday…

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Successful Pupils

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 8

Peggy Guerin, the clever little child dancer who last week was inadvertently reported as being a pupil of Miss Trixie Boss; received her training from Miss…

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Pupils' Concert Was Success

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 11

A concert by the pupils of Miss Madge Copas at Granville Methodist School Hall on Saturday was enthusiastically received by an appreciative audience…

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35 Pupils in One Room Rheumatism in Kindergarten Pupils Wet And Cold

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 1

Chicken-pox, rheumatism, croup and colds have taken heavy toll of 78 kindergarten pupils crowded into two rooms at Waitara Public School. Parents of these children have said they will…

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Lost Pupils on His Divorce Bankrupt's Effort To Pay Debts MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 3

A big slump in his women and girl music pupils immediately after he was divorced in 1927 was the reason George English, of Immarna-road,…

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School Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 11

Raymond Boovers, of Hutchinson-street, Granville, suffered a painful laceration of the right ankle when a piece of wood feel on it at Granville…

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Attends High School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 14

Dear "Worker,"—This is my first letter to your very interesting Page, which I look forward t[?] every week. I am 12 years old, and attend Albury…

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Shivering School Children

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 11

ALTHOUGH the N.S.W. Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) has endeavored to minimise the seriousness of the position arising from the…

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Milson's Point School. Council Orders Government to Make Repairs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 8

The North Sydney Council resolved last night to serve the Education Department with a notice to effect repairs to the Mllson's Point School within 15 days…

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Technical Education Teachers Seek Seat on Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 10

The Minister for Education Mr. Drummond when questioned in the Legistative Assembly yesterday by Mr. J. T. Reid (U.C.P., Casino), said that the report made to the Teachers…

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New Preparatory School, Newington College, Stanmore, Sydney

Construction · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 8

Architect: A. W. Warden. Builders: H. W. Thompson & Co. The School's badge in black glazed terra cotta on a cream ground has been appropriately incorporated over the main entrance to the new building, which has been executed in cream bricks with red brick quoins and detail…

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Given 15 Days to Repair School

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 1

North Sydney Council has given the Education Department 15 days to repair the Milson's Point school. The Health Inspector (Mr…

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N.Z. Teachers' Policy Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 13

By an overwhelming majority, the annual conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute, embracing all Dominions schoolteachers, decided…

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Mothers' School Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 2

Mothers will take their children from the Waitara Public School from May 23…

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Debutantes At School Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 10

Women guests in the official party at the annual dance of Loreto Convent, Kirribilli, held at the Wentworth Hotel last night, were each presented with a…

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Premier At School Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 10

The Old Fortians' Ball was held at Hordern Bros.' ballroom by the Old Girls' Union of the Fort Street High School last night…

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Schoolbooks Clue to River Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 3

SEATTLE, Tuesday.--Three schoolgirls are believed to have been drowned when a skiff overturned in the Columbia River…

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Rhodes Scholars Urged to Return

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 10

Rhodes Scholars should return to the Dominions to disseminate the knowledge they had gained under the scheme. Dr. Wilton Henley, New Zealand…

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St. Joseph's, Lochinvar. Past-pupils' Reunion

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 25

A general reunion of all past-pupils of St. Joseph's, Lochinvar, will be held at the convent on Sunday, 14th inst. A cordial invitation is extended to all to…

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Rhodes Scholars. Obligation to Return. N.Z. Doctor's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 10

Dr. Wilton E, Henley, who left New Zealand as a Rhodes Scholar for Oxford University in 1929, and who arrived in Sydney to-day in the Brisbane Star on his way back…

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