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Schools, 1939

3,286 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 165

School Sports. Quirindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 7

More than 200 children from Quirindi, Gunnedah. Murrurundi, Werris Creek, Scone, and Willow Tree schools competed at the eighth annual inter-school athletic day sports. The…

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Warmth in Schools. Kogarah Leads the Way

The Propeller · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 1

The St. George County Council has taken a move in the present agitation for the installation of heating equipment in public schools, for the…

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Transfer of Teachers

The Propeller · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 7

The Department of Education notifies fies the following appointments and transfer of teachers and assistant teachers in connection with local…

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Continuation School

The Propeller · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 8

The Hurstville Evening Continuation School will be closed for the autumn vacation from Thursday, 11th May, to Monday, 22nd May, both…

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Won't Interfere in School Strike

Daily News · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 2

The Teachers' Federation will not interfere with the proposed parents' strike at Waitara school. Mothers have decided not to return their…

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Divorce Was Music Teacher's Ruin

Daily News · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Divorce was his ruin, a music teacher told the Bankruptcy Court today. George English, of Immarna Road,…

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Wristlets Of Flowers At School Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 20

MEMBERS of the committee arranging the Kincoppal ex-students' dance, held last night at Elizabeth Bay House,…

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School in Bad State

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 7

An inspection of Milson's Point public school yesterday showed that the building and grounds are in shocking…

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School Cramming To Get Results At Exams. Work Even on Saturdays Declares Evatt Move To Alter Hours Of Attendance Fails

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 7

School teachers overworked children in order to better the examination results of rival schools, Mr. Evatt (Heffron Labor, Hurstville) said in Parliament last night…

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School for Scandal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 10

SEVENTY-EIGHT KINDERGARTEN children are crowded into two small rooms at Waitara Public School. Parents threaten to keep their children home unless heating is provided. This picture, taken yesterday, supports scholars'…

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Prestons School

Liverpool News · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 3

Miss M. Jones, seretary of the Catechist Guild of All Saints' Church, who is a regular attendant at Prestons Public School in her work, was accompanied by…

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Piano for School of Arts

The Biz · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 1

At a special meeting of Fairfield School of Arts on Thursday night last, it was decided to purchase a piano for use in the large hall. The instrument…

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Fort Street School. Annual Speech Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 16

The headmaster of the Fort Street Boys' High School, Mr. C. H. Christmas, said at the school's annual speech day yesterday that too many pupils left…

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N.Z. Race Riding. Schools for Apprentices. Randwick As Model

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 5

Encouraged by the success or the Australian Jockey Club's school for apprentices at Randwick, the New Zealand Racing Conference has decided to open riding…

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Catholic Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 7

More than 300 Catholic teachers in the State attended the annual conference, which began at St. Benedict's Hall yesterday afternoon. The conference will be continued to-day, and will…

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School Children Eat Lunches in Old Cemetery

The Sun · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 7

"Glebe, Paddington, Crown-St. and Erskineville schools are a blot on the landscape," said Mr. S. Lewis at the Country Teachers' Conference to-day. "The longer they are left, the greater will be the expense of fixing…

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Warmth in Schools

The St George Call · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

Co-operation was given at the last meeting of Hurstville Council to the Movement for Educational Progress which sent a letter seeking co-operation…

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School Hockey

The St George Call · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

Bexley Council received at its last meeting a letter from the sportmaster, Hurstville Technical School, referring to permission already given for the school…

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School Heating. Kogarah Scheme

The St George Call · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 1

The St, George County Council decided at its last meeting to install free of charge to the Education Dept. heating equipment in a local school for the…

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School Heating. Teachers' Criticism of Minister. Rebuke Resented

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 19

Country school teacheis at a meeting in Sydney yesterday protested against the criticism which the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, had levelled…

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