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Schools, 1939

3,286 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 165

Teachers' College Players

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 15

The Teachers' College Rugby Union te[?] which plays in the B[?] Cup competition, and the members of which are now on vacation, will meet Driads at the C[?] ground, near Concord Oval…

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The Schools. Instruction for Sick. Eight Hospitals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 4

Instruction is being given at eight hospitals to more than 300 sick or crippled children. The department proposes to open another school next week…

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Schoolboy "Gags" Politician. Empire Day Address Interrupted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 12

The Hurstville school children yesterday adopted Parliamentary tactics during the Empire Day addresses in the Civic Theatre, Hurstville, in applying the "gag" to Mr. Clive…

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Hurdle Schooling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 15

Ten horses were schooled at Randwick yesterday and none shaped better than Dramy's Present, a recent recruit to hurdling. He had Our Hope for a compa[?]on over six big hurdles, which they ran…

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School of Business Administration. University Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 7

On the recommendation of the University Appointments Board, the Senate of the University of Sydney will consider the question of authorising an inquiry into the…

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School's Fancy-dress Dance

The Propeller · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 2

The Kogarah School Parents and Citizens' Association held their annual plain and fancy-dress dance oh the 10th instant in the Civic Hall…

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Empire Day Celebrations Hurstville School

The Propeller · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 7

The main address at the annual Empire Day celebrations of the combined Hurstville boys and girls' school, held yesterday in the Civic Theatre,…

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School Leaving Age. To the Editor of "The Propeller."

The Propeller · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 7

Sir,--I trust that the letter in your last issue by "Once a Teacher" will come under the notice of the Parents and Citizens' Association, and…

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40-Year-Old Schoolboy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 2

When the school bell at Narrabeen Public School rang yesterday, more than 50 young and middle-aged men and women…

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Coronation Dance Liverpool School of Arts "Queen" Competition

Liverpool News · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 1
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The Coronation dance in the Liverpool Town Hall, on Saturday evening last, was a fitting termination to several months' activity by various candidates to…

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Empire Day Junior Technical School

Liverpool News · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 1

Empire celebrations were carried out at the Regal Theatre, Liverpool (kindly loaned by Mr. Jaffray), on Wednesday by Liverpool Junior Technical School…

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Empire Day School Celebrations

The Biz · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 9

Empire Day was fittingly celebrated at the various public schools on the southern line by the staging of patriotic now and addresses by prominent citizens and…

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Kogarah School Social

The St George Call · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 2

The Kogarah Parents and Citizens’ Association conducted the school’s annual plain and fancy dress dance and social on Wednesday, 10th inst., when…

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School Heating

The St George Call · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 2

At the last meeting of Bexley Council a delegate from the Movement for Educational Progress (Miss Teerman) addressed the council on the objects of the…

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School Safety Patrols

The St George Call · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 1

Bexley Council was advised at its last meeting by Sergt. Colless. Police Station, Rockdale, advising that the Bexley school boys were again successful in retaining…

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Pupils Taught in Open Air

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 5

LITHGOW, Friday.--Pupils of Lithgow boys' school are being taught in the open air, because of renovations being carried out in the school…

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Religious Instruction in State Schools Newcastle and Maitland Districts a Forward Move

The Methodist · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 4

The Newcastle District presents to our church both unique opportunities and great obligations. From the following figures we gain an idea of its size and importance. Within a radius of 50 miles…

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Overcrowded Schools. Gunnedah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 10

When the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, visited Gunnedah recently, the overcrowding in the primaiy and secondary schools was brought under his notice, and he promised…

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Royal Schools' Music Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 10

M. Hugh and Miss Georgina McClean will be guests of honour at the R.S.M. Club musicale to be held next Friday night. June 2, at the Forum Club. A muscial programe will be presented…

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