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Schools, 1939

3,286 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 165

Diggers Go Back to School

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 3

Eight hundred Diggers went back to school to-day. They were sitting for a competitive…

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All About Australia! How To Write A Real School-Book For Italians

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 6

MR. RAFAELLO BUSONI has written a book called "Australia -- Land and Peoples," published by Cassell and Co. Ltd., London…

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Randwick Schooling

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 21

Frassadale (H. Windle) and Downham (H. Paton), candidates for today's Canterbury Hurdle Race, pleased in trials over three standard jumps at Randwick…

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The Schoolboy Detective Fog Incident

The Sun · Sunday 28 May 1939 · page 2

THE morning was white with fog as Rob Pearce set off on his bike for Halsdale, ten miles away. He wanted to get there as quickly…

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800 Diggers Go Back to School Days

The Sun · Sunday 28 May 1939 · page 2

Eight hundred returned soldiers--many unemployed and among them ex-majors, captains and other ranks--yesterday struggled to qualify for 51 temporary clerical jobs in the Commonwealth Public Service, for which the…

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School Pass to Suit All 'Varsities Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 28 May 1939 · page 7

A certificate that would be recognised by the universities of Australia as sufficient evidence of a general…

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School Employment. Federal Aid Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 12

During a tree-planting ceremony conducted by the Bexley Parents and Citizens' Association in the grounds of the Bexley Public School on Saturday afternoon, Ald. Mainerd…

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Education for Leisure. Jubilee of St. Ives School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 12

Mr. H. B. Turner, M.L.A., who presided over the jubilee celebrations of the St. Ives School on Saturday, said that more time should be given in educating…

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Ragged Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 6

DURING the nineteenth century institutions were founded for the moral reclamation and Christian instruction of the juvenile and adult poor in England, which were known as ragged…

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Teachers' Wages Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 10

The members of the Council of the Teachers' Federation, at a special meeting on Saturday morning, practically completed their new log of wages and conditions to be…

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Areas for School Sport. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 6

A deputation from Lithgow Rugby League to Lithgow Municipal Council said that 200 boys took part in the school competition, and that some provision should be made for…

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Rush to Find Missing Explosives Schools, Parents Warned

The Sun · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 1

Fearing for the lives of children in western suburbs, police to-day undertook a house-to-house canvass in the hope of recovering at least some of 99 sticks of gelignite stolen on Saturday from a brickworks…

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School at Waitara Next Year

The Sun · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 10

Tenders have been invited by the Education Department for construction of a new primary school at…

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Says No Govt. Cash for Schools

Daily News · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 5

"BECAUSE of the parsimonious attitude of the Government, education in this State is…

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Arrests May Solve 6 Crimes Schoolboy Held Postal Hold-up Charge Brawl Ends In Other Arrests

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 2

Arrests made during the weekend will clear up at least six serious crimes, police believe…

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Urgent Need for Schools Govt. Neglect Charged

Daily News · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 2

"More schools--and new ones, too--are wanted in many parts of the State." said Mr. Hendry, secretory of the Teachers' Federation, last night…

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Oral Tests To Enter High Schools Alien Children Given Special Consideration Department Claims System Not Working Unfairly

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 5

Refugee children are being admitted to high schools in Sydney on an oral test only. This was disclosed yesterday by the Education Department's chief examiner (Mr. R. G. Henderson)…

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Pupils Gave Addresses at High School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 3

Short addresses were given by pupils at the Empire Day celebration at Parramatta High School. The whole school assembled in the…

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Hoxton Park School Jubilee. First Teacher to Attend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 11

Mr. A. E. Reay[?] who was a teacher at the Hoxton Park School, near Liverpool, when it was opened in 1889, will attend the jubilee celebration arranged by the local parents and…

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Empire Day School Celebration at Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 3

"Our wonderful Prime Minister of England has gone to extreme trouble, personal and official, to steer the ship of State to safe shores…

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