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Schools, 1939

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Bride Carries Orchids. Wedding at School Chapel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 5

A lovely shower bouquet of cattleya and orchids, grown by a friend of the bridegioom, who is himself an orchid fancier, was carried by Miss Catharine Brett, younger…

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Polytechnic 'School Many Complaints SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3

A number of complaints have reached the "Weekly" regarding a body calling itself the "Polytechnic" Practical Trades School. IT IS ASSERTED THAT WHILE THE ARTICLES A STUDENT…

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Trolley Buses and School Children Department Refuses Request

The St George Call · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 2

The Department of Road Transport and Tramways advised Kogarah Council by letter on Monday night that the Commissioner was unable to see his…

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Our Schools Are Being Starved

Daily News · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 8

AUSTRALIA -- which once led the world in humanitarian and educational reforms -- lags badly behind other countries. Labor administrations overseas -- though this fact is concealed as far as possible from Australia -- put Australian educational facilities to shame…

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Married in School Chapel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 12

"Shore" Chapel was chosen for the wedding last night of Miss Catharine Brett, of Wagga, and Mr. Ronald Stewart, of…

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Schoolboys Visit The Khyber Pass

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3

BOMBAY, Thursday.--The Victorian schoolboys now touring India are en route to the Khyber Pass, North-West Frontier. They will be accommodated…

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Physical Training in School Teachers' Camp — Country Tennis Semifinals — New German Battleship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 14

A vigorous game of volley ball in progress at the Teachers' Physical Education Camp at Brookvale. where exercise and games are organised between lectures and demonstrations Germany's biggest battleship, the 26,000-ton Scharnhorst, which was launched in 1936, was put into commission this month. The Scharnhorst is 741 feet long at the water-line, and has a maximum breadth of 98.4 feet. Her heaviest guns are 11-inch, and she carries four aeroplanes, with…

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Drama in the Sunday School

The Methodist · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 4

What is Religious Drama? It is drama which is religious in its effect upon the audience; drama which leaves audience and performers with increased understanding of the fellowship between…

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Letters Libraries and Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6

Sir,—The news of the Government's final intention in regard to the Library movement, will be most welcome to all keen citizens. May I seize the occasion to suggest…

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High Schools' Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 16

The New South Wales Cricket Association will hold a coaching week for High School cricketers, at the association's ground, North Brighton, commencing on Monday…

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School of Modern Writers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 6
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Manuscripts will be read and discussed at the School of Modern Writers. Room 13, third floor, Post Office Chambers, 333 George Street, on Monday, at 8 p.m. Non-members are invited to…

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Physical Education School. Inspectors Visit Camp

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 10

A party of 40 school inspectors from the Education Department visited the teachers' physical education summer school at Brookvale yesterday. During the morning they…

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Bishops Go to School

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 3

The fourth Anglican Summer School, arranged by the Australian Board of Missions, began to-day at Barker College, Hornsby, when 75…

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S.M. Finds Witness Is School Chum

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--Forty years ago, two boys sat together in a classroom of Sydney High School. They occupied the top positions of their form…

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Randwick Schooling

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 21

A clever display of jumping was given by Royal Promise (Robinson) and Cloughran (Kennedy) at Randwick yesterday morning. The Pair…

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Former Schoolboy International Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 20

Henry Victor ("Vic") Harris, former New South Wales Rugby Union representative half-back, died yesterday, aged 60 years…

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Fourth Anglican Summer School

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 13

One hundred delegates are attending the fourth Anglican Summer School, at Barker College, Hornsby. The school will last for a week,…

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The Schoolboy Detective The Cheque

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1939 · page 2

THERE had been a faint drizzle of rain on the parched countryside, but the all was Still hot and oppressive. The sky was a dull…

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India's Robinson Crusoe School From the Abode of Peace to Sydney Eastern Teacher's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 2

KOMALAM is the soft Indian name of a decorative little lady who has come to Sydney. It fits into the same picture as the graceful folds of her gold…

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