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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 128

McKenzie Appointed Schools Director

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 2

The Deputy Chief Inspector of Schools (Mr. J. G. McKenzie) has been appointed Director of Education in New South Wales…

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Eastern Suburbs School Tennis

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 20

Entries for Eastern Suburbs schoolboys' and schoolgirls' championships close on February 21. Pupils living in Vaucluse, Waverley,…

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Junior Technical School

Liverpool News · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 1

The Department of Education is sending Mr. R. Agnew to Liverpool School with a quantity of films and demonstration material. He will demonstrate…

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High School Move

Liverpool News · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 2

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce is co-operating with the Municipal Council, A.H. and I. Society. P. and C. Association and R.S. & S.I.L.A. in the…

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Orphan School Creek Bridge. Strengthened by Renalrs

The Biz · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 3

Repo[?]ting to Fairfeld Council on the inspection [?]ade b[?] the works committee of the bridge in Canley Road. over Orphan School Creek. to[?]ether with the…

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Fairfield School of Arts

The Biz · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the committee of the above institution was held on Tuesday night, under the presidency of Mr. H. A. Clancy. There were also…

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School on Recreation Ground

The Land · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 14

"B.A.R.": Could you tell me if It is possible' to have a school erected on a recreation ground? Answer The inquirer does not state if…

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Teacher Retires. Farewell by Parents' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Gordon Parents and Citizens' Association next Monday night a farewell will be given to Mr. F. Flintoff, who recently retired after being in…

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Teachers Answer Rail Chief Sydney, Feb. 11

Tribune · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 3

“The Australian Railways Union and Barrier Industrial Council gave full co-operation to the teachers returning to Broken…

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Junior Cricket. Rock. Scots Made Record Score Six Wickets for 477. Centuries by J. Gunn, E. Root, R. Morrison, A. Gosling, D. Morton, and W. Tyrrell. VIDLER and Weir Unfortunate. Horrie Hutchison Took 6 Wickets for 7. Schoolboy Johnston’s Early Bowling Success

The St George Call · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 4

Playing in the as grade of St George Association last Saturday Rockdals Scots made a record score by amassing 477 runs for loss of six…

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Fighting Scholars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 12

"To know nothing that happened before we were born," wrote a scholarly lawyer in 1714, "is to live like children; and to understand nothing but what directly tends to the…

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Barracks Protest by School

Daily News · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 5

On the casting vote of the Mayor, Ald. Gaden, Woollahra Council yesterday, at a special meeting, decided to ask the Defence Department to…

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They Like School PAARL, Cape of Good Hope (by Air Mail)

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 28

TEN years' attendance at school without a single day's absence is the record of Miss Lind Dick, senior matriculation student at La…

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Pressure on Teachers Penalty of Championing Children's Cause Critics Must Explain

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 5

Long-simmering trouble between the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, and the Teachers' Federation…

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School has no room for 250

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 7

LISMORE, Saturday. -- Four classes, totalling 250 pupils, cannot get accommodation in the High School at East…

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School Swimming

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 31

Entries for the All Schools' swimming championships at North Sydney Olympic Pool on March 2 close with the Amateur Swimming Association on…

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Ducking for School Eight

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 31

Shore, the G.P.S. title-holders, got a ducking when their eight swamped and sank during training on the Parramatta River yesterday morning…

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Self-help and Schools. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 5

Sir—I have been reading in the "Herald" [?] the difficulty of getting repairs and [?]tions to some of the smaller State [?]ols, and wonder why the residents of…

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"Bogus" Schools Protecting Students. Bill to Be Amended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 11

Changes will be made in the Technical Education Bill to protect students from the operations of "bogus" industrial and commercial schools…

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Manly Demand for High School

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 11

Manly aldermen have decided to call a public meeting of protest, because of the failure of the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond)…

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