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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 128

Lawn Tennis. School and Age Titles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 16

The school and age lawn tennis championships were continued on Saturday in the schoolboys' singles. J. May had a meritorious victory against W. Murdoch, one of the favoured competitors. In…

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Kindergarten School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 13

Archbishop Gilroy officially opened and blessed a new kindergarten school at Lewisham yesterday. The building will accommodate 300 infants, and cost nearly £7,000. Of this…

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Teachers and Criticism. Executive Defiant. "Campaign If Need Be."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 13

A suggestion that the Teachers' Federation might take part in political campaigns was contained in a report of the president, Mr. McGuinness,…

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School Swimming. North Sydney Boys' High School. (Held at North Sydney Olympic Pool yesterday.) Senior Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 16

Freestyle, 55yds, E. J. Wesbury, 30.[?] 1; H. M. Bell, 2; A. Eustway, 3. 110yds, A. S. Knnedy, 1m 11.2s (record), 1; A. C. Eastway, 2; H. Bell, 3. 220yds, A.S. kennedy, 2m 48s. 1; A. Eastway, 2;…

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Water Shortage at School. Paddington Inspector's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 12

The health inspector of Paddington, Mr. M. F. Gallagher, reported to the meeting of the council last night that the water supply to the Paddington Junior Technical School,…

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School Teachers. Appointments and Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 8

The Education Department yesterday announeed the following changes in personnel of the teaching staffs of New South Wales schools:…

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Challenge to S. SCHOOLS Parramatta Baptists Review Year

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 2

"With the terrible crisis of the war and the many world troubles, a challenge goes out to us to keep the banner of Christ unfurled," states Mr…

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Teachers' President Attacked. M.L.A.'s Allegation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 17

Mr. H..T. Bate (U.A.P.. South Coast) said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that he had once heard the president of the Teachers' Federation,…

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Welcome to Y.W.C.A. SECRETARY. "School for Democracy."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 7

"THE young Women's Christian Association specialises in fields of relationships and claims to be a school for democracy," said the new general secretary, Miss Lyra. Taylor,…

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School Swimming. Northern Suburbs Primary Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 20

Held at North Sydney Olympic Pool, Artarmon, Cammeray, Chatswood. Lane Cove, Greenwich, Manly, Mosman, Middle Harbour, North Sydney, Northbridge, Roseville, and Willoughby schools…

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Lawn Tennis. Junior Age and School Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 20

Draw for to-day:- BOY'S CHAMPIONSHIPS. Singles, under 21 years: 5 p.m. A. Bowe or W. Edwards v R. Felan. Doubles, under 17; 5, D…

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School Sports. Patrician Brothers' Combined. (At Redfern Oval yesterday.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 20

220yds, under 15yrs: B, Grandemange (M.C.), 1; E. Burgess (F.L.) 2; H. Birkinshaw (M.C.), 3, Under 14yrs: V. Emery (F.L.), 1: E. Burgess (F.L.), 2; T. Bryliss (R.), 3…

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Great Public Schools' Doom London

The Sun · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 1

Britain's famous Public Schools will be "done" after the war. This is the view of one of the…

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Woman's' Cookery School Opens With Danish Breakfast

The Sun · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 11

WOMAN'S" Cookery school opened to-day at the Empire Kitchen on the thirteenth floor of…

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Summer School for Club

Daily News · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 6

The Left Book Club in New south Wales will hold its first Summer School of Newport next week-end, to discuss the subject, "Six Months of…

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M.L.A. Attacks Teachers' Chief

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 2

"Ninety per cent, of the stuff I say from the platform is pure boloney. Sometimes when I walk down off the platform I…

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The Schools. Teachers on Military Service. Leave Conditions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 5

The Public Service Board has decided that teachers who are called up for compulsory training may be granted leave of absence and paid the…

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Lewisham's School Additions New Kindergarten and Infants' Block

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 25

At Lewisham last Sunday morning, 3rd inst., his Grace the Coadjutor-Archbishop (Most Rev. N. T. Gilroy, D.D.) solemnly blessed, and opened the new kindergarten…

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Health Notes. School Days and Your Child

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 4

You've been busy getting your children ready for school, and, if you wish them to make the progress they should in their studies, you should be certain that they are…

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Catholic Education Progress Nearly £51,000 Attend Schools Diocesan Inspector's Splendid Report

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 13

Remarkable and pleasing figures, which evince the splendid progress made in the field of Catholic education in Sydney, were contained in the annual report presented by…

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