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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 128

The Schoolboy Detective This Week: The Circus Indian

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 2

THEY say he's the biggest Red Indian in the world-- nearly seven feet without his feathers." Rob Pearce paused…

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Prize In Memory Of Late Teacher

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 13

A FUND to establish a prize at the University of Sydney in memory or the late Mrs. Maude Stiles, for many years principal of Normanhurst…

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Ajax Riding School 4 Miles

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 1

V.C. WHO WILL TRAIN EMPIRE FLIERS; HIS WAR CAREER: PAGE 11…

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Dull School Children Who Succeed

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 7

To rise to the top in any walk of life is it necessary to have the school examination stamp of brilliance?…

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20 Schools Blacklisted: Fit Simply for Wreckers Rebuild Only Course Drummond in Defence

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 11

The Teachers' Federation has compiled a black list of 20 dilapidated schools, 16 of them in the Metropolitan…

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Boy shoots at house of twin's teacher

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday. -- Because his twin sister was not promoted at school, a boy climbed on the roof of his home and fired a 32 revolver shot through a window at the house of the girl's teacher…

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School dance in aid of war comforts

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1940 · page 33

Youthful guests thronged the grounds of Scots College last night, when the 30th Battalion Comforts Fund held a dance…

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New School Opened at Balgowlah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 13

The explanation that heavy expenditure on technical buildings and equipment had prevented the building of schools, which were urgently needed,…

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Dispute with Minister. Teachers' Criticism. Move to State Case to House Rejected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 13

A proposal that counsel should be engaged to state at the Bar of the Legislative Assembly the case of the Teachers' Federation in its dispute with…

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Shots At Two-up School

Daily News · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 2

A two-up school cockatoo" fired two warning shots from a shotgun yesterday when a party of police raided…

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Teachers Back Officials

Daily News · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 6

CESSNOCK, Sunday.--A motion carried by Cessnock branch of the Teachers' Federation expressed the confidence of members in the…

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114 in 2-Up Raids Three Big Schools Broken Up

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 8

In three swift raids on two-up schools yesterday a squad of police arrested 114 men…

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Teachers Talk of Going on Dole 370 Awaiting Schools Left Colleges Last December

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 3

More than 370 schoolteachers who have completed training at Sydney and Armidale training colleges are at present unemployed. They are forced to live on their parents or take…

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School Swimming. the Scots College. (At Rose Bay Baths yesterday.) CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 18

Open.—50yds: B. Chi[?]ne, 29s, 1; L. Williams, 2; C. Bryen, 3. 100yds; C. Bryen, 1m 6s. 1; B. Chiene, 2; D. Williams, 3. 220yds; C. Bryen, 2m 58.6s, 1; B. Chiene, 2; R. Cameron, 3. 440yds; C. Bryen…

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Balgowlah School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 7

Described as one of the most up-to-date school buildings in the State is the new £12,500 school at Balgowlah. It is of brick, two storeys in height, placed on seven acres…

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African Schoolboy Is Seeking Friends

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 16

From far-away Tarkwa, in Gold Coast, Africa, comes an appeal from a schoolboy of African descent for the friendship of young Australians. "I have of late been given much…

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Successful Pupils

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 10

Two of Miss Hilda Trenerry's pupils were again successful at an eisteddfod at the Women's League Hall, George Street, Sydney. Norma Haydon, of…

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Head Criticises Accommodation Affects Studies of Pupils High School Report

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 2

Unsatisfactory accommodation at Parramatta High School adversely affects pupils in their school work, according to the annual report of the…

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Late for School Teacher's Criticism at Liverpool

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 7

"The school has no right to start before 9.30 a.m." declared Alderman Davis at Liverpool Council last night When it was reported that children…

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Overcrowding, Lack of Teachers Liverpool Technical School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 7

Overcrowding, lack of teachers, and hopelessly out of repair buildings at Liverpool Junior Technical School were stressed by Liverpool P. & C. in…

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