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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 128

School Children Exploited Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 March 1940 · page 2

Children who should be at school were being exploited by the State Government, City Council Alderman E. C. O'Dea declared at the A.L.P…

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School ban threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 March 1940 · page 6

GOSFORD, Saturday. -- Gosford Parents and Citizens' Association has issued an ultimatum to the…

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Laugh at the world from Lower's Lookout Kip out of two-up schools, Dig!

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 March 1940 · page 13

EFFORTS are being made to stamp out gambling at Ingleburn military camp. Old soldiers will be shocked to hear that two-up and crown and anchor are being…

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On Way to School Fares Must Be Paid

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 5

The question of enabling schoolchildren to travel free on trams and buses in Sydney cannot be…

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School Needs at Gosford

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 2

"It is a misnomer to speak of a playground at the Gosford School," said Mr. M. Mackinnon, deputy president of the Teachers' Federation,…

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School Fares A Burden

Daily News · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 6

THE Easter Conference on Saturday decided to appoint a committee to report and make recommendations…

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Request to Premier. Teachers' Federation and Superannuation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 10

The council of the Teachers Federation has decided to ask the Cabinet, through the Premier, Mr. Mair, for a reply to the request made by representatives of Public Service…

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German Hate-schools

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 3

In Nazi hate-schools, the minds of boys arc poisoned, against all things that are not German…

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Free Speech Letters From Readers All letters intended for publication mint be addressed to the, Managing-Editor. The name and address of the writer MUST be given for record purposes but a writer's name will not be published if the Managing-Editor heso requested. Conscripting Schoolchildren

Daily News · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 4

Sir,--Headmarters of public schools have received instructions from the Department of Education headquarters to conscript school children into organised…

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Urge Aid for School Children A.l.p. Demands Education Improvements

Daily News · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 3

REALISING the importance of education, the Easter Conference of the N.S.W. A.L.P. yesterday formulated plans to ensure that the children of the workers were adequately equipped for the battle of life before leaving…

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Two Injured in School Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--When a home-made bomb exploded in the mechanics' shop at Geelong Grammar School today, two students were…

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Music Teachers Confer. Reforms Urged. School Experiments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 11

"It is your grave responsibility and also your privilege, to see that music is taking its right plice in this country," said the retiring Director of Education…

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School Teachers. Appointments and Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 5

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

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"Promise Not Kept" School Shrubs Allowed to Die

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 7

Young shrubs planted by Dundas Council at Carlingford School, had been allowed to die, the engineer (Mr. Heffernan told council…

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Music Talent at Parramatta High School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 5

Speech day music at Parramatta High school represented a wide field of musical literature, and showed the marked development of talent at this…

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Health in Schools

Daily News · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 6

Only one medical examination of children had been conducted during the past three years, at Leeton School. This statement was made yesterday…

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Music Teachers Confer

Daily News · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 6

Music teachers from all over the State yesterday began their 1940 Easter Conference in Sydney. The Musical Association, convener of…

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The Modern Italian Woman New Training School

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 1

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Old School Tie

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 40

A colonel of the old school was addressing two guilty-looking privates, whose clothes were torn and ragged. "Look here, you fellows," he exclaimed…

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Official School Holidays

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 22

The official school holidays for parochial primary schools of the Archdiocese of Sydney are as follow: Schools close on May 8 and re-open on…

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