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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 128

Pupils Stole for Teacher

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 7

LONDON, April 10.--Arthur Harold Twemlow (46), Blackpool school teacher, was at Blackpool sent to prison for three months for receiving property…

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Railway Excursions for School Holidays

The Land · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 7

Some railway excurtion facilities will be provided for parents, teachers, and scholars when the schools break up on Thursday, May 9. Single fare for the return journey…

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"The School for Scandal."

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

Lady Hales Rogers organise le 9 mai, dans le Grand Hall de l'Université, an bénéfice de la Ligue FrancoAustralienne de Secours, one…

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A Visit to a Two-up School

Tribune · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

The first thing I heard last Friday night as I made my way into Sydney’s biggest, best and brightest two-up school was: “Two heads are…

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Bomb Throwers At Practice Australia's Anti-Submarine School Cleaning 18-Pounders

The Sun · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 10

Washing day at Holdsworthy. Gunners of the 4th Field Artillery clean their guns before going out for battery practice. BOMB INSPECTION A.N.C.O. in the Darwin Mobile Force examines the striker spring…

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School's 29 UnionTeams

The Sun · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 14

Waverley Christian Brothers'. College will have 29 teams in the field to-morrow against various schools…

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The School Child's Raw Deal

Daily News · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

"SCHOOL children in New South Wales are worse off now than they were 20 years ago," says the…

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School Sports Domestic Science Schools

Daily News · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 6

Arrangements have been made for the schools' winter competitions. Basket Ball, Hockey, Tennis and Vigoro will be played, and the girls are looking…

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The World Of Women Labor Camps for Schoolboys

Daily News · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 6

THE Ministry for Agriculture and the Headmasters' Association are organising schoolboy labor to assist . farmers during the holidays, according to a recent cable from London…

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School Tennis Titles

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 16

Entries for the County of Cumberland hardcourt school and age tennis championships will close with the hon. organising secretary. Mr. A. S. Hanson,…

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Religious School

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 3

Temple Emanuel Religious School will meet this Sunday, May 5th., at 10.30 a.m. at Maccabean Hall, following which it will recess for the school…

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Ort Farm School In France

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 9

PARIS, April 5th. The French Ort Union has purchased an estate in the Department of Lot and Garonne, where it is to establish…

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School Cadet System. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 5

At a function honouring his retirement after 47 years in the Education Department, Mr. J. D. Woods, former headmaster of Woonona Public School, said he regretted the…

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Empire Service for Scholars

The Sun · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 3

An Empire "Service of Youth" will be held in St. Andrew's Cathedral at 2.30 p.m. on Monday, when the address will be given by the Prime…

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Camp School

The World's News · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 43

A PARTY of 250 boys from the Beal Modern Central School, Ilford, at the Kennylands Camp School, near Reading, are pioneers in an important…

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Technical High School Play

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 8

Sydney Technical High School's annual "PlayDay" (second performance) will be held at the Conservatorium on Wednesday, at 7.45 p.m…

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School of Modern Writers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 8

A lecture on technical aspects of writing will be given at the meeting of the School of Modern Writers on Monday evening, at Room 13, third floor. P.O. Chambers, 333 George Street, Sydney…

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To Teach Bombing First School In N.S.W. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 3

The first bombing and gunnery school under the Empire Air Training Scheme will be at Evans Head, near…

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Air League's Training School

The Sun · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 5

The Australian Air League has established a training College at 13 Bridge-street for its senior cadets and all those over 17 who desire to gain…

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School For Scandal

Daily News · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 6

SYDNEY University Dramatic Society will present Richard Brinsley Sheridan's famous play, School…

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