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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 128

Holiday From School To Attend Pageant

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 8

For three thousand young members of the Junior Red Cross yesterday meant a holiday from school so they could take part in their annual pageant and exhibition held at the Sydney Town Hall…

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Women's Golf Schoolgirl's Skill

The Sun · Sunday 5 May 1940 · page 59

Calculations of the low markers among the women golfers were disturbed this week by schoolgirl champion, Miss Marie Clemenger. In the most select company she…

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The Schoolboy Detective This Week: Excitement At The Fete

The Sun · Sunday 5 May 1940 · page 2

ROB PEARCE looked glumly [?]at his fishing tackle and then put it away in a cupboard on the back verandah, where…

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One-pupil School

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 May 1940 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday. -- Now nearing seven, Akihito, Crown Prince of Japan has been prepared…

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Schoolboy Footballers Overheated

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 May 1940 · page 30

Rough play in the final stages marred St. Joseph's College's Rugby Union win, 20-9, over Riverview, at Hunter's Hill yesterday…

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Air Bombing School to Open in August

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 May 1940 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The first bombing and gunnery school under the Empire Air Training Scheme will be established at Evans Head, near Lismore (N.S.W.)…

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Tent School to Go Crude Conditions At Glen Davis

The Sun · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 2

Immediate action is being taken by the Education Department to lessen the rigors of winter for the 53 schoolchildren at the oil town of Glen…

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Teachers Endorse Policy Newcastle, May 3

Tribune · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 4

The Secondary School Teachers’ Association here endorsed the action of the Teachers’ Federation executive in pressing…

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Fees Insufficient for Referees School Football Suffers Daily Sportlight-

The Sun · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 18

The Rugby League committee is not getting the results it should in the public schools because the fees now paid are insufficient to induce referees to turn out in full force…

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Inquiry On Red Sunday Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 4

Mr. Jennings, M.H.R. (U.A.P. N.S.W.), said yesterday that the Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) had asked him to get…

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Speech Day Awards

Daily News · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 3

Yesterday was speech Day at Canterbury Boys High School. In this happy group are: At Back--J. Franks (holding leaving certificate), who won the football cup and also cup for the…

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School Teachers Appointments and Transfers

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

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

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Blacktown Schoolgirls' Own Choir

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 5

Most popular lesson in the week for girls of class 6 at Blacktown Public School in singing. Taught by Miss E. Dobson, the class now has its own…

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Industrial School Extensions Council Against Resumptions

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 3

W. J. Pickering and four others, owners and tenants of property it it prosposed to resume for the purpose of extending the Girls'…

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Professor of Education. Dr. McRae Appointed to Teachers' College

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 12

The State Government has appointed Dr. C. R. McRae Piofessor of Education at the Sydney University and principal of the Teachers College, in succession…

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School Holiday Railway Excursions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 11

As it is expected there will be a reasonably heavy demand for seals on trains [?] Sydney to the country during the first few days of the autumn school holidays the Railways…

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New High School Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 12

The Vaucluse council has decided to ask the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, to build n High School or an intermediate High school on the Shaftcsbury Estate. Vaucluse,…

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Adelaide Boys’ High School. Architectural Competition

Construction · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 6

The Government of South Australia are inviting competitive designs for the Boys’ High School building from architects who are British subjects resident in Australia, and who are legally qualified…

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Fire at School Soon Put Out

The Sun · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 9

Cheers of pupils were short-lived to-day when a fire broke out at the Drummoyne Public School…

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More Trains for School Holidays

Daily News · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 2

Because of heavy demand on trains from Sydney to the country in the first few days of the Autumn school holidays, the railway Department will run…

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