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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 128

High Schools' Sport Hurlstone Ahead

Truth · Sunday 26 May 1940 · page 12

HURLSTONE, by a decisive victory over Technical—they scored three tries to one—remain alone unbeaten at the top of the High Schools' Union ladder…

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Tory Die-hards Cast Into English Oblivion Socialist Revolution Sweeps Out Old Brigade; Labor Leaders' Firm Control Of Nation Churchill Unties the Old School Tie London, Saturday. England Has Now Undergone a Socialist Revolution

Truth · Sunday 26 May 1940 · page 21

The war campaign is under control of a predominantly Socialist triumvirate composed of the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill; the Minister for Supply, Mr. Herbert…

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Out Smug, Complacent Plutocrats! Empire Pays For Old School Tie People Had No Chances

Truth · Sunday 26 May 1940 · page 23

THE dull reverberations of guns across the English Channel; the roar of mighty air fleets; the nearness and the spread of the red horizon.... What does it portend for Britain and the Empire? The struggle is one of life and death. Millions will die, who need…

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Films for Schools

The Sun · Sunday 26 May 1940 · page 14

More than 200 New South Wales schools have contracted with the Society for Visual Education for the supply of educational films. The…

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Jack King Offers Woodstock to Government Air School Site Suggested Racing Squad Alternative

The Sun · Sunday 26 May 1940 · page 17

Prominent Randwick trainer, Jack King, has made an offer to the Commonwealth Government which will allow racing men in Sydney, above the age…

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The Schoolboy Detective This Week: Strange Cargo

The Sun · Sunday 26 May 1940 · page 2

THE mystery would never have been solved if the paper boy had not had a few" words with Sam Bilks, who…

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Schools' Big War Effort

The Sun · Sunday 26 May 1940 · page 5

A War Savings Certificate Scheme and a freewill offering day for the children were decided upon yesterday by the Council of the Teachers' Federation as a war effort by teachers and pupils. Co- operation of the Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, will…

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"English schoolboys are more polite"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 May 1940 · page 9

"The Australian schoolboy's habit of putting his hands in his packets is a national characteristic; leaning up against a fence or post is another." Mr. F. G. Phillips,…

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Teachers' Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 11

The council of the N.S.W. Teachers Federation, at a meeting on Saturday, unanimously agreed to support a suggestion by the president, Mr. McGuinness, that offerings by…

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Funeral of Marist Brother Teacher

The Sun · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 10

More than 100 Marist Brothers, representing all of their metropolitan colleges and schools, and many of the ex-students, attended the…

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Money for Schools Half Million In Building

The Sun · Monday 27 May 1940 · page 4

A total of £555,000 will be spent during the present financial year in capital expenditure on new schools,…

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Golf Clinics. American Schools. Widespread Interest in Lecturers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 13

Golf clinics have sprung up all over the United States of America. They are the product of the professionals, who combine in groups, organise a…

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Winter Schools for Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 5

Applications for admission to the winter schools for farmers, poultryfarmers, and others, to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, from July 2 to…

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Sweeping Emergency Measures Britain's Food Now Assured Shadow Factories Out Of Schools LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 5

A series of sweeping new measures to prepare the home front for any emergency, range from the conversion of schools into shadow factories for…

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R.a.a.f. School for Tamworth

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 7

Because Newcastle aerodrome is unsuitable for training purposes, the R.A.A.F elementary flying school there will he transferred to Tamworth…

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Speeding Opening Of New R.A.A.F. School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 May 1940 · page 5

SPEEDING UP CONSTRUCTION of No. 2 Initial Training School, Bradfield Park, Lindfield, to receive air recruits next month. These men, digging in a team, are part of the battery of workmen employed. Bricklayers are working…

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School Teachers Appointments and Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 6

The Education Department yesterday announced the following changes in the teaching staffs in New South Wales schools:- Mr. C. Ward, Crow's Nest Central to North…

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Granville News "With Allies to the End" Lamb Addresses Schoolchidldren

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 2

While there are differences of opinion as to what should be Australia's most effective contribution to victory there are no differences as to where…

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Stewart's Empire Day Message To Schools

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 3

The following Empire Day message was sent by Sir Frederick Stewart, M.H.R., to each of the schools in the Federal electorate of Parramatta:—…

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New British Moves. Arms Factories in Schools. 800 Food "Islets." LONDON, May 28. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1940 · page 14

A series of sweeping new, measures to prepare the Home Front for any emergency ahead range from the conversion of schools into "shadow"…

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