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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 128

Empire Day. Celebrations at Schools

The Biz · Thursday 30 May 1940 · page 6

Empire Day was celebrated at the schools on this lire on Friday last, in the morning, and the children were then given a half-holiday…

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Saluting Flag at School. Children Told Not lo Observe Rule

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 6

Reports from teachers in seveinl public schools in the metiopohtan area as well as in the countiy, have reached the Department have Education to the effect that some prtents have…

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Teachers' Council. Confidence Expressed in Organiser

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 6

The council of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation, nt a meeting, unanimously expressed its confidence in Mr. H. P. Norington, organiser of the federation, and…

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No. 1 Air Scheme School. Point Cook's New Status. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 10

From to-day No. 1 Flying Training School at Point Cook, the first defence air establishment in Australia, will assume the status of the No. 1 Service Flying Training School…

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Inter-city Union Game for Schools

The Sun · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 14

At the request of the Newcastle Rugby Union, the N.S.W. Rugby Union has asked the P.S.A.A.A. to organise a Sydney team to play the…

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Teachers' Gift to Nation

The Sun · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 6

Penshurst Public School teachers, of whom there are 20, will each give one week's salary as a free gift…

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Boys High School at Jannali. Opposition by Kogarah Council. Site Ridiculed. “Not Even Sewered.”

The St George Call · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 1

At Kogarah Council’s meeting last week, the Minister for Education notified the council that sketch plans for a Junior boys high school at…

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Blacksmiths' "School"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 3

LONDON, May 16.--Forty-five blacksmiths in Norfolk and Suffolk have gone "back to school" to learn about the intricacies of modern agricultural…

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Complete Economic Ruin Of Cracow Jews Jewish Schools and Zionist Offices Closed. Remaining Jewish Businesses Put Under Supervision of Nazi Commissars

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 2

PARIS, April 27th. A reliable report which reached Jewish organisations here to-day, from Cracow, the headquar ters of the Nazi Governor-General, Dr…

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Religious School.—

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 31 May 1940 · page 8

Temple Emanuel Religious School resumed its curriculum last Sunday and will meet every Snday at 10 a.m at Maccabean Hall…

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Pupils' War Effort

The Sun · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 2

As a result of the combined effort made in December by the boys', girls and infants' departments of North Bondi Public School, £130 was raised…

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Anzac Day at Glenorie School

The Methodist · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 14

We celebrated Anzac Day at our school on Tuesday, 23rd April, and had a very nice service set down by the Education Department, with…

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High Schools Rugby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 June 1940 · page 17

Fifth round: Huristone, 10 (J. carruthers try, D. Reilly try, and two goals), beat North Sydney, [?] Fort Street, 33 (T. Blackall two, L. Blackett, L. Harvey, L. helferna[?], H. Wilkinson, M…

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Old School Tie It Won't Help the Marksman

Truth · Sunday 2 June 1940 · page 22

"SOLDIERS with the fighting spirit do not need an intermediate certificate to tell them bow to shoot the enemy. Nor…

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Presentation To Principal Of 'Woman' Cookery School

The Sun · Sunday 2 June 1940 · page 16

STUDENTS of the "Woman" Cookery School presented the principal, Matron E. Wendell de Merrall, with a basket…

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Drive To Speed Up Making Arms Train Technicians School Work at Top

The Sun · Sunday 2 June 1940 · page 7

As the result of a drive launched by the new Director of Munitions Supply (Mr. Essington Lewis) the…

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The Schoolboy Detective This Week: The Man With The Rug

The Sun · Sunday 2 June 1940 · page 2

ROB PEARCE and Lionel Martin were standing at the station, watching their train moving out. Too late [?]…

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"Pilots Need No Old School Tie" CANBERRA

The Sun · Sunday 2 June 1940 · page 11

"Possession of an old school tie did not enable our pilots to shoot down one extra plane, and some of the greatest fighters we had in the…

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United Sunday Schools Rally at Willoughby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 11

Sunday schools in Willoughby and Chatswood united in a workers' rally in the Willoughby Methodist Hall on Saturday night, when Mr. G. Hawksley, president of the…

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At Cranbrook School Chapel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 June 1940 · page 4

THE acting headmaster of Cranbrook School officiated at the wedding celebrate[?] in the school chapel on Saturday afternoon of Miss Althea Elsa Doreen Wallace, only daughter…

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