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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 128

The Schoolboy Detective This Week: The Wreck

The Sun · Sunday 9 June 1940 · page 2

ROB PEARCE was enjoying his holiday at Pacific Bight, a deep bay guarded at the mouth by a line of rocky islets…

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School Children to Drill for Emergency Training May Save Disaster Scheme to Be Compulsory

The Sun · Sunday 9 June 1940 · page 11

Children attending primary schools in New South Wales are to receive compulsory training in squad…

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School Children Aid Lord Mayor's Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 June 1940 · page 37

In the combined effort to raise funds school children are playing their part in just as vigorous a way as the men and women. Socks, scarves, balaclavas, cheques and odd cash…

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King's School fete to raise £1000 for Red Cross funds

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 June 1940 · page 36

With the object of raising £1000 for the Red Cross Society a fete will be held at The King's School on…

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Mark Hellinger short short story One Man's Failure You never can tell what will happen in after life to the boy who gets the highest marks at school

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 June 1940 · page 11

JOHNNY'S eyes sparkled. So did the drink before him. So did the red and violet…

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Champion Schoolboy Won't Play Grade

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 June 1940 · page 29

Chris Regan, five-eighth, was the star of Waverley Christian Brothers' 16-3 defeat of Scots in yesterday's Rugby Union trial…

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Two New Air Schools Opening Soon. Empire Training Scheme. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 11

Two new air training; schools, under the Empire Air Scheme, will be established shortly at Tamworth and Parkes…

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Berala Church-school

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 11

A new Roman Catholic church-school was opened and blessed at Berala yesterday morning by Archbishop Gilroy, who afterwards presided at the first Mass to be held…

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School Drill Compulsory

Daily News · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 3

Plans are nearing completion for the introduction of compulsory training in squad drill for children attending primary schools…

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Schools Stay Open

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 7

The Church of England Grammar School and Scots College, as Well as Sydney Grammar, will observe the King's Birthday as a working day…

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Knitting at School Luncheon

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 9

Nearly 200 ex-students of Rose Bay Convent, many of them from the country, attended an all-day celebration…

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Australian in London Training School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 8

MISS KATHLEEN KEEN, of Sydney, who has been in London for the past two years, has been studying engineering at the Paddington Technical Institute since the beginning of the war. She plans to return home when the course is completed, and hopes to devote her knowledge and skill to the making of munitions in…

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School Fete for Red Cross

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 4

LADY GOWRIE has promised to be present at the fete at The King's School, Parranatta, on August 17, which will be part of he school's war effort in aid of the Red Cross…

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Training for Air Force. Many Schools. Rapid Expansion Plans. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 10

Training facilities under the Empire Air Scheme will be extended by the end of this year by the formation of two more initial training schools in…

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School Lacks Sanitation

Daily News · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 5

Sutherland Shire Council has asked its health Inspector, Mr. Cooper, to investigate complaints of insanitary conditions at Menal Public School…

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Schoolboys Pay Homage To Smithy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 9

Small schoolboys, carrying schoolbags, and coming straight from their classrooms, streamed into David…

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Ex-pupils to Help

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 5

Ex-pupils of Granville School will make merry at the Granville Town Hall on Saturday, when they are holding a social evening for the Granville branch…

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Pupils' Pennies to Nation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 8

Important personage at the moment at Blacktown Public School is young Alan Pearce, official collector of pennies given by the children as a free gift…

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Teacher's Toffee Best!

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 8

Making and retailing their own toffee, pupils of Wentworthrville' Public School have raised and handed over £6/6/- to the local…

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Toongabbie School of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 8

Toongabbie School of Arts, once among the most flourishing in New South Wales, has not been functioning successfully for some years. This…

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