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Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 128

School Fete

The Propeller · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 7

Approximately £60 was raised as the result of a fete conducted by the South Hurstville Parents and Citizens' Association in the South…

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High Schools Football

Daily News · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 15

Only faulty handling by the backs [?]eprived Sydney High School of an [?]asier victory over North Sydney [?]igh in the main first grade High…

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Randwick Schooling

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 18

The following horses schooled yesterday at Randwick over hurdles:-- Sanpam (Stanton), six standard hurdles; Highworth (Ellis), two standard…

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Fairfield School's Gift

The Biz · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 1

The handsome gift of £52/10/- has been handed to the Federal Government by Fairfield Public School towards the country's war effort. This is n very fine…

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Schoolteacher Wins Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 7

James Hickey, retired schoolteacher, of Victoria Street, Ashfield, successfully appealed before Judge Holt in Quarter Sessions this week against his…

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Alarmed Pupils Is Charge London

The Sun · Saturday 6 July 1940 · page 2

Brown Finlayson, a young headmaster of a Lanarkshire school, has been charged under the defence regulations with making statements "likely to cause alarm and despondency among his pupils and their parents."…

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Schools for Wans

The Sun · Saturday 6 July 1940 · page 3

Culminating weeks of intense effort and organisation, members of the Women's Australian National…

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"Old School Tie" In Intelligence Office

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 July 1940 · page 5

JOB of intelligence officer whether in civil or military sphere, is one for a specialist. Stuff training as a soldier doesn't…

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Schoolgirls Give Up Spare Time

The Sun · Sunday 7 July 1940 · page 5

Each Sunday morning for three hours, nine schoolgirls, all of whom are studying for the intermediate, give up their only…

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The Schoolboy Detective This Week -- The Prisoner's Letters

The Sun · Sunday 7 July 1940 · page 2

ROB PEARCE put down the book he had been reading, and listened. He felt sure he had heard the door-knocker…

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Teacher arrested on "alarm" charge

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 July 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday. -- Brown Finlayson, a Hamilton (Lanarkshire) schoolmaster, is alleged to have told his pupils that the Germans would…

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How Hollywood put on the Old School Tie

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 July 1940 · page 23

Now that "Tom Brown's Schooldays" is successfully in the can, Douglas W. Churchill is able to release a blow-by-blow account of Anglo-American…

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Air School Busy at Narromine Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 4

Trainees at the new air school at Narromine, N.S.W., all ready are flying a total of 3000 hours a month in…

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Training Pilots. 520 a Year at Narromine School. Minister Impressed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 6

Pilots were being trained at the Narromine Flying Training School at the rate of 520 a year, the Minister for Air, Mr. Fairtairn, said to-day…

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Night-shift Schooling

The Sun · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 8

Night shifts have started this week at the new mechanical engineering school at Ultimo to train skilled men for the defence services…

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Intelligence Tests for Pupils To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 10

Intelligence tests will be given to-day to about 30,000 sixth-class pupils in schools under the Eduration Department at Newcastle, Parramatta, and in most country districts…

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School Repairs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 2

In response to representations by Mr. W. H. Lamb, M.L.A., the Education Department has intimated that repairs to the sanitary conveniences at…

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"Drake" and "Nelson" in School Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1940 · page 7

Highlight of a penny concert at Castle Hill Public School on Friday, which raised £2 for patriotic funds, was a dialogue…

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The Primary School. Health and Dietetics Talks: Fruits

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 8

Fruits are not stores of nourishment for the plant, but are intended to attract birds and Animals to aid in the dispersal of food, hence these are attractive rather than…

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Geelong's New Boarding School. Opened by Archbishop Mannix

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 15

Geelong, the oldest town in Victoria, and a busy centre of activity, has at last its boys' boarding college. On Sunday, 30th ult., his Grace Archbishop Mannix…

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