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Sydney · Schools

Schools, 1940

2,557 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 128

Money From Home Diggers Raid Two-Up School

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 13 July 1940 · page 3

SECOND A.I.F. has scored its first victory. It was bloodless, glorious, and highly profitable…

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The Schoolboy Detective This Week: The Island Stranger

The Sun · Sunday 14 July 1940 · page 2

ROB PEARCE was spending the week-end at the home of relatives on Midway Island. It was a beautiful spot in Echo…

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Girls of Cliffdale This Week: Log-Cabin School

The Sun · Sunday 14 July 1940 · page 6

READ THIS FIRST: Cliffdale girls sail on the Albatross for several islands in the Pacific. They are wrecked, and go to Castaway Island. They are…

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Schoolgirls' Effort

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 4

Senior students at tne Convent of the Sacred Heart, Kincoppal, Elizabeth Bay, proved their organising ability by the success of the tennis tournament which they…

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Inter-schools Music Festival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 3

At the Inter-Schools Music Festival, at the Conservatorium on Saturday, the Dempster Shield was won by the Methodist Ladies' College, Burwood (92…

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Teachers' War Effort. Gifts and Enlistments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 5

Teachers and pupils had contributed more than £15,000 to the "Gift to the Nation" organised by the Teachers' Fedetation, said the president Mr. A…

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Police Raid Two-up School

Daily News · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 5

Although lookout men had been posted round a "two-up school" on the old Randwick rifle range at Randwick yesterday, police arrested.'…

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Wife Lost Husband to School Mate

Daily News · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 7

A FRIEND of her school days was now living with her husband, Mrs. Eva May Palmer, 31, of Lithgow, said in the Divorce Court yesterday…

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Rider Injured in Hurdle School

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 July 1940 · page 14

After clearing the first pony hurdle in company with Battle Star (K. Watterson) in faultless style at Randwick yesterday morning, Sir Albert ran down…

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School Teachers. Appointments and Transfers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 July 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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Plan for School Cadet Corps

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1940 · page 2

Eighty pupils have volunteered to enlist in a senior cadet corps which it in proposed to form at Granville Central Technical School. ,…

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For Sunday School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1940 · page 1

Arranged by Mr. Frank Storey, a concert in aid of Rydalmere Church of England School will be given by a party of Parramatta artists in St…

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Lord Mayor's Fund. £200 Raised by High Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 July 1940 · page 8

A cheque for £200 was yesterday handed to the Lord Mayor, Alderman Crick, as a contribution to the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund on…

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Schoolboys in Early Games

Daily News · Wednesday 17 July 1940 · page 14

Nowtown club has received permission from the N.S.W. Rugby League to stage two games between Newcastle Technical and local…

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Penrith I.H.S. Speech Day

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 2

Speech Day at Penrith Intermediate High School, yesterday, was, well attended by parents and citizens, when pries and certificates were presented…

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The Secretariate of Catholic Action Box 1536 D.d., G.p.o., Sydney. Catholic Evidence Method. Simplified for Primary Schools. by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Kensington. Notes for Teachers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 10

This week we shall say something about written tests in Christian Doctrine. We get amazing revelations of Child Mentality and Child "Theology" when we see their…

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Catholic Evidence Method. Simplified for Primary Schools By the Sisters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Kensington. Notes for Teachers. Written Tests

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 24

This week we shall say something about written tests in Christian Doctrine. We get amazing revelations of Child Mentality and Child "Theology" when…

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Bertrand Russell Again. "Teacher," Sydney

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 4

Having listened with interest to your replies to "Freethinker" on the mutter of Bcrtrand Russell's appointment to a professorship in New York, I would be glad to hear your comments…

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Grafton Schools. Help Red Cross Funds

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 18

On Wednesday, 10th inst., the children of St. Mary's Primary, Infants' and Secondary Schools, Grafton, combined in an enthusiastic effort to raise funds for the…

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The Primary Schools. Health and Dietetics Talks

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 8

Minerals. Inorganic suits are required by the body daily. They control the vital processes of the body. These are salts of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium…

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