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Schools, 1942

2,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 133

The Schoolboy Detective Forgetful Uncle

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1942 · page 7

ROB PEARCE, the schoolboy detective, walked quickly towards the big warehouse in Rellond-street. His uncle. Tom…

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Kindness Aim For Schools

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 2

"Kindness instead of flogging should be the aim of our educational system," said the Minister for Education (Mr. Clive Evatt)…

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New Angle on Spare-the-rod Rule in School

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 4

NEW YORK.--Spare the rod if you want your children to love you. That is the advice given by two students of Yale…

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School for Training Country N.e.s. Workers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 6

A training camp for adviser-instructors in N.E.S. work has been opened in a country district of New South Wales. Classes consist of 65 men from country centres who are given a week's intensive training in all varieties of the work After this they sit for an examination, those who pass qualifying ao adviser-instructors Here trainees are accustoming themselves to gas masks, which are issued to them permanently…

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Teachers Support Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 7

The president of the Teachers' Federation, Mr. A. McGuinness, said yesterday that he deprecated attacks being made in a section of the Press…

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More Music in Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 7

The Minister for Education, Mr. Clive Evatt, said yesterday that his appointment of the Director of the Conservatorium of Music, Dr. Edgar…

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Wants Schools to Be "Happy Places"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Education, Mr. Evatt, said yesterday, at the annual meeting of the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales, that he wanted…

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Limits Schoolboys In Union Grade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 8

Any boy of North Sydney High School playing regularly with a district Rugby Union team would be dropped from the school team, the…

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What About Schoolboys

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 7

METROPOLITAN schools' pleas for more men to dig safety trenches on Saturday mornings are too often slashed through the papers. These schools are in such a fever that they haven't realised then have Australia's…

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School Trailing Women For Army

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 5

MILITARY authorities today announced that, another Australian Women's Army Service training school would be opened at Randwick…

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What About Schoolboys

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 7

METROPOLITAN schools' pleas for more men to dig safety trenches on Saturday mornings are too often slashed through the papers. These schools are in such a fever that they haven't realised then have Australia's…

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What About Schoolboys

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 7

METROPOLITAN schools' pleas for more men to dig safety trenches on Saturday mornings are too often slashed through the papers. These schools are in such a fever that they haven't realised they have Australia's…

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School Training Women For Army

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 5

MILITARY authorities today announced that another Australian Women's Army Service training school would be opened at Randwick…

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What About Schoolboys

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 7

METROPOLITAN schools' pleas for more men to dig safety trenches on Saturday mornings are too often slashed through the papers. These schools are in such a fever that they haven't realised they have Australia's…

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School Training Women For Army

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 5

MILITARY authorities today announced that another Australian Women's Army Service training school would be opened at Randwick…

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What About Schoolboys

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 7

METROPOLITAN schools' pleas for more men to dig safety trenches on Saturday mornings are too often slashed through the papers. These schools are in such a fever that they haven't realised they have Australia's…

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School Training Women For Army

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 5

MILITARY authorities today announced that another Australian Women's Army Service training school would be opened at Randwick…

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Continuation School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 3

The Girls' Evening Continuation School at Auburn re-opened on March 2. Intending students should consult the Mistress there any Monday,…

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The Correspondence School

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 6

Dear Worker,—I am 11 years old and I am in Grade III. I am taught through the Correspondence School, as I live five miles from the school…

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Athletics Christian Brothers' Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 13

The combined Christian Brothers' schools' track championships are to be held at the sports Ground on Friday at 1 p.m…

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