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Schools, 1942

2,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 133

Schoolboys Start Digging Trenches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 5

Five schoolboy trench diggers, aged from six to 14 years, yesterday marched into Paddington Town Hall and offered their services to the Chief Warden (Alderman Frank Green)…

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N.e.s. Roll-call in State Schools Govt. Planning for Instant Evacuation

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 10

Although children will return to State schools tomorrow to enable the authorities to obtain information to arrange a possible evacuation, no action will be taken to evacuate them unless the position becomes more critical, the Minister…

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N.E.S. Roll Call In Schools

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

Although children will return to State schools tomorrow to enable the authorities to obtain information to arrange a…

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N.e.s. Roll-call in State Schools Govt. Planning for Instant Evacuation

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 10

Although children will return to State schools tomorrow to enable the authorities to obtain information to arrange a possible evacuation, no action will be taken to evacuate them unless the position becomes more critical, the Minister…

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Training the Children. Summer School at Wagga

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 23

Catholic children from outlying districts who, last month, attended the summer school at Wagga—the boys at the Christian Brothers' School and the girls at…

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Christian Brothers' Choir School. St. Mary's Cathedral

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 6

At the close of 1941 the above school was registered by the Education Department as a choir school, and it is now possible for choir boys boys to travel to and from…

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Diocese of Lismore Reopening of Schools

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 25

The primary schools of the diocese will reopen for the first term on Monday, February. 2. St. John's College, Woodlawn, will commence school work on Tuesday,…

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Bursary Examinations. Secondary School Awards Metropolitan and Country

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 26

The Bursary Endowment Board has awarded bursaries admitting to secondary courses of instruction the following pupils, subject to the fulfilment of prescribed…

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Leaving Certificate Results. Night School Classes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 15

After spending the whole day in a variety of occupations, it is by no means an easy or a pleasant thing to devote two or three hours a night to the study of subjects of…

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Girls' Boarding School

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 12

MANLY Grammar School for Girls, formerly situated in Ashburner Street, Manly, is evrouating its pupils to the Blue Mountainas. The boarding and…

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Extension Service School at Newport

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 10

ON January 27 an important school for extension workers will open at the W.E.A. Hostel, Newport, under the auspices of the Agricultural Bureau…

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Penrith School of Arts New Sydney Fund

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 1

Next Tuesday evening, 27th inst., a social evening will be held at Penrith, the proceeds being in aid of the New Sydney Fund. There will be plenty of…

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Wagga Catholic Children. Attend Summer Schools at Wagga."A Happy and Profitable Time."

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 27

The Catholic children from outlying centres who are attending summer schools at the Christian Brothers and Mount Erin…

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[?]ummer School, Tamworth. a Huge Success

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 27

The seventh annual Summer School at Tamworth, for the year [?]41-1942, was a pronounced sue[?]ss in every way, and speaks…

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Christian Brothers' Choir School St. Mary's Cathedral

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 18

At the close of 1941 the above school was registered by the Education Department as a Choir School, and it is now possible for choir boys to travel…

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The Catholic School Paper

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 18

Owing to the uncertainty of the present situation, the first issue of the School Paper will not be published until schools resume. It will then be…

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Some Vic. Schools Closed

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday--Because of the shortage of teachers, some Victorian schools would not be reopened, said the…

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Mothers Attend School to Register Children Steady Stream Of Parents Respond To Evacuation Pleas

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

Hundreds of mothers went back to school to-day and sat uncomfortably at small desks to register their children for evacuation in an emergency. As mothers sat af desks below the…

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Milk for School-children

The Propeller · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

Mr. Clive Evatt, M.L.A. for Hurstville, Minister for Education, has informed Mr. W. M. Currey, M.L.A. for Kogarah, that the department has in…

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Ramsgate and Its School

The Propeller · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

The education authorities have been considering a proposal for a new primary school at Ramsgate, for which they have suggested increasing the…

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