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Schools, 1943

2,070 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 104

Crashing Plane Kills Schoolboy Cricketers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--Nine boys were killed of Downside school, Bath, on May 15, when a Fleet Air Arm plane, piloted by an Australian, crashed while they were playing cricket…

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Crashing Plane Kills Schoolboy Cricketers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--Nine boys were killed at Downside school, Bath, on May 15, when a Fleet Air Arm plane, piloted by an Australian, crashed while they were playing cricket…

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Crashing Plane Kills Schoolboy Cricketers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--Nine boys were killed at Downside school, Bath, on May 15, when a Fleet Air Arm plane, piloted by an Australian, crashed while they were playing cricket…

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Crashing Plane Kills Schoolboy Cricketers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--Nine boys were killed at Downside school, Bath, on May 15, when a Fleet Air Arm plane, piloted by an Australian, crashed while they were Playing cricket…

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ARMIDALE Music Board Exams. Convent Pupils' Success

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 16

The following convent students were successful in the recent theory and music examinations, conducted by the State…

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Penrith School of Arts Snooker Tournament

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 2

The following are the results of games played in the second round of the snooker tournament in progress at Penrith School of Arts: B. Muscio…

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Opening Of Schools Postponed

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 7

Weather conditions necessitated the postponement of the opening of the schools at Mittagong and Bowral…

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Schoolgirls Holiday At Grail Camp

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 7

GIRLS from eight Catholic schools of the metropolitan area camped for a week at the Grail Holiday Camp,…

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A Page For Catholic Schools The structure of the Balkans provides a key to their turbulent history

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 19

IT is plain to Axis and Allied powers alike that, thanks not to the stay-safe-at-home-and-let-others-do-the-fighting agitator, but to Montgomery's men, the…

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Training for the Sea Work of the Navy League and Outward Bound Sea School

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 2

News received from London states that with the increasing needs of the Royal and Merchant Navies the training of boys for a sea career has become of even greater national importance than in peacetime…

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Letters Teachers and W.E.A. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 3

Sir,—After accusing me of advocating strikes in war-time and encouraging social disruption, Mr. Hendry (for the Teachers' Federation)…

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Secondary Teachers Holding Ballot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 6

The secretary of the Secondary School Teachers' Association, Mr. A. Osborne, said yesterday that ballot papers had been posted to members of…

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School Air-raid Trenches. Are They Dangerous?

The Propeller · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 1

Complaints about the alleged danger to school children arising from the unkempt condition of air-raid trenches in local school playgrounds…

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North Bexley School. "Irresponsible" Letter

The Propeller · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 1

Described by the Mayor (Alderman Dowsett) as "somewhat irresponsible," a letter of protest about the alleged "deplorable" condition of…

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School Ground Trenches

The St George Call · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 4

A.L.P. of Bexley Municipal Assembly has drawn attention to the danger arising from trenches in schools and playgrounds. It is stated that the trenches…

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Schoolboys Make Grade

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 12

A. Rice (Canterbury High half-back) and H. Webber (The King's School breakaway) will make first-grade Rugby Union debuts tomorrow…

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North Bondi Hebrew School and Kindergarten Lag B’omer Celebration and Prize Distribution

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 7

The Committee of ladies arranged a very fine celebration of Lag B’Omer which was much appreciated by the crowded…

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New School Is Still Awaiting Completion

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 2

WORK ON THE NEW DOMESTIC SCIENCE SCHOOL at North Bondi ceased 12 months ago, since when the partly-completed building has been exposed to the elements. According to the Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt), considerable damage has been done. Blaming manpower officials for the hold-up, Mr. Evat recently expressed a hope that this department would have no hand in post-war reconstruction. Resident…

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School Gardeners

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 6

WHY not start children growing vegetables in the school gardens and on land close to the schools? Some years ago the children…

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School Gardeners

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 6

WHY not start children growing vegetables in the school gardens and on land close to the schools? Some years ago the children…

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