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Schools, 1944

1,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 98

Plan for Boycott of School

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 4

GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- Officials of The Entrance Parents and Citizens' Association are conferring today on the…

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Strike Cancelled at Public School

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 7

GOSFORD, Wednesday.--At noon today The Entrance Parents and Citizens' Association cancelled the strike of 300 scholars at the public…

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Parents Cancel School Strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 7

GOSFORD, Wednesday.--At noon today The Entrance Parents and Citizens' Association cancelled the strike of 300 scholars at the public…

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Carnival W.V.S. and School of Arts

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

The carnival held on Penrith Council's ground, High Street, Penrith, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings of last week, was very successful,…

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MAITLAND Opening Of The Schools Votive Mass Celebrated

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 16

At St. John's Pro-Cathodral, West Maitland, on February 10, Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit was celebrated to mark the…

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Individualism Has No Place in Christianity Dr. Rumble Address Grail Summer School

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 7

CHRISTIANITY is a relationship between Christ and the soul realised in the Church. We are not a mere…

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A Page For Catholic Schools— THE O.E.D.—Noblest Monument of Scholarship in the English Language

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 19

IN the British Museum is a little duodecimo volume which weighs less than five ounces and will fit into a waistcoat pocket. But it is an important book, and has had illustrious successors…

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N.Z. Starts Giving Free School Books

Tribune · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 1

WELLINGTON.—The New Zealand Government has begun to honor an old Labor Party pledge of free school books…

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Ramsgate Public School

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 6

The annual meeting of members of the parents and citizens association connected with Ramsgate School was held on the 8th instant. Thanks were accorded to…

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Fairfield School of Arts Annual Meeting

The Biz · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 1

The postponed annual meeting of the committee of Fairfield School of Arts was held on Monday night. Ald. H. A. Clancy (president) occupying the chair…

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Stop Press Pupils Assaulated by Bible Teacher

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 12

A Seventh Day Adventist bible teacher, Thomas Hylton Stevens(21), was found guilty at the Quarter Sessions today on a charge of…

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Kogarah Girls Evening Continuation School

The St George Call · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 1

The Girls’ Evening Continuation School reopens on Monday, 28th February, at 7 p.m. Classes will be held in English,…

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Nth Bondi Hebrew School and Kindergarten

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 8

There are some vacancies in the Kindergarten and Primary School and we hope that Jewish parents will avail themselves of the unique…

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New School at Oyster Bay. Opening Date: Monday, 21st February

The Observer · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

Mr. A. J. Williams, M.L.A., Member for George’s River, ha asked us to bring to the notice of the residents of the Oyster Bay district the fact that…

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Man 68, Shoots Schoolgirl Of 14

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--A schoolgirl, 14, was shot dead by a man of 68, who committed suicide, near Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay district. The dead are: Dorothy Ellen Carruthers and Jack Donghi,…

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Schoolgirl, 12, Attacked By Man

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 7

An attack on a 12-year-old schoolgirl by a man at Cremorne Point is the second attack of the kind in the Cremorne-Mosman district in eight…

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Teacher released from school to become actor

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 February 1944 · page 4

A schoolteacher has been released by Manpower authorities from his teaching post to become an actor. He is Leonard Bullen, 29, of North Sydney…

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N.Z. won't ban 'flutter' for school fund AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1944 · page 3

CANTERBURY Education Board cannot see any harm in a quiet little gamble in school grounds…

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D.s.o. Goes Back to School

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 February 1944 · page 9

Recent improved form of D.S.O. might be due to a second breaking-in, said trainer Bailey Payten…

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Fostering Sense of Community Boarding Schools for All Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 4

Boarding schools for all adolescents in which there would be training in self-government and mutual understanding…

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