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Schools, 1944

1,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 98

Criticising State Schools

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 11

Q.: I would like to ask you why Catholics tell their children that there is no God in our public schools. R.: That is not well put. For…

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Position of Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 3

Sir—References to position of the middle class are timely. Lip Service is given to education. "new order" is to be based on it, yet compared to the…

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Prizes at Industrial School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 4

Twenty prizes were presented to girls at Farramatta Gills' Industrial School yesterday by the Humane Movement for proficicncy in classes…

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N.e.s. Vacating Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 7

The N.E.S. authorities have now given back a substantial part of the accommodation made available to them in school buildings, the…

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Homes, Schools for Soviet Orphans. Special Tribune Cable

Tribune · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 2

MOSCOW.—Thousands of special homes been built, and tens of thousands of citizens’ homes have been thrown open, to house the tragically large number of Soviet war orphans. HOMELESS Soviet orphans are of…

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Teacher Tilts At University

The Sun · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 2

Many students were "worse" after passing through the University, said the president of the…

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Police Search for Missing Schoolboy

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 3

POLICE are searching for a nine years-old boy, Sidney Kevin Rogers, who has been missing from his home in Hill Street, Leichhardt,…

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School Tree-Plantingiii Ceremy 1

The Land · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 2

A tree-planting ceremony is to be held at the Old Guildford Public School on Saturday, April 22 at 3 p.m…

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Ten Candidates Needed For Each Dairy Science School

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 5

DAIRY science schools for those desiring to qualify for certificates for milk and cream testing and cream grading ore to be held as usual in…

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Nth Bondi Hebrew School and Kindergarten

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 6

The Minister for Education Mr. Clive Evatt, accompanied by Mr. Abraham Landa M.L.A., Mrs. A. Landa and the Mayor of Waverley,…

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Young People's Department a Sunday School Conference

The Methodist · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 7

The Young People's Department, in association with the Chairman of the First Sydney District (Rev. R. J. Williams), has arranged a Sunday School Teachers, Leaders, and Youth Workers' Conference,…

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School in Manchester Studies Australia From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 1

LONDON, April 14.—One of Manchester's most advanced schools is to devote an entire school year to a study of Australia. It will be the most ambitious…

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"Bewitched" School Closes Down

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.--A school in Bismarck (North Dakota) has been closed down because local residents believe it is bewitched. The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington has been…

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The Schoolboy Detective the Man in Green Glasses

The Sun · Sunday 16 April 1944 · page 7

READ THIS FIRST: Rob Pearce, the schoolboy detective, is staying at Sutton Bay at the home of his cousin, Ted Thompson. Rob meets professor Cummins, who he suspects is a crook. The professor is boarding at the Thompson cottage. Early one morning Rob follows the…

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Coaching for Schoolboys

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 7

Randwick officials have launched a scheme for coaching schoolboys. On a recent Saturday morning 35 boys aged from 9 to 16 years attended…

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"Would Be to Their Lasting Discredit" Opposes Sale of Land to King's School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 1

Mr. H. W. Shephard, of Parramatta, is strongly opposed to Parramatta Council's selling to The King's School its land between the…

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NANCY -- Her School Cheer!

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 13

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Girls Assaulted by N.z. Teacher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. --Hans Anton Jensen (44), school teacher, of Wairoa, Hawkes Bav. was sentenced to three years'…

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Evatt Opens Nursery School at Waterloo

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 2

"MINNIE McKELL" Nursery School, Waterloo, officially opened today by the Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) is the first such…

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Evatt Opens Nursery School at Waterloo

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 2

MINNIE McKELL" Nursery School, Waterloo, officially opened today by the Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) is the first such…

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