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Schools, 1944

1,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 98

Lessons under trees for new pupils at overcrowded school

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1944 · page 5

OVERFLOWING from classrooms, hundreds of new pupils at Paddington Technical School this week were given lessons under trees in the playground, which were numbered, classroom fashion…

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School in a Mansion

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1944 · page 7

AS I was walking towards Richmond, I came to what seemed to be a fine, stately mansion. When I reached the…

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Telling your children about the happy Jap (an approved book in N.S.W. schools)

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1944 · page 5

THE horror of the recently - revealed Japanese atrocities in this war will still…

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Teachers' Federation Officials

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 2

Mr. Arthur McGulnness was unanimously re-elected president of the New South Wales Teachers Federation on Saturday for the eleventh…

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Schools Raise £10,500

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 5

State school children had collected more than £10,500 for the war effort in the last four months of 1943, the Minister for Education (Mr. Clive…

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House Shortage Closes Schools

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 2

Many country schools are being closed down because teachers cannot obtain accommodation, the general…

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Schools Closed

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Many small country schools in Victoria have been closed because of the difficulty of obtaining…

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Postwar Maritime School

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

The Board of Education of New York City has approved the expenditure of $3,176,650 for the construction of the Metropolitan…

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On the Land Schoolboys Dig Potatoes 1,000 Bags in Nowra District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 5

"Schoolboys in the Nowra district have been making an excellent contribution to the food front by potato digging," said…

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School Book Waste

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 6

WHAT a waste there is every year in school text books. In the primary schools a child has to buy a new set of books each year as he is…

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School Book Waste

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 6

WHAT a waste there is every year in school text books. In the primary schools a child has to buy a new set of books each year as he is…

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School Book Waste

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 6

WHAT a waste there is every year in school text books. In the primary schools a child has to buy a new set of books each year as he is…

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School Book Waste

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 6

WHAT a waste there is every year in school text books. In the primary schools a child has to buy a new set of books each year as he is…

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School Book Waste

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 6

WHAT a waste there is every year in school text books. In the primary schools a child has to buy a new set of books each year as he is…

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School Book Waste

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 6

WHAT a waste there is every year in school text books. In the primary schools a child has to buy a new set of books each year as he is…

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School Events For St. Patrick's Dav Sports

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 7

A COMPREHENSIVE programme of athletic events for school children is being drafted for the St. Patrick's…

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A Page For Catholic Schools— Let's look at the insect world if we want to know what is "instinct"

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 19

PROBABLY there is no word in the English language so much misused as "instinct," though…

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Continuation School. Hurstville's Re-Opening

The Propeller · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 6

After being in recess for three months the Hurstville Evening Continuation School will re-open on Monday, 28th inst. The school follows the technical course,…

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Trees and The Farmer Schools To Aid In forestry Drive; Special Areas May Be Set Aside Splendid Example in One Suburban Area by a Special Correspondent

The Land · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 6

AS this State goes forward into the future, more and more schools are going to link some of their A inetersts to forestry. Some of them have already started re-planting the man-made wildernesses. One of old Guildford School—a short distance from Sydney. Its headmaster is Mr. F G. Amm, a tree enthusiast—and likewise a tree liver—who at Bulahdelah enriched the Australian landscape for all…

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Prizes Won For Sunday School Work

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 12

THE Home Correspondence Sunday School of the Welfare of Youth Department is specially organised by the…

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