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Schools, 1945

1,919 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 96

Leigh College Summer School

The Methodist · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 9

The Summer School, recently held at Leigh College, succeeded in maintaining the high level established by last, year's initial venture. Every speaker…

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Cramped Schools

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 10

REFERENCE was made in "Smith's" (21244) to an NSW country school, 30 feet by 40 feet, with an enrolment of 60 children. The school here, built a good…

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Teachers In Country Have 5'- Left Over

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

Many country teachers earning only £6 10s. a fortnight after their taxes had been deducted were forced to pay £6 of this for accommodation, leaving only Ss. a week for themselves, it was stated today at a meeting of the…

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Teachers In Country Have 5'- Left Over

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

Many country teachers earning only £6 10s. a fortnight after their taxes had been deducted were forced to pay £6 of this for accommodation, leaving only 5s. a week for themselves, it was stated today at a meeting of the…

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Teachers In Country Have 5'- Left Over

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

Many country teachers earning only £6 10s. a fortnight after their taxes had been deducted were forced to pay £6 of this for accommodation, leaving only 5s. a week for themselves, it was stated today at a meeting of the…

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Teachers In Country Have 5'- Left Over

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

Many country teachers earning only £6 10s. a fortnight after their taxes had been deducted were forced to pay £6 of this for accommodation, leaving only 5s. a week for themselves, it was stated today at a meeting of the…

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Local Government Summer School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 4

The first summer school of the Local Government Association of New South Wales will Be opened by the Governor Lord Wakehurst at Sydney…

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A Nazi school was on vacation

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1945 · page 1

America's First Army's crack 9th Division this week' camped in Ordenberg Vogelsang, Hitler's model "incubator" for little…

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The Schoolboy Detective the Circus Bully Part Vii

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1945 · page 7

THE cry of "Tire! Fire!" was taken up by countless voices. The tent ahead was now one mass of flame…

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Teachers' pay swallowed up by board

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1945 · page 5

TEACHERS in many country towns had to pay up to £3 a week board out of £610- or £7…

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Bush boy (A.I.F.) had school record

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1945 · page 8

The school attendance record--10 years without a missed day--claimed by Ronald Kay, of Kogarah (in last week's "Sunday…

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Fire Hoses Quell Schoolboys' Riot

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 February 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sat. -- Police and firemen were called out to stop a midnight riot in St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Boys' School yesterday. Later two former prefects, aged 17 and 18 years, were…

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Bringing Up John First day at school is tough going

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 February 1945 · page 28

GOING to school for the first time is as breathtaking to a child as the first job is to an…

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Teacher, Wife and Baby Forced to Live in Tent

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

A high school teacher at Mullumbimby is living in a tent with his wife and 17-months-old child. This example of accommodation difficulties facing teachers in the country was given today by the Deputy-President of the Teachers'…

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League Pro. Still At School

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 10

LONDON, Monday.--Scoring two tries and kicking four goals, 17-year-old John Taylor was responsible for 14 of Wigan's points…

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Ace American Pilot Marries Schoolteacher

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 14

NEW YORK, Sunday.--Major Richard Bong, 24, ace American fighter pilot, today married Miss Marjorie Ann Vattendahl, a schoolteacher, of…

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School Tennis Titles

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 15

The New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association annual age and school championships will be held at the White City Courts, Rushcutters Bay,…

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N.z. School for Crime

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--A man had instructed five boys in the art of crime, a witness said in Auckland Police Court…

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50-50 Sex Study In Schools Urged Letterettes in Fifty Words Sex Talks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 13

Radio talks on sex will not solve the [?]em. The onus should be on school [?]achers to discuss frankly this subject…

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"Only Small Minority Have Room for God" Service At King's School Commemoration and Old Boys' Day

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 2

The importance of the right choice between the ideal and the material was emphasised by the Bishop of Carpentaria at The King's…

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