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Schools, 1947

2,377 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 119

State Premier Entertained By Ex-Students Of Old School

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 6

THE State Premier, Mr. McGirr, was the guest of honor at a dinner in the Wentworth Hotel on April 9, given by ex-pupils of his old school, St. Stanislaus' College, Bathurst. Dr. H. C. Finn presided, and…

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Page For Catholic Schools Nature Study—And How To Teach It

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 23

UNLESS, perhaps, geography, there is no more delightful subject to teach than Nature Study. But, as in the case of Geography, there are pitfalls. The…

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Hints About Latin For Our Secondary Schools

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 23

WE have received a number of inquiries about Leaving Certificate Latin prose, both pass and honours…

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Kogarah Congregationals. Sunday School Concert

The Propeller · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 1

The Kogarah Congregational Church hall was filled to capacity on Saturday night last, the occasion being the annual Sunday School concert. The…

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The New Schools Laying of Foundation Stones

The Leader · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 6

It was undeservedly bad luck for the Liverpool Branch of the P. and C. Association and the large number of inteles[?]ed citizens who at[?]noed to…

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Wetherill Park School. Help for Food for Britain

The Biz · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 4

At the April wetherill Park P. and C. meeting, it was decided to send food parcels c[?]eedy children of Whitehall [?] School, Walsa[?] England, with…

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New Schools for Liverpool Foundation Stones Laid

The Biz · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 4

Last Saturday was a big day for Liverpool, educationally, for on that afternoon the Permier, Hon. James McGirr, M.L.A., and the Minister for Education,…

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Special School For Employees Of Dairy Factories

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 4

A SCHOOL of instruction for employees in dairy produce factories and the various branches of the milk and associated industries is…

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This School Is Falling to Pieces

Tribune · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 6

Mute example of the pressing need for a new deal for education is Cleveland Street school. FACTS given to the tribune by Mr Tom Payne, president of the Glebe…

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Schools To Observe Princess Birthday

The Sun · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 7

Princess Elizabeth will be 21 on Monday. The Minister for Education. Mr. Heffron, suggests that, as…

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Local Preachers' School in Adelaide

The Methodist · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 2

The Principal of our theological institution in Adelaide (Rev. P. C. W. Eckersley, B.A.) has organised a local preachers' school to be held at Wesley College. North Unley, Adelaide, from 24th…

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School Boy's 6ft. JUMP

The Sun · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 6

LONDON, Saturday.-- New British Public School high jump record is 6ft. Percy wells (Barnet School, Hertfordshire) set it…

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Brawls mar schools' boat race

The Sun · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 1

UNRULY scones, recalling the bitterness of about 20 years ago, marked the final of the Victorian Public…

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Schoolgirls don't rush lipstick

The Sun · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 13

IN Australia on a two months trip, Mrs. W. L. Sims, of New York and Florida,…

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Sydney Girls' High First In "My School" Contest

The Sun · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 8

WINNER of first prize (tennis racquet or cricket bat) in "My School" Contest has been won by Iris Friend, DOS, LDP (16), for her essay on Sydney Girls' High School. Extra prizes--special books--…

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This terrier shepherds children to school

The Sun · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 2

NICKY, a fox terrier, has appointed himself escort to kiddies attending the Raeburn Kindergarten, Rose Bay. Every morning he waits for them in…

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Teacher Burned To Death

The Sun · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 3

Donald Brian Carr, 31, schoolteacher, was burned to death when the cottagein which he lived at Kurnama, 10 miles from…

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School Issue Of Coupons

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 11

Schoolteachers will issue extra clothing coupons to children entitled to them because of their height or weight…

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Raising Of School Age Sets Problem

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 14

LONDON, Monday.--What a few years ago would have been hailed as a great advance in the educational life of our children, the raising of the school- leaving age from 14 to 15 years, has not brought much satisfaction, to many people…

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Raising Of School Age Sets Problem

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 14

LONDON, Monday.--What a few years ago would have been hailed as a great advance in the educational life of our children, the raising of the school- leaving age from 14 to 15 years, has not brought much satisfaction to many people…

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