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Schools, 1947

2,377 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 119

Easts Caned The Scholars 14-8

Truth · Sunday 1 June 1947 · page 12

Superior handling by their backs enabled Easts to gain a well earned 14-8 victory against University at University Oval yesterday. Both teams played bright, attractive…

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Country gifts swell school's "Food for Britain" appeal

The Sun · Sunday 1 June 1947 · page 13

HUNDREDS of week-end shoppers arrived at the King's School, Parramatta, early yesterday for the school's monster "Food For Britain" fair. Tinned foods, many of them…

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Justice opened the schoolboys' eyes

The Sun · Sunday 1 June 1947 · page 3

When the head masters of two fatuous English public schools in Rutlandshire heard that the Rutland Assizes were to be held for…

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The Schoolboy Detective the Mystery of Grey Rock Creek

The Sun · Sunday 1 June 1947 · page 7

READ THIS FIRST: Lionel Martin sees a tall man jump from the bridge at Grey Rock Creek. Mystified, he tells what be has seen to the schoolboy detective. Rob Pearce. They arrange to go to the spot next day after school. Rob is too curious to wait, and is at the bridge at…

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PAGES for WOMEN Schoolboys made soap for fete

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 June 1947 · page 46

SOAP and jam made by schoolboys in the school laboratories during the recent term holidays were on…

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The Yiddish School at the Moment

Australian Jewish Forum · Sunday 1 June 1947 · page 35

The tragic extinction of the Jewish communities in the East-European centres, and the unsatisfactory position of Jewry at present, dictate the task of the moment for our communities in other countries. This task is to maintain the spirit of the nation through intensified cultural work…

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Old Pupils Go To Aid Of Teacher

The Sun · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- Forty men of Ely will be up at dawn today to defend Elizabeth Foster's cottage from bailiffs and…

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£7,000 Food Trade School For Boys' Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 6

More than 500 people attended the opening of the £7,000 Food Trade School at Boys' Town, Engadine, yesterday…

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The King's School Fete Raised More Than £3,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 8

More than £3,000 is already in hand for the Food for Britain Fund as a result of The King's School fete held on Saturday afternoon,…

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Schoolteacher Electrocuted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 8

WYONG, Sunday.—John Sinclair Evans, 38, of Warner Avenue, Wyong, was electrocuted at his residence yesterday afternoon…

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Boy Hated School, Missing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 June 1947 · page 7

A 13½-year-old boy, who has been missing from his home at Surrry Hills since Thursday, told his…

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Music in the Schools Teachers' Problems To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 2

Sir,—Your correspondent, T.S.M., in his article "Under 25 and Music," takes a more optimistic view of the future than the music teachers of this…

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Perth Conference For Better Schools

Tribune · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 7

PERTH.—Speed up of construction of high school buildings in centrally situated areas, with technical education facilities or travelling vans to…

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Schoolboys For Meat Deliveries?

The Sun · Tuesday 3 June 1947 · page 7

Butchers may ask that schoolboys be allowed to deliver meat on bicycles after school if the Government…

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Found Dead At School Of Arts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 1

The body of a man was found lying inside the enclosure in front of Parramatta School of Arts, in Macquarie Street, on Sunday…

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Address to School Workers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 4

President of the N.S.W. Infants and Nursery Schools' Clubs (Mrs. G. E. Maunder) attended the last meeting of Westmead Infants' School Club…

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Good Morning, Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 4

After 46 years' service with the Education Department, Mr. B. J Reilly, of Granville Technical School retired last Friday…

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Parramatta West Infants' School Club

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 4

It is very gratifying for the members of the club to see the portable classrooms being built in the school yard. The two rooms are only a temporary relief, as the…

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School of Arts Ball, This

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 1

This Saturday night, June 7, is the night of the big June Ball in aid of the Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts Building Fund. The venue of this auspicious…

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Is Musical Appreciation Lacking in Our Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 9

"Polly Rhythm" to-day discusses the controversial subject, "Do We Have Sufficient Music In Schools?" CONCERN that all children are not given the…

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