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Schools, 1947

2,377 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 119

School Holidays

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 14

SIX weeks' Christmas holidays for schoolchildren is too long Reduced to three weeks, the rest could be split into periods of one…

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Horrible Dream May Have Killed School-teacher From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 3

LONDON, June 24.—At an inquest at Margate yesterday, a doctor said that a woman's death from heart failure may have been the result of…

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Seek £1,000,000 From Govt. for District School Needs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 2

A New Deal for Education commitee formed at Holroyd last week will ask the Federal Government for £1,000,000 to supply the needs of district schools. The committee was formed at [?]…

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Y.WC.A. Schoolgirl's Club

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 6

A Schoolgirls' Club is one of the innovations introduced by Y.W.C.A. branch secretary, Mrs. L. McEwin. Held at the Y.W.C.A. rooms,…

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Free Milk For Granville Schoolchildren?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 2

Granville Parents and Citizens' Association has asked the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) to honor his promise to buy free milk for Granville schoolchildren, if…

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P'matta Schoolboy Selected for Tests Against N.z

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 12

Hero of Parramatta Intermediate High is 15-years-old Ray Anderson, who has been selected to play for Australia in the forthcoming…

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Good Morning, Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 5

Children of the Wentworthville Public School will compile a portfolio on Australia to send to the Baynton junior High School, New…

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Lantern Lecture at Public School

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 3

A very interesting lecture on the vast amount of work undertaken and in the course of construction by the Water Board, was given to the school children…

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University Still Seriously Short of Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 4

Sydney University continued to be seriously understaffed, but the worst of the crisis had been overcome by temporary appointments, said the Vice-Chancellor (Professor S. H…

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School Broadcast on Man Suspended

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 23

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--Public opinion has forced the Minister for Education (Mr.. Mason) to suspend the series of broadcasts in…

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School Broadcast on Man Suspended

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 June 1947 · page 23

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--Public opinion has forced the Minister for Education (Mr. Mason) to suspend the series of broadcasts in…

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Springwood Nursery School Association

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 8

Mrs. J. Jackson, wife of the member for Nepean, visited the Nursery School last week, Mrs. Jackson was accompanied by two friends and some small…

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Show Society Question of Use of Ground for School Sports

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 4

The committee of Nepean A.H. and I. Society, on Thursday evening, discussed a proposal to rescind a resolution refusing use of the ground for…

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School of Arts Subsidy the Library Proposal

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 3

Penrith School of Arts asked Penrith Council, in a letter read at last monthly meeting, to grant the usual subsidy to the institute…

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Schoolgirls In U.S. Aid Nuns With Sick Poor

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 18

A group of Cincinnati (U.S.A.) schoolgirls, representative of three high schools, have pledged themselves to aid in the…

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Teachers Want Equal Pay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 17

The N.S.W. Teachers' Federation will ask the A.C.T.U. to take steps to achieve its policy of equal pay for the sexes by making…

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School Jubilee Dance Australian's Study of Indian Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 12

A BRIEF visit to Bombay as a port of call en route to England and the Continent, and the performance in Paris of a troupe…

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Public School Epidemic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 3

LONDON, June 25 (A.A.P.).—This year's cricket match between Eton and Winchester College, set down for Friday and Saturday, has been cancelled…

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