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Schools, 1947

2,377 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 119

New Pupils Rejected at Crowded Schools No Space Available

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

HUNDREDS of young children were turned away from schools in the metropolitan area today because of the lack of accommodation…

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New Pupils Rejected at Crowded Schools No Space Available

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

HUNDREDS of young children were turned away from schools in the metropolitan area today because of the lack of accommodation…

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New Pupils Rejected at Crowded Schools No Space Available

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

MANY young children were turned away from Sydney schools today because of the lack of accommodation available…

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New Pupils Rejected at Crowded Schools No Space Available

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

HUNDREDS of young children were turned away from schools in the metropolitan area today because of the lack of accommodation…

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Many City Schools Over-crowded Some Turn Away New Pupils Big Govt. Grant for Education

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

MANY young children were turned away from Sydney schools today because of lack of accommodation. The State Government intends to spend…

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Many City Schools Over-crowded Some Turn Away New Pupils Big Govt. Grant for Education

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

MANY young children were turned away from Sydney schools today because of lack of accommodation. The State Government intends to spend…

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Conference in School Chifley's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday. — Permission to use Parliament House for conferences was entirely a matter for the President of the…

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Schools Lacking in British W. Africa

Tribune · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 2

NIGERIA.—One in 200 children in British West Africa has the chance to go to school. There are only 20 small libraries for 26,000.000…

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Big Haul Of School Typewriters

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

Theft of 31 typewriters valued at several hundred pounds from the Dulwich Hill Home Science School…

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School Capacity Taxed To Utmost

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

Accommodation in Sydney's public schools was taxed to the utmost today when the School Year opened with enrolment of about 11,000 new pupils. Only youngsters turned away were at Artarmon, where the…

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Girls--glamor--beach Stir Bondi's March Past Dumper Young Versus Old School Skirmishes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 23

THE GIRLS plus glamor are in, but some Surf Club officials are "out." Latest action of Bondi executive officers, who have quashed a move by a large section of members to form a women's march past team, has provoked one of the…

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Girls--glamor--beach Stir Bondi's March Past Dumper Young Versus Old School Skirmishes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 23

THE GIRLS plus glamor are in, but some Surf Club officials are "out." Latest action of Bondi executive officers, who have quashed a move by a large section of members to form a women's march past team, has provoked one of the…

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Local Schools May Have Speech Therapy Clinics

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 4

The Department of Education will consider extension of speech therapy clinics to cover the Parramatta- Hawkesbury district as soon…

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Guildford School of Arts. Monthly Dances

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 1

The committee of the Guildford Memorial School of Arts will be commencing its usual monthly dances on Saturday, 1st February, and on the 1st Saturday…

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"Black" Ban Threat Against School

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 3

Conley Vale Public School will be declared "black" by parents unless the Education Department takes immediate action to provide additional accommodation…

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Birth Certificate Check On Ages At Infants' Schools

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 5

Headmistresses of many infants' schools in Sydney are asking parents to produce birth certificates before children will be accepted for enrolment. This precaution has been taken to prevent…

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Hammer-throwing Star Took His Teacher's Title

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 13

Hammer-throwing champion Keith Pardon (NSW), taught Keith Allan many of the finer points of hammer-throwing while Allan was in the forces and on Monday Allan took the national title from him…

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Crowding in Schools 'Critical' Heffron Denies Refusal To Enrol Children

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 5

Overcrowding had reached a critical stage in more than half of Sydney's public schools, the president of the Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations (Mr. C. L. Cother) said…

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First Day at School Made Him Shed Tears

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 3

STARTING SCHOOL yesterday was a very unhappy event for Chinese boy Tom She To, and he shed a lot of tears to show the teacher and the other pupils just how he felt. Tom was one of the 6500 toddlers who went to school yesterday for the first time.--Story, Page 5…

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The Everyday Life of a Russian--3 In Soviet schools there was hope for the future

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 10

UNTIL 1944, Soviet children went to school at eight, but now they've reduced the age…

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