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Schools, 1948

1,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 95

Teacher's Claim a Board Matter

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 6

THE Minister for Education(Mr. Heffron) said today that the question of increased salaries for teachers was one…

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Teachers Complain

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 3

In a letter to the editor of the Daily Mirror, signed by 29 of their members, the teaching staff of Balmain…

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School Sports 6 Records Broken

The Leader · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 2

AT THE ANNUAL SPORTS MEETING of Liverpool Boys' School, held under ideal conditions in the Showground on 28th July, some remarkably good junior athletic talent was displayed, no less than six established school records being…

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Boys' Concert. Farerreld Public School

The Biz · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 1

A concert presenting, a variety, of items in Fairfield School of Arts last Friday night, filled the hall to capacity. The youthful artists were boy pupils of…

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Cabramatta Infants' School Mothers' Club

The Biz · Thursday 5 August 1948 · page 2

The president (Mrs. Gilian) presided at the monthly meeting of the Mothers' Club on July 28th. The treasurer's report showed the club…

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Leadership School

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 15

A YOUTH Leadership School held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, last week was a definite success, said Miss Nancy…

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Teacher Shortage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 2

Sir,—Why is there such a shortage of teachers? Why is this, the most important of all professions, ever the Cinderella?…

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Fourth Local Govt. School

The St George Call · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 1

Aldermen, Councillors and Officers of Local Athorities from all over the State as well as Officers of State Departments concerned in local…

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Mere Staff For Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 7

The Education Department hopes to increase the teaching staff of State schools from 12,000 to…

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He Went to School

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 1

LONDON.--An eight-years-old boy who was said to have constantly played truant from school, kept Fleetwood,…

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School Rings Are Big Business

The World's News · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 20

AS mementos of their Alma Mater, American boys and girls spend some £12,000,000 a pear on school rings and pins…

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Schools Public Speech Results

The Sun · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 3

Results of the Schools' Public Speaking Competition, arranged by the Royal Empire Society, were:--…

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Schoolboy, 13, Found Hanged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1948 · page 1

WAGGA, Friday.--A 13-year-old schoolboy accidentally hanged himself at his aunt's home at Wagga at 6 p.m. today. He was Noel Schiller,…

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TRUTH Readers Say School Fares

Truth · Sunday 8 August 1948 · page 30

The Department of Education announced that a subsidy would be available to…

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Schools Of Dramatic Art Stifled

Truth · Sunday 8 August 1948 · page 29

AFTER Sir Laurence Olivier recently pleaded in Sydney with Australians to retain our present theatres,…

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Teacher is sacked for Sunday ice-cream sin LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 8 August 1948 · page 4

BECAUSE she bought a child an ice-cream on a Sunday, a Methodist woman Sunday-school superintendent has been forced to resign. She is Miss Kathleen…

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Absent Pupils Know Answers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday.--Most common excuses for school pupils' absenteeism in England are "shopping," "queueing for mother," and "helping with the housework,"…

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Absent Pupils Know Answers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday.--Most common excuses for school pupils' absenteeism in England are ''shopping, "queueing for mother." and ''helping with the housework,"…

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Good Morning, Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 2

Classmates of a boy at Westmead Central whose mother died suddenly last week, clubbed together and sent a wreath to the funeral. The bereaved boy is Keith…

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School Sport

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1948 · page 11

Granville Tech. has won two grades of the Intermediate Schools' Western Division Rugby League competition. Tech. were successful in the…

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