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Schools, 1949

2,339 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 117

Present State of Schools [?] Minister's Statement

The Biz · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 4

The present conditions of schools throughout New South Wales was due to the restricted programme of construction and repairs possible during the five years…

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Testimonial for Corresp. School Chief

The Land · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 27

THE suggestion by the general president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. H. S. Roberton) that the association should…

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Country Women's Interests School Hostel Serves Riverina "Home From Home" For 118 Students

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 15

CLAUGHTON HOUSE, the Presbyterian hostel for students attending Hay War Memorial and Primary Schools, opens its doors to children of all denominations. At the present 118 students, drawn from all centres of the…

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Technical schools' difficulties

The Sun · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

Technical education enrolments had increased from 31,000 in 1938 to about 100,000 this year, the…

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Salaries Talks By Teachers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 10

The Council of the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation will meet on Saturday to discuss salary increases which the Public…

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Teachers demand a better deal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 8

Vice-president, New South Wales Teachers' Federation. THE present salaries agreement between…

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A Personal Appeal To Parents of Children, of Caringbah Public School

The Observer · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 8

Dear Parent, In writing this letter it is my objective to give you some idea of what is happening at the School where…

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Official Opening of Bardwell Park Sunday School Hall on Saturday, 5th March, at 3 p.m

The Methodist · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 2

In spite of restrictions upon materials and building difficulties, Bardwell Park Methodist Church Trust has erected a school hall at the rear of the present Church hall building. The approximate…

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Schoolboy Rower To Contest Regatta Sculls

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 23

Seventeen-years-old Scots College student Barry Morton will start in the handicap sculls at Leichhardt regatta today. Rowing officials say it will be the first occasion…

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Teachers In Protest On Salaries

Truth · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 5

The Council of the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation yesterday rejected the Public Service Board's…

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Ex-Teacher Thumped Wife

Truth · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 14

FROM time to time newspapers record the stories of migratory souls who cycle, tramp, thumb or wing their ways round Australia. Some go for pleasure, some for experience and some for monetary gain. But James Alfred Errington…

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Cranbrook Boys Excel In Schools' Swimming

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 23

Cranbrook boys supplied the highlights of yesterday's Combined Associated Schools' annual swimming carnival at North Sydney Olympic Pool. Cranbrook, with 95 points,…

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Teachers turn down rise

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 4

Teachers' Federation Council yesterday unanimously rejected an offer of increased salaries by the NSW Public…

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A School for Bad Mothers London

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 6

FOR the first time in Britain, delinquent women accused in courts of neglecting their children are being sent to school to learn to become good mothers. The school is a large, bright, modernly-equipped house in…

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The Schoolboy Detective the Phantom Ship Part Xix

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 5

THE boys stood with fast-beating hearts. They remembered how they had seen the lantern near the gipsy caravan, burning…

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A schoolma'am learned to bet

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 44

MRS. ETHEL MAUD ALLEN, a 56-year-old schoolteacher with greying hair, knew little about racing when she made this acquaintance of portly Nathan Solomon, aged…

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Backwash costs schoolboy sculls win

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 March 1949 · page 24

Backwash from Iron Cove retaining wall cost Scots College student Barry Morton a win in the handicap sculls at yesterday's Leichhardt regatta. The regatta was held on the J. B. Sharp…

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Teachers' Claims £3 Million More Involved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 5

A claim by the Teachers' Federation Council for salary increases averaging £250 a year, would mean an…

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Nsw Library School

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 6

There were 41 enrolments for the NSW Library School which opened at the Public Library today…

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Fatality at School

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 6

LONDON.-- As a result of a fatal accident in a Stoke Newington school, all glass in school doors is to be replaced…

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