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Schools, 1949

2,339 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 117

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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Fatality at School

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 7

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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Salary for Teachers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 4

The function of the Public Service Board was to act impartially and let Parliament worry about the finance…

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Advances to schoolgirls

The Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

A man who stopped schoolgirls aged from five to nine in the street, and offered them money to go into a block of…

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Praise for schoolboy composer

The Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 3

A 16-year-old schoolboy who taught himself to read music three years ago has been highly commended…

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44 girls one man in 1949 Library School course

The Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 13

A CLASS of 45 students began lectures at the State Library School at the NSW Public Library…

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Old Guildford Protest. Pupils May Be Taken From School

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

Old Guildford Parents and citizens' Association decided on 1st inst., parents should withdraw their children from Old Guildford School if the Department of…

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Trouble Ahead Over School Conditions

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 1

A 14-day ultimatum by parents to boycott Old Guildford Public School has resulted in immediate improvements to the sanitary system…

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Good Morning Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 5

Fourteen-years-old R. Peatman, of Auburn Central bowled exceptionally well last week to take…

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Teachers Had Happy Time

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 6

Teaching staff of the Parramatta West Infants' School spent a pleasant time at an afternoon tea party at…

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Present State of Schools Minister's Statement

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

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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Teachers’ Secretary Says: “Redbaiters Lack Sense of Humor”

Tribune · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 8

CHARGES that Marxist theories were being imparted to children by school teachers were made by mischievous…

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Record Swim by Schoolgirl

The Sun · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 26

AUCKLAND, Wednesday. Sixteen-year-old Miss W. Griffin won the Auckland secondary schools' 110 yards…

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St. Marys Public School

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

The Junior Farmers' Club held their monthly meeting during the week. We hope to see this a flourishing club after the annual meeting to be held…

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School Holiday

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

The Catholic Education Office announces that St. Patrick's Day. March 17, will be a school holiday in the Archdiocese of Sydney…

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A page For Catholic Schools Instalment No. 7 In A Study Of Shakespeare's "Macbeth"

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

AS Act III., Scene V. begins, thunder is heard, and the three witches enter, meeting Hecate…

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MAITLAND Several Records Broken At School Swimming Carnival

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 6

At the Maitland Marist Brothers' High Schools sixth annual swimming carnival, held at Maitland Olympic Pool on March 1, four…

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"Wagged" School For Air Dash To Windjammer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

An American history student who "wagged" school in Switzerland to catch a migrant plane in…

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School Holidays. To the Editor of "The propeller."

The Propeller · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 7

Sir,--In reply to your correspondent "Billy Panikin," who wrote recently in the "Propeller," on school holidays, I wish to Inform him and others…

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Narwee Infants' School

The Propeller · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

Narwee Progress Association advised Hurstville Council that its application for the establishment of an infant's…

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