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Schools, 1949

2,339 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 117

Make-believe School

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1949 · page 4

Headmistress of our school I'd like to be, And there would be no drastic rules, you see;…

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Ray lamps may end colds in schools

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1949 · page 8

NINETY children af Mosman Public School are "guinea pigs" in an Education Department experiment to prevent colds in schools. Ultra-violet lamps have been installed in one…

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She's in Show Business Schoolgirl's Punch and Judy show

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1949 · page 42

A 15-YEARS-OLD schoolgirl, of Petersham, runs a Punch and Judy show entirely by herself. She is Florence Bell, known professionally as…

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Hope for Deaf Children U.k. Teachers Developing New Training

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Pioneer teachers in Britain are blazing a trail with a new technique in lip-reading, through the soundless wilderness in which deaf…

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Gym Shoes at School

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON.--Gym shoes will be issued to all Leeds (Yorkshire) schoolchildren to prevent foot injuries during…

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Area Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

Sir,—It is quite evident that L. G. Lang "Herald" (March 15) is not conversant with some of the developments in education in…

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Teacher's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 7

Brother Ignatius, a former headmaster of the Marist Brothers' College at Randwick, died in Brisbane on Saturday. He…

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Technical Schools Government Spending

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

The Minister for Education, Mr. R. J. Heffron, announced yesterday that the State Government had made…

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State Champion's School Titles

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 20

State junior champion, Barrie Kellaway, easily won the senior 55 yards, 110 yards and 220 yards freestyle events at…

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Didn't Like School, Hid For 6 Weeks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Because he did not want to go to Sandringham Technical School, Allan…

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Free Apples for These Pupils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

These young artists interrupted their work at the Hopetown Kindergarten, Melbourne, yesterday, to eat their daily apples. The fruit was supplied free as part of the Victorian Fruit and Health Week campaign…

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Parramatta High School Buildings Are Now Completely Inadequate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 1

A storm which has long been gathering will begin to break shortly when showers of leaflets are distributed inviting councils, various organisations, parents of students, and past students, of the Parramatta High School and all community-minded citizens…

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High School P. & C. Annual Meeting Held

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 1

Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Parramatta High School Parents and Citizens' Association annual…

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Good Morning Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 2

A first grade school cricket team, selected from all schools in the Parramatta district, will play a metropolitan schoolboys'…

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Fort Street school wants a centenarian

The Sun · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 19

Fort Street School is looking for a centenarian! It can now boast of three nonagenarian Fortians, namely Mr. W. F. Day, of Wagga, who is in his 92nd year, Mr. I. Zlotkowski, of Vaucluse, who was 92 last November, and Mr. G. Murden, of…

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Escape By Schoolgirl

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

Joan Lynn Gust, a 13-years-old schoolgirl, narrowly missed being struck by plaster which fell from…

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Govt. Moves on School Milk Supply

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 6

The Milk Board had taken "appropriate action" to see that school-children's milk supplies were…

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Naval School Ball

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 17

NAVAL Training School Vivid, Woolloomooloo, will hold its third annual cabaret ball at Winn's Ballroom, Oxford St.,…

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Govt. Moves on School Milk Supply

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 6

The Milk Board had taken "appropriate action" to see that school-children's milk supplies were…

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Naval School Ball

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 17

NAVAL Training School Vivid, Woolloomooloo, will hold its third annual cabaret ball at Winn's Ballroom, Oxford St.,…

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