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Schools, 1949

2,339 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 117

Schools' Standard "Decline"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 8

LONDON.--Concern at the falling off of educational standards, compared with those set before the…

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Holroyd Backs Plan For New High School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 4

Holroyd Council will support Parramatta High School Parents and Citizens' Association's move for a new school. The Council will send…

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Schoolgirls Remembered

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 1

Proudly erect and bravely stifling her tears, schoolgirl Shirley Baldwin mounted the…

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Good Morning Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

Last week's blackout affected schools throughout the Parramatta district. Granville Tech. had its "worst…

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Letters Teachers and Communism Inculcating Cynicism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

Sir.—There are many Communist and Fascist teachers in State schools to-day, many of whom1 are enrolled under…

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International Ball: School Pageant National Costumes Make A Brilliant Spectacle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 9

The bunting colours of the flags of forty nations were a perfect background for the glittering full-dress national costumes worn by wives of members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps and other international representatives…

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'Lang Wants Gestapo 1 : Teachers 1 Accusation

Tribune · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 6

“Public school teachers are subjects to inspection by Departmental inspectors, but apparently the Lang Party wants a special Gestapo appointed/' said NSW Teachers Federation President, S. P. Lewis and Secretary H. Norington in a joint…

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School History In Centenary Pageant

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 12

THREE HUNDRED girls of Fort Street Girls' High School presented a centenary pageant at the Conservatorium last night. A former Fortian. Mrs…

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Penrith School of Arts Chess Club

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 2

Penrith School of Arts Chess Club is about to commence its 1949 championship tournament, for which there are 13 entries. Competitors will, play…

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St. Marys School Notes

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 5

Junior Farmers.—The ordinary Committee was formed again for 1949. The executive officers for the year are: President, Mr. E. V. Way; secretary,…

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Rotary Ball for School

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 4

The Rotary Club of Penrith will hold a ball on May 26 the proceeds of which will go to Penrith P. and C.A. for the purpose of providing special '…

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Schools to Be Equipped

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 12

PARIS.—Jewish schools in France are to be supplied with text books and other educational material under the School Adoption Plan of the World Jewish…

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No Day School Yet

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 10

Last Tuesday's meeting of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies was not very eventful. The meeting was informed that the Warsaw Ghetto commemoration would…

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Another Japanese School Given University Status

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 2

TOKYO.—The Catholic girls' school conducted by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Okayama has…

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A Page For Catholic Schools Criticism And Appreciation Of Unfamiliar Prose

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 3

QUESTION I. of the Leaving Certificate Honors Paper seems now well established in design…

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Chesterton was "not very bright" at school

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 1

GILBERT Keith Chesterton, the great Catholic writer, was well-behaved but not very bright, according to…

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Kingsgrove School

The Propeller · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 1

In response to Rockdale Council's representations for the acquisition of a greater area of land for school…

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School For Pig Raisers At Hawkesbury Agric. College

The Land · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 8

A school of instruction for pig raisers is to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, from Tuesday, July 12 to Friday, July 15. The school aims to provide a short course of training in general pig raising, including specialised instruction in judging pigs, alive and in…

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Army Conducts Modern Apprenticeship School

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 11

MANY inquiries by 'teen age boys at the display of the Australian Regular Army during the Sydney Royal show, indicated that the youth of the nation was not entirely culled by the present wave of lucrative dead-end Jobs that…

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Special Schooling For Deaf Children In Central West

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 15

IT was unlikely that a sufficient number of deaf children would be gathered together at any one centre in the Central West to Justify the…

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