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Schools, 1949

2,339 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 117

Old Boys Critical Of School's State

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

AN enjoyable reunion of members of the Old Boys' Union of Huristone Agricultural High School was…

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League Abandons Schools' Gala

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 16

New South Wales Rugby League yesterday abandoned the schools' carnival it had arranged for today…

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£200 Diamond Located By Schoolboy At Grafton

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 6

GRAFTON, Friday.-- A solitaire diamond valued at £200 was found in a pool of water at Grafton public school yesterday by a nine-years-old boy. THE lad, Max Godwin, was…

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£200 Diamond Located By Schoolboy At Grafton

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 6

GRAFTON, Friday.-- A solitaire diamond valued at £200 was found in a pool of water at Grafton public school yesterday by a nine-years-old boy. THE lad, Max Godwin, was…

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Enjoying Religion Voluntary Christian Movements in Schools

The Methodist · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 4

"So be it, Lord, Thy throne shall never, Like earth's proud empires pass away; Thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever, Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway."…

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CHURCHES School For Clergy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 4

The Archbishop, Dr. Mowll, has announced a school for Anglican clergy to begin on Monday at Tudor House, Moss…

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Blue-eyed teacher is versatile

The Sun · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 2

A country school-teacher is the latest contender for the Miss New South Wales title in the 1949 Miss…

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More Schooling

Truth · Sunday 28 August 1949 · page 24

THE Vauxhall Company has introduced an apprenticeship scheme to raise the level of skill in the British service…

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Govt's Mammoth Works Programme Plans for New Schools, Irrigation Schemes

Truth · Sunday 28 August 1949 · page 22

CANBERRA, Saturday.—The Federal Government, in conjunction with the States, has planned a mammoth national works programme, totalling £743,000,000, to offset possible widespread unemployment during any economic slump…

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Teacher students forced to take jobs to pay way

The Sun · Sunday 28 August 1949 · page 10

MANY girl students at Sydney teachers' colleges have taken part-time jobs as waitresses in city cafes. Miss Pat Crozier, Balmain Teacher's College Students'…

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The Schoolboy Detective the Island of the Silver River

The Sun · Sunday 28 August 1949 · page 7

READ THIS FIRST: Rob Pearce. the schoolboy detective, first hears of the Silver River from Mr. Symington on whose yacht…

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Final Plans Completed Science Research School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 August 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sunday.—Final plans had been completed for the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian…

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"Political bias" in school broadcasts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 August 1949 · page 7

Some recent A.B.C. broadcasts to schools were "vehicles for socialist propaganda," the State Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Treatt) said yesterday…

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Judge Wants Schools for Mothers-in-law

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 6

Mr. Justice Bonney today suggested special education for mothers-in-law. In Newcastle Divorce, Court he was hearing a…

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School holiday safety appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 6

The Acting-Traffic Superintendent (Mr. W. R. Lawrence) last night appealed to parents to keep children off the streets…

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Will Improve School Sanitation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 3

Additional sanitary accommodation at Wentworthville Public School will be provided "as soon as the Education…

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Merrylands West School Parents' Afternoon

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 3

A very well-attended parents afternoon was held at the new Infants School, Merrylands West, on August 23rd Miss Fink, in her opening remarks su[?]ssed…

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Wentworthville School

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 2

At its meeting on August 23 Holroyd Council dealt with a letter from Hon R. J. Heffron, Minister for Education (to Mr. Stan Freeman, M.L.A.), as follows:…

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Science Research School. Final Plans Completed

Construction · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 3

Final plans have been completed for the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor D. B. Copland, said it was…

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Schools may close; polio alarm in Vic

The Sun · Wednesday 31 August 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- State Cabinet may consider closing down of schools until Victoria's infantile paralysis epidemic abates…

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