Huge Grant for Education £10 Million Allocated Crowded Classes in Many Schools
Truth · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 2
General expenditure of £10,845,833 would be made by the State and Federal Governments on education in New South Wales, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) said yesterday…
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The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 2
HUMILIATED and antagonised by their failure to keep up with Fifth and Sixth class…
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The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 1
New boys, old boys and possibly teachers, too, found it hard to settle down to lessons at school, which resumed during the week after the Christmas vacation. The fish, that got away, happy days on the beach, holidays in the…
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The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 3
A 14-YEAR-OLD schoolboy who died early Saturday morning after taking poison had lived through the London blitz. The boy, Geoffrey Ronald White, pupil of a well-known Sydney school, was believed to…
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The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 3
"TURN out your pockets!" The leader of the gipsies folded his arms and his large brown eyes stared hard at the…
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The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 5
"THERE'S NO BUSINESS like the show business," say Leonie Scarlett, 13, and Fred Norton, 12, as they smile backstage at the Theatre Royal…
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The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 7
Many pupils at Liverpool Boys' Primary School had to sit on boxes, Mr. S. P. Lewis, yesterday…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 2
Sir,—The Minister for Education, Mr. Heffron, has an unenviable task at any time, but I have no doubt that at an…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4
Most Australian teachers could not take advantage of the teacher-exchange plan with England because they could not…
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Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 14
LONDON.-- An ex-public schoolboy, who was stated to be inheriting £4600 out of the will of his…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2
About 100 pupils were enrolled in the secondary department at Lidcombe Central last…
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Construction · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 3
The Minister for Education, Mr. R. J. Heffron, said that a record enrolment of 368,300 pupils was expected in the State Schools this year. Enrolments were expected to be 14,000 more than last…
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The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 7
Mr. Eugene Goossens has appointed two distinguished Australian cellists, Mr. Lauri Kennedy and his son, John…
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The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 15
Almost 4000 pupils have passed through Fort Street Girls' High School since the present headmistress, Miss…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 12
Mr. S. P. Lewis has been reelected president of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation for 1949…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 10
The president of the Parents and Citizens' Association (Mr. C. L. Cother) said yesterday that his Association had…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 14
Mr. P. H. B. Lyon, former headmaster of Rugby School, England, who recently arrived in Australia…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 3
When a burglar was disturbed at St. Margaret's Girls' Hostel, Cambridge Street, Stanmore, at 4 a.m…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 11
Mr. S. P. Lewis has becru reelected president of the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation. He has been president since…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 6
The Minister for Education, Mr. R. J. Heffron, has announced that the Manly Boys' Junior High School had been raised in status…
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