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Schools, 1950

2,603 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 131

£12,000 School for Spastics

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 4

A school to accomodate 80 spastic children is to be built in the grounds of St. George District Hospital,…

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"Two Schools Of Thought" U.S. Division Over Pacific Strategy

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, on their visit to Tokio this week, are to choose between "two warring schools of American military thought" on Pacific defence, according to a Tokio observer…

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Too Many Pupils for U.k. Schools

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 8

LONDON.--Hundreds of children due to start school life with the first term of 1950 have been…

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Too Many Pupils for U.k. Schools

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 8

LONDON.--Hundreds of children due to start school life with the first term of 1950 have been…

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All School-age Pupils Enrolled Lorries take furniture to handle rush

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 9

No child of the compulsory school-starting age of six was turned away from schools yesterday, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) said…

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A Schoolgirl Wrote the "Song of Conde-watha"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 4

A Sydney Girls' High School pupil, Pat Wyllie (4D), has had published in the school magazine, an ode to Emergency Electricity Commissioner (Mr. H. G. Conde)…

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School Shortages Are State's Big Problem By A Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

In 1948 the Minister for Education, Mr. R. J. Heffron, announced an ambitious plan to spend £20 million in four years in an all-out effort to overcome one of our biggest post-war problems— overcrowding in schools…

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Lack Of School Accommodation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

In most countries since the war the education authorities, have been confronted with the problem of overcrowded…

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Boys Become Fugitives From School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

Police at 3 a.m. were searching for two boys who, they believe, left their home in Annandale yesterday afternoon…

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School Again After Six Weeks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

On their first day at school after the Christmas holidays, these boys were caught by the camera filing into their classroom at Bexley Central school. Most of them seemed unconcerned at the prospect of lessons again…

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More Children In Schools Than Ever

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

Education Department officials expect a record number of 393,000 children—23,000 more than last year—to enrol throughout the State by the end of next week…

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Shortage of teachers

The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 17

I make a suggestion in regard to the shortage of teachers in our schools. There are hundreds of young women in offices and stores…

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School Cost £70.000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The State Government has spent £70,700 in providing a new six-storied commerce…

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School Cost £70,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The State Government has spent £70,700 in providing a new six-storied commerce…

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School Cost £70,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The State Government has spent £70,700 in providing a new six-storied commerce…

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Youth Shoots Girl in Head at U.s. School

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Copthorne Mac- Donald (14) yesterday shot Nancy Penfield (123) in the…

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School Cost £70,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- The State Government has spent £70,700 in providing a new six-storied commerce…

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School Cost £70,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- The - State Government has spent £70,700 in providing a new six-storied commerce…

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School Cost £70,000

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- The State Government has spent £70,700 in providing a new six-storied commerce…

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Problem of Schools Teachers' View Of Shortages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 4

Commenting on an article published in the "Herald" yesterday, "School Shortages Are State's Big Problem," the publicity…

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