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Schools, 1950

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Teacher Urges Sex Education

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Sex education in schools, with cooperation from parents, is advocated by the headmistress of Croydon, one of England's largest girl'…

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U.K. School Salaries Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--Low pay for teachers is draining British schools of men of first-rate character…

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Pupils of the Ballet Examination Results

The Propeller · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1

At the recent dancing examinations held in Sydney by the Royal Academy of Dancing the following pupils…

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U.K. Bishops Not 'Playing Politics' Proposal On Schools Rejected By Labor, Conservatives

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON.—Chairman of the British Hierarchy's Co-ordinating Action Committee on Schools has emphasised that the Bishop's recent school memorandum was not issued to "play politics" by playing one political party against another. The chairman, Bishop Beck…

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Hurstville Primary School

The Propeller · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 3

The fifteenth annual speech day in connection with Hurstville Primary School (Boys and Girls' Departments) was…

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Carlton Central Girls' School

The Propeller · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 3

Speech day was held at Carlton Central Girls' School on Tuesday, December 6, and in addition to pupils a large…

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Bexley Central Boys' School

The Propeller · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 3

The speech day and concert of Bexley Central Boys' School was held in the Parish Hall. Albyn Street, Bexley, on…

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Speech Days Celebrations in Local Schools

The Propeller · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 3

Prior to the closing down of schools in the St. George district for the Christmas Vacation, speech days were held either in the Assembly Halls of the schools or at local theatres. Following are some of…

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Danebank Church of England School

The Propeller · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 3

The sixteenth annual speech day in connection with Danebank Church of England School, Hurstville,…

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Mortdale Girls' School

The Propeller · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 3

The Paramount Theatre, Mortdale, was well filled with pupils of Mortdale Public School, and their parents,…

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Teachers Seek Higher Salaries, Better Conditions

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 13

THREE important resolutions in education were the subject of discussion at the annual conference of the C.W.A…

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School of Sharks Seen Near Beach

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 6

A school of about 12 large sharks swam around a surfboat about 300 yards out from Collaroy beach yesterday afternoon. Michael Adare, one of…

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Hundreds Will Attend Music School In Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

Several hundred music teachers and schoolteachers—some from Cairns, Brisbane, Albany (W.A.), Adelaide, Bendigo, and Melbourne,…

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In A Tileyard Caravan Teacher Invents Health Machine

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 6

After living an almost hermit existence for four years in a caravan in a suburban tileyard, a Melbourne school teacher--against his own wishes--is now being hailed as the inventor of a miracle health machine. His school teacher colleagues with aches and pains, sickly neighbors, and the…

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Flashes From the News 'Protection' Racket of U. S. Schoolgirls

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

ROCHFORD (Illinois), Saturday.-- Police report having broken up a "protection racket" run by two 12 -years- old schoolgirls. THE girls had amassed between 50 and 60 dollars from a…

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Flashes From the News 'Protection ' Racket of U.s . Schoolgirls

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

ROCHFORD (Illinois), Saturday.-- Police report having broken up a "protection racket" run by two 12 -years -old schoolgirls. THE girls had amassed between 50 and 60 dollars from a…

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Flashes From the News 'Protection Racket of U. S. School Girls

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

ROCHFORD (Illinois), Saturday.--Police report having broken up a "protection racket" run by two 12-years-oId schoolgirls. THE girls had amassed between 50 and 60 dollars from a…

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Flashes From the News 'Protection' Racket of U.s. School Girls

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

ROCHFORD (Illinois), Saturday.-- Police report having broken up a "protection racket" run by two 12- years -old schoolgirls. THE girls had amassed between 50 and 60 dollars from a…

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Flashes From the News Protection ' Racket of U. S. School Girls

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

ROCHFORD (Illinois), Saturday.--Police report haying broken up a "protection racket" run by two 12- years- old schoolgirls. THE girls had amassed between 50 and 60 dollars from a…

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Flashes From the News 'Protection ' Racket of U. S. School Girls

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

ROCHFORD (Illinois), Saturday.-- Police report having broken up a "protection racket" run by two 12 -years -old schoolgirls. THE girls had amassed between 50 and 60 dollars from a…

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