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Schools, 1950

2,603 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 131

Scholars to visit Aust

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 9

CANBERRA, Fri.--The Interim Council of the National University has invited three distinguished…

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20,000 New Tech. Pupils

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 6

More than 20,000 students will enrol at the Sydney Technical College next Monday to begin classes on February 27…

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Circuit News Mosman-Cremorne Sunday School Anniversary

The Methodist · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 6

The many adherents and friends who attended the services heard very fine addresses from the visiting preachers, Revs. A. J. Gould,…

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US teachers face charge

The Sun · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

DETROIT, Friday.-- Charges that men teachers at Madison High School playfully "snapped brassieres" of…

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School's hard for the New Australian

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 25

HUNDREDS of children now at school in Sydney learned their first…

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Schoolboy Smashes State 440 Record

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 37

Thirteen-years-old schoolboy swimmer Barry Darke, last night bettered his own State 440 yards freestyle record by eight and a half seconds…

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British Rugby team is tough; no Old School Tie

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1950 · page 27

WALLABY captain Trevor Allan and star forward Col Windon yesterday predicted that the British Isles Rugby Union team due here next season will match the All Blacks and Maoris for toughness. The British team…

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Fright Kills Schoolgirl London

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1950 · page 5

EVELYN WASHBURN, 13 year-old Cheshire schoolgirl was, this week, frightened to death, police believe. She was found unconscious…

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Freckled-faced schoolgirl beats all but champion

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1950 · page 23

A NEW sprint freckled-faced 15-year-old schoolgirl, Marlene Mathews, beat all but joint world record holder, Marjorie Jackson in the women's State 100 yards title at The Sports Ground yesterday…

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Schoolgirl hurdler goes to the front

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1950 · page 23

SCHOOLGIRL Marlene Mathews (left) about to go to the front to win the first heat of the women's…

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School's in today for the Games "Kids"

The Sun · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 20

Empire Games winners, Marjorie McQuade and David Hawkins, both 16, returned to school today. Picturegram from Melbourne at left shows smiling Marjorie, in light overalls and carrying a rake,…

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Schoolgirl third in diving title

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 19

Fourteen-years-old schoolgirl Pamela Hopkins was third in the women's senior State high- board diving championship at…

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Boy Stabs Teacher

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

CHICAGO.--Fred Pattie (13) told Granite City (Illinois) police he stabbed his teacher twice with a pair of scissors…

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Boy Stabs Teacher

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 4

CHICAGO. -- Fred Pattie (13) told Granite City (Illinois) police he stabbed his teacher twice with a pair of scissors…

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Good Morning, Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

School swimming carnivals are causing a lot of excitement at present, and many youngsters are…

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Teachers Want H-bomb Banned

Tribune · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 8

THE Council of the NSW Teachers’ Federation has unanimously carried a resolution seeking a ban on atomic and all other weapons of mass destruction. The teachers’ call is made “in the spirit of the resolution…

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Teachers Form New Body

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 12

NEW YORK, Wednesday. --Plans for a new international teachers' organisation are nearly completed after…

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Teachers Form New Body

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 12

NEW YORK, Wednesday. --Plans for a new international teachers' organisation are nearly completed after…

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School's in

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

The 19th Commonwealth Parliament will be opened to-day…

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Installation of Captains and Prefects School Ceremonial at Picture Theatre

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

A VERY inspiring ceremony took place, before a concourse of about 700 scholars and some visitors, in Nepean Picture Theatre on…

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