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Schools, 1950

2,603 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 131

Not Enough Bibles in English Schools

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON. -- One in every eight grammar schools In "the Midlands cannot give proper religious instruction because of…

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Not Enough Bibles in English Schools

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 5

LONDON.-- One in every eight grammar schools in the Midlands cannot give proper religious instruction because of…

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Alice Springs Has Modern School

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 May 1950 · page 1

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Schoolgirl Wins Third Tennis Title

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 May 1950 · page 14

Fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Mary Carter won her third State tennis title in the girls' under 17 singles championship…

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Back to School

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 May 1950 · page 3

IRAQ'S 15-year-old boy King Feisal smiled as he arrived at London airport recently on his way back…

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Nuns Believed Dead In School Fire

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 May 1950 · page 6

MONTREAL, May 20 (A.A.P.).—Four nuns were believed to have been burned to death on Thursday night when…

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The Schoolboy Detective Part Vi. The Boy From Kangaroo Gap

The Sun · Sunday 21 May 1950 · page 7

BILL listened again. It was unusual for Gorgeous to whinny like that. Perhaps it had been some other horse…

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Nuns die in school fire QUEBEC

The Sun · Sunday 21 May 1950 · page 2

FOUR nuns are believed to have been burned to death at a girls' school on Thursday night…

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Damaged School Sells for £520

The Sun · Sunday 21 May 1950 · page 9

A SECTION of Thirroul Public School, which would cost £12,000 to rebuild, was auctioned yesterday for £520. A wall of the two-storey…

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Egg-throwing teacher wins popularity poll

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 May 1950 · page 7

NEW YORK, Sat. -- A lecturer who fires cap pistols in class and throws eggs at his student has been elected ''most popular instructor" by freshmen in the City College's…

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School-boy Howlers

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 May 1950 · page 7

These six sentences are humorous answers to examination questions. See if you can work out what subject the answers belong to. For instance 3 is PHYSICS. Now you do the rest. Send your entries to Charlie Chuckles, Box 3498, G.P.O., Sydney…

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Prep, school teachers hold conference on our most important citizen An experiment in education

The Sun · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 11

"Give a kid of 9 to 11 a fair go and he will give his masters a status only slightly lower than that of the major prophets."…

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Charge of Murder Woman's Death At School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— A 27-year-old assistant cook at St. Catherine's girls' school, Toorak, was charged with…

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Murder at school alleged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- Police today charged a man with having murdered his…

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Malaya tries to re-educate the Reds Reform School for Bandit Agents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 6

EUROPEAN women in Taiping who drop into their hairdresser's salon for a…

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Good Morning Dear Teacher

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 2

Parramatta High may introduce Australian Rules football into its sports programme. The will enable boys who [?]…

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Council Donation to School Fund

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 10

Holroyd Council has donated £2/2/- to Granville Technical College Annual Prize Presentation Fund…

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Better Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 2

Sir,—Members of the Bathurst Infants' School Mothers' Club are becoming increasingly alarmed over our overcrowded,…

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A Rubber Surface For School Playground

Construction · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 5

Of interest to those who are designing and building schools is the construction of the playground at Rankin School, Akron, U.S.A., which has been given a rubber surface…

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U.S. doctors attack boxing in schools

The Sun · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 19

CHICAGO, Tuesday.--Boxing as a school sport should stop, suggests the Journal of the American Medical Association. Every form of boxing should…

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