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Schools, 1951

2,110 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 106

Firebug in School Glen Innes

The Sun · Sunday 22 July 1951 · page 2

A FIREBUG late today started four fires which caused thousands of pounds worth of damage. He first set fire to the Glen Innes Practice…

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School, Hall Set on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 July 1951 · page 3

GLEN INNES, Sat.--A firebug this afternoon set fire to the Practice School causing damage estimated at about £1000…

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Trainee Teachers Stage Strike

The Sun · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

500 teacher trainees went on strike this afternoon in protest against inadequate allowances. A mass meeting at the…

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Pay For Teacher Trainees Will Be Reviewed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

The Premier, Mr. McGirr, told a deputation yesterday that the Government was considering paying higher allowances to teacher trainees in New South Wales, but that the…

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Teacher Trainees Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

Some of the 500 members of the Teacher Trainees' Association, who protested yesterday for increased allowances, line up outside the Premier's Department in Macquarie Street. (See story below)…

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Paintings Lack Magic Touch of Paris School

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 7

Because of its youth and its preoccupation with unique personal problems, Australian…

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Another strike by trainee teachers

The Sun · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 5

Trainee teachers at a meeting today decided to stage another walkout from lectures…

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Teachers March in Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 12

Six hundred trainee schoolteachers marched to the Premier's office in Macquarie Street yesterday…

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Boy Charged Over Hall, School Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

GLEN INNES, Tues.-- Police last night charged a 13-years-old boy with having damaged the…

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Boy Charged Over Hall, School Fire's

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

GLEN INNES, Tues.-- Police last night charged a 13-years-old boy with having damaged the…

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Student Teacher Burdens

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 5

The Teachers' Federation president (Mr. S. Lewis) today said hundreds of Teachers'…

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New Temp. Home for Spastic School

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 4

The N.S.W. Society for Crippled Children has purchased a small cottage in Sorrell Street, Parramatta…

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Trainee teachers fight for decent allowances

Tribune · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

BOOS, jeers and hisses greeted Premier McGirr‘s promise on Monday that trainee teachers‘ allowances “would be reviewed ”…

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Teachers want rein on “prices gallop”

Tribune · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 2

“INFLATION has reached the galloping stage in this country ” declares a NSW Teachers‘ Federation Statement issued following the 13…

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Trainee Teachers to Plan Joint Policy

The Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 6

Representatives of trainee teachers' colleges throughout NSW will meet in Sydney, Saturday afternoon, to consider co-ordination of claims for higher…

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Founder plants tree at school

The Sun · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 9

74-year-old Brother L. B. Tevlin, who planted the first tree at Waverley Christian Brothers'…

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Penrith High School Talk to Pupils by Postal Official

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 6

On Tuesday, July 17, Mr. Barnes from the postal branch of the G.P.O., Sydney, visited the High School and talked to…

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Penrith High School Library Appeal

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 4

A well-attended meeting of townspeople and representaof various organisations in the district was held at Penrith…

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Penrith School of Arts Chess Club

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 4

At the annual meeting of Penrith School of Arts Chess Club held last Friday night, the election of officers resulted as…

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Inter-School Football Penrith High School v. Westmead Junior Tech

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 3

Two social football matches were played between Penrith High School 7.7 team and Westmead Junior Technical School,…

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