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Schools, 1953

2,950 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 148

Letters to Editor Federal Grants for Education Dangers Seen In Teachers' Plea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

Sir,—If the Federal Government were to accede to the request of the meeting, called by the N.S.W. Teachers'…

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School age

The Sun · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 13

Public schools should take children at the age of four instead of five. Most children of that age have very…

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Teacher's Verdict in Libel Suit

The Sun · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 9

Judgment was given for one teacher in a libel action against another in the Supreme…

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56,000 Moved Without Hitch Coronation display by schools

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3

The Transport Department yesterday carried out its biggest single lift -- 56,000 school-children--without a hitch…

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Officer: 'Knew Nothing of Firm' Recommended school contract

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 9

A senior Education Department officer said yesterday that he knew nothing about Perficut Pty. Ltd. when he recommended the Department to accept the firm's tender for building schools…

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Films A cover girl's face made her fortune Elaine Stewart knew where she was going even when she was at school

The World's News · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 29

ONE of the surest ways for an American girl to get a contract from a motion picture Studio is to get her face on a national…

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Riding Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 2

Sir,—The licensing of riding schools and livery stables in N.S.W. from September 1 is a good idea, but more should be…

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Schoolboys' Joke Had Venom in It

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Fri.--Boys at Wednesbury High School, Staffordshire, put a live snake in the headmaster's desk as a joke…

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New Block For School

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 June 1953 · page 4

A new block of classrooms was opened at Newington College yesterday by Colonel T. G. Millner, an old boy…

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Loan for Schools Mr. Howard's Plan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 2

The Acting Leader of the State Opposition, Mr. W. A, H[?] Howarth, urged last night th[?] raising of a Government lo[?]…

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A £50,000 School For Handicapped

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 2

PARENTS of handicap ped children in the Canterbury district plan to build a clinic and school in…

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Opera school presents The Valkyrie

The Sun · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 19

Within the unavoidable limitations imposed by the Conservatorium stage, and with singers lacking the full…

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Query on transfer of school building jobs

The Sun · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 11

A senior Education Department officer told a Public Service Board inquiry today that he could not remember having seen a letter of complaint from a firm before he approved of transfer of that firm's contracts to Perficut pty…

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Australian Medical School "Unsurpassed"

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 18

Dr. Joseph Barr, eminent American orthopaedic surgeon now visiting Australia, said last night that the standards of Australia's medical schools were unsurpassed anywhere. Dr. Barr. a professor at…

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Australian Medical School "Unsurpassed"

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 18

Dr. Joseph Barr, eminent American orthopaedic surgeon now visiting Australia, said last night that the standards of Australia's medical schools were unsurpassed anywhere. Dr. Barr, a. professor at…

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The King's School Dance Lovely Frocks Worn To Trocadero Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 13

TWO life-size drawings on cardboard of The King's School boys in uniforms of grey with red trimmings, and each holding a bunch of balloons, directed the way for guests from the foyer to the…

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Heffron Says School Loan Plan Not New

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

A Government loan for building more schools would not succeed unless the Commonwealth Government [?]…

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Pre-cut Materials For Schools: Inquiry Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 6

George Thomas Nicholls, officer-incharge of the Education Department's property division, said at a Public Service Board inquiry yesterday that he had not…

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Memorial halls at schools

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 18

A GIRLS' school and a boys' school will both have inaugural ceremonies for their…

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Many Guests At King's School Old Boys' Ball

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 18

A full length portrait of the Queen flanked on either side with bowls of laurel leaves and berries, decorated the foyer of the Trocadero for The King's School Old Boys' Union annual dance held last night…

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