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Schools, 1954

2,600 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 130

Schoolboy's Rugby

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday.--New South Wales played a 3-all draw with Queensland in tho Rugby League School Boys…

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Teachers' Soccer

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 4 July 1954 · page 42

In the N.S.W. Teachers' Colleges Soccer carnival at Birchgrove Oval, Newcastle retained the Soccer…

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£38 cash for a £22,000 school FACT Correspondent

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 4 July 1954 · page 60

Attorney L. J. Meisel of West Virginia, who likes to buy old pieces of property recently bid 85 dollars…

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A School Pal Stole His Wife

Truth · Sunday 4 July 1954 · page 46

Ever since they had been kids at school together, Geoff Haddon and…

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Teacher Faces Grave Charges

Truth · Sunday 4 July 1954 · page 9

A 63-years-old Illawarra district schoolteacher has been charged with indecently assaulting a number of his girl pupils…

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Singer is also scholar, teacher

The Sun · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 17

Attractive Stephanie Debret is an entrant in the 1954 2 Sun Aria Contest…

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Letters to the Editor-- Law in schools

The Sun · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 14

The Education Department should heed the wisdom of the Crown prosecutor, Mr. Kidston,…

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Trees for School

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 11

Holroyd Council will consider providing 16 trees for planting in the grounds of Merrylands Public School…

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New Catholic School-Church at Villawood to Be Opened on July 11

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 7

A new Catholic school-church in Gurney Road, Villawood, will be blessed and opened by His Eminence, Cardial Gilroy, on Sunday…

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At School Dances Last Night Would-be Guests Disappointed From a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 7

LONDON, July 6.—For every Australian who will go to Buckingham Palace for the Queen's garden parties this month there will be 29 who have been disappointed. More than 600 Australians…

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Slacks in schools

The Sun · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 24

If slacks are essential for the comfort and warmth of a girl attending school, it is…

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Girl Burnt at School

The Sun · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 2

Jean Woods, 11, of Coull St., Picton, was extensively burned to- day when a play frock…

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Franco has "adopted" a 16-year-old schoolboy-- Johnnie is training to become the next ruler of Spain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 17

LONDON, Tues.--A fair-haired, fresh faced, 16-year-old schoolboy has just…

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More School Years Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 14

The school leaving age in New South Wales should be raised gradually, Dr. M. S. Brown said yesterday…

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Girl on fire in school

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 1

A teacher beat out flames with her bare hands when a 13-years-old girl's sports dress caught alight at a Picton school, near Sydney, today…

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Girl on fire in school

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 2

A teacher beat out flames with his bare hands when a 13-year-old girl's sports dress…

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Girl on fire in school

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 2

A teacher beat out flames with. his bare hands when a 13-years-old girl's sports dress…

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Girl on fire in school

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 1

A teacher beat out flames with his bare hands when a 13-years-old girl's sports dress caught alight, at the Picton school, near Sydney, today…

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Girl on fire in school

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 1

A teacher beat out flames with his bare hands when a 13-years-old girl's sports dress caught alight at the Picton school, near Sydney, today…

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Do[?]l and Toy Show [?]D.[?] [?] [?] SCHOOL

The Biz · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 12

The doll and toy show held at Old Gui[?]d Scholl on June 13 was a great sucess, both [?]ancially and socially. Children…

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