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Schools, 1939

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High School Extensions Continued From Front Page

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 8

ing them to climb instead of to grow. Now we are giving our boys and girls an opportunity of training the abilities revealed in the…

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Primary School Will Celebrate Empire Day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 2

EMPIRE DAY will be celebrated to-morrow (Wednesday). at the Gosford Primary School. The speeches will be made by senior…

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'Demonstrate to World Our Strength'— Clive Tompson Gosford High School Celebrates Empire Day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 4

With amazing fluency, perfect diction, self-confidence, and punching every point home in a. manner worthy of a William Morris Hughes, Clive Tompson, the 12 year old son of Mr. F. C. E. Tompson, Clerk of Betty Sessions, brilliantly won the Cup provided by the C.W.A. at the High School's celebration of Empire day at the Segal Theatre on Wednesday morning. The theatre…

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School Transport

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 8

Mr. B. C. Harkness. Acting Director of Education. advises that in reply to representations made by the Springfield Progress Association. in…

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Triangular Contests Athletes At Training School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

To-morrow (Wednesday) is the date set down for the big triangular athletic contest to be staged at the Gosford Training School. The…

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School Sports Gosford to Meet Mayfield West on Grahame Park at Week-end

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 6

Taking advantage of the excellent facilities for school sport, made available on Grahame Park, by the Municipal Council, football, basket ball, and ball teams from…

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Inter-School Sports

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 7

Scholars from Mayfield West Primary School visited Gosford during the week-end, and competed in a series of sporting, events on…

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Schoolboy Football

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

Gosford Training School second grade rugby league team played Gosford High School on the former team's ground. Result:…

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Books and the School Pupil

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 8

It was Carlyle who said "Books are the poor man's university," and in his day it was to a great extent true, To-day we could almost say with…

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Films for School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 5

Another forward step in the High School activities was made at the recent meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association when its…

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Teacher & Council All [?]Rmen Won't Agree to Mark Sports Arena for Children Weekly

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 3

[?] the decision of Gosford Municiple council not to grant a request Sportsmaster of the Gosford [?] for marking out playing…

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Films in School £85 Is Now Required

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1939 · page 4

The Visual Education Committee, which comprises a group of teach­ers at the Gosford High School, has induced the Parents and Citizens'…

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School Sports

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 2

Six teams from the Gosford High School visited Newcastle for their annual matches. In the Rugby League the results were as follows:…

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High School Sports

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 7

Gosford High School, at Tuesday night's meeting of Gosford Municipal Council, was granted the use of Grahame Park for the annual athletic carnival on August 2 and…

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School Request Granted

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 7

Gosford Municipal Council at Tuesday night's meeting granted the request of the secretary of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association to bold a carnival on…

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School Athletics Third District Carnival on Grahame Park, Wednesday August 9

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 2

Wednesday, August 9, has been decided as the date for the third annual combined athletic carnival among the 25 district schools…

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School Wanted

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 6

Mr. R. B. Walker, M.L.A., forwards copy of a letter from the Minister for Education in relation to the representations on behalf of the…

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School Sports

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 5

The Hosford Primary football ana [?] ball teams spent last week-end Newcastle as the guests of the [?] field West teams, which…

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District Sports Pupils From 23 Schools to Take Part in Athletic Pageant

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 8

Grahame Park will be the setting for a colorful spectacle on Wednesday next, when the children of the Brisbane Water District will hold their third combined…

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Grand District Athletic Carnival Scholars from 25 Schools Compete

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1939 · page 4

Grahame Park was a setting for a colorful spectacle on Wednesday when children from 25 schools in the Brisbane Water, District took part in their third combined district athletic carnival. Parents and citizens throughout the district…

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