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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1916

268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 14

Shortage of Teachers

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 4

Out of about 3500 male teachers in the employ of the Education Department before the war, nearly 600 have gone to the front. This has left a shortage. and…

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School of Arts

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1916 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Dorrigo School of Arts was held on Tuesday evening, Mr. H. Short, in the absence of the President…

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Dairy School

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. Grahame, the State Minister for Agriculture, has arranged for a short school for the purpose of examining those who intend to qualify for the permits and…

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Teacher's Salaries Raised

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. S. A. Kenny, general hon, secretary of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Association, has received the following letter, dated November 3, from…

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The Schools

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 6

The annual concert of the boys' school will be held this year on Friday, December 8, in the Fitzroy Theatre. The programme will consist of numerous two-part songs…

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Summer Schools. Poultry Farming and Apiculture

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1916 · page 4

A Summer School in Poultry Farming and another in Agriculture will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in January of next year. Both…

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Infants' School Bazaar

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 4

Mr. G. A. Blumer, M.A., Inspector of Schools, officially opened the Children's Bazaar at the Grafton Infants' School yesterday. The function was organised to…

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South Grafton School Buildings

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 2
Also in The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Director of Education:-- "In reply to your representations in relation to the acceptance of a…

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No School for Upper Corindi

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 2

Mr. Briner, M.L.A., has been officially informed by the Department of Education that further representations made by him on behalf of the parents for the…

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Phonetic Reading. Wonderful Results. a Teacher's Invention

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 4

Miss Lilian Ellis, a teacher in the Department of Public Instruction, gave a demonstration yesterday afternoon at the Arncliffe Superior Public School…

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Upper Corindi School

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has been officially informed by the Department of Education that further representations made by him, on behalf of the parents…

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Compulsory Attendance. at Schools

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 5

The Public Instruction. Amendment Act--better known as the Truancy Act--received the Royal assent on October 4, 1916, but the provisions will not be put…

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Compulsory School Attendance. New Act Explained. Prosecutions for Truancy

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 4

The Public Instruction Amendment Act--better known as the Truancy Act--received the Royal Assent on October 4, 1916, but the provisions will…

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Compulsory School Attendance

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 3

The Public Instruction Amendment-Act—better known as the Truancy Act—received the Royal Assent on October 4, 1916, but the…

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Dorrigo Public School

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Director of Education:—"In reply to your representations in relation to the…

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Education. New State Policy. Superior Public School Reorganisation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 4

Mr. James, Minister for Education, opening a new school to-day, stated that the Government had decided to place educational progress in the forefront of its…

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Country School Requirements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 4

In response to a question, the Minister for Education said that it had been decided to effect economy in school building operations in the metropolitan area…

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Schoolboy's Crime. Picture Shows or I.W.W Blamed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 5

Entering a school at Fitzroy this morning, a boy spread papers on the floor and saturated with kerosene and then set them on fire. The flames were discovered…

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Grafton District Teachers' Association

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 4

A meeting of the Grafton District Teachers' Association was held at the public school on Saturday, when Mr. Putland, vice-president, presided over an attendance…

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