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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1916

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Raleigh Electorate. Interesting Official Correspondence. Raleigh Electorate Public Schools

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. G. S. Briner. M.L.A., has received further official intimations from the Department of Education that the following matters are…

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School Improvements

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received further official intimations from the Department of Education that the following matters are being dealt with,…

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Leaving Certificates. Grafton High School Results Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 3

The leaving certificate passes in country and secondary schools have been published. Those at Grafton High School were:--William…

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Local and General. Nymboida New School Buildings

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has been officially notified that tenders have been received for the erection of new school buildings at Nymboida, and that the question of accepting the…

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School for Coff's Harbour Jetty

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A. has received the following letter, dated 17th January, 1916, from the Under-Secretary. Department of…

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Local and General. High Schools

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

The following appointments have been made: -- Miss E. I. Ferrier, from Grafton to St. George: Miss C. McLoughlin, Sydney to Grafton; Miss J.F. Burns, Petersham to…

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Disappointed Teachers

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

The salaries of teachers in the Education Department are determined partly by the classification held by the teacher, and partly by the classification held by the school. The…

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Schools' Reclassification

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

The last annual report on the public schools states that two first-class schools, six second-class schools, 19 third-class schools, 14 fourth-class schools, 250 fifth-class schools, and 214…

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Carr's Creek School of Arts

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

A meeting of''the committee of the above institution was held after the Progress Association meeting at Carr's Creek last night, when the same…

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Nymboida School Buildings

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 6

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has been officially notified that tenders have been received for the erection of new school buildings at Nymboida, and that the…

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School of Arts Concert

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

The concert held in the School of Arts, in aid of that institution on Anniversary night, proved a success both financially and otherwise. It was not…

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Here and There. Schoolboy and Conscription

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 3

The following essay on conscription, by a Lancashire schoolboy, innocently (says the "Manchester Guardian") gets one in all round: "The advantage…

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Grafton High School

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 4

The results of the leaving certificate examination conducted in connection with the High Schools, show that the work at Grafton compares favourably with that of any other…

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Grafton High School

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

The opening term for 1916 commenced yesterday. There are a number of changes in the staff, which now consists of Mr. W. T. Cameron, B.A., principal; Mr. E. Clarence…

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High Schools

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

Speaking on the subject of admission to the secondary schools, the Minister for Education said that a very much larger number of students had passed the qualifying…

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State Aviation School the Site Inspected. Machines to Be Built at Newcastle. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

The state Governor (Sir Gerald Strickland) with Mr. Griffith and others, inspected the site of the proposed Aviation School at Richmond…

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School of Arts

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the above was held on Tuesday evening, there being present: Messrs. J. H. Davis (President), R…

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Military School of Instruction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

The Minister for Defence has decided to establish a central School of Instruction for selected candidates for A.I.F. commissions, in the vicinity of the Royal Military College,…

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Forage Allowance for School Teachers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 4

Many teachers are employed in schools where it is necessary to travel several miles every week. The department many years ago fixed upon £10 a year as sufficient to pay…

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High School Bursaries. Successful Students. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

In the list of those who have been awarded bursaries are the following, whose bursaries will be tenable at the Grafton High School:--…

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