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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1924

604 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 31

Telegrams. Teacher Found Dead. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 5

Gerald Ryan, aged 54, teacher at the Technical High School, was found at his home at Manly dead with his threat cut. Ryan's wife died last week…

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School Collapsed--65 Killed. Madras

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 5

Flood waters caused the boys school at Cheruthuruthy, Cochin State, to collapse. One teacher and 64 scholars were killed and many others were injured…

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Deer Vale School

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 2

Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Education:—"Dear Sir,— With reference to your…

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Deervale School

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 4

A working bee which had been decided upon to effect improvements at Deervale school did not eventuate. A meeting was held, and after some…

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Defending Our Schools

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 2

Thus Mr. Theo. Hill in Parliament:—"We are able to see what is going on in this country. We can see the necessity for taking certain…

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Father's Objection to School Discipline

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 3

A peculiar reason was given by a husband in a divorce case for not having paid maintenance for his eleven year old son, who is in his…

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'' Teachers Conservative.'' Professor Adams' Views. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 1

Professor Adams, in a lecture at Sydney University, emphasised the point that if there was to be new education there must be a new spirit underlying…

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Hockey. High School V. South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 4

The following team will represent South Grafton against High School at Fisher Park this afternoon at 3.30:--Forwards, A. Williams, W. Roberts, M…

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Crowded School

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 4

According to Dr. Daisy Ratcliffe, who has been engaged for some weeks in examining the children attending, there is urgent need for more accommodation…

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Insane Teacher. Commits Murder and Suicide in Love with Schoolmistress. a Remarkable Letter. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 5

On July 23, after leaving Rotherhithe School, where both were teachers, William Holmes shot dead in the street George Kay, a married man, and then…

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Exchange of Teachers System. a N.s.w. Teacher Returns

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 3

Mr. J. J. Farrell, of the N.S.W. Education Department, has just returned by the Jervis Bay from England, where he was sent under the exchange system of…

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Teachers Removals

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 3

Teachers: Mr. C. Sheppard, Berkeley [?] Mogo; Mr. L. Snodgra's Bea[?]month o Berkeley; Mr. L. Aubrey, Neath to [?]apto; Mr. T. Ousby, Palmer's Channel…

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Teachers' Federation. Grafton Branch

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 3

An important meeting of the Grafton Branch will be held at the Rural School, Grafton, on Saturday, August 9, at 10.30 a.m. when consideration will be…

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Cinema in Schools. to Combat Late Hours

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 2

The report of the Advisory Council of Education, which was laid on the table of the South Australian State Parliament on Tuesday, contained the…

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Crime Wave. Parents Alarmed. The Caulfield Horror School Children Guarded. Case Baffles Police. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 5

So alarmed are the residents of Caulfield, where a little girl was found murdered yesterday, that children were driven to school in motor cars or taken…

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"Ridiculous." Scholars Sent to Coventry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 5

The old practice of sending to Coventry scholars held to be guilty of misdemeanors of a certain class has apparently been revived at the Dulwich Hill Girls' School…

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Tyringham News. Tyringham School

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 3

A working bee was held at the the Tyringham public school on Saturday, 26th, and Monday 28th July, when the school was fenced in with a…

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School of Arts Management. (To the Editor)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 6 August 1924 · page 2

Sir,—A few days ago in the Coffe Harbor "Advocate," I read the report of our local School of Arts committee, and also the published…

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Mid-clarence Teachers' Meeting

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 1

A meeting of teachers of the Mid Clarence schools was held at Ulmarra on Monday afternoon, when it was decided to commence the second round of school…

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Educational. School Games

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 1

The Victorian "Education Gazette" recently had an article on school games, from which the following are taken:-- ''Twenty years ago field games had no…

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