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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1926

511 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 26

Country Successes High School Sports. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 5

The success of country schools was a feature of the combined High Schools sports meeting which concluded to-day. Fort Street was an easy winner in the…

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Homework Unnecessary School Children's Vote. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 5

The pupils of the Leura Public School, by 95 votes to 86, declared that homework in primary schools is unnecessary. The result came as a great surprise to…

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District News Ulmarra School of Arts

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 11

The monthly meeting of the Ulmarra School of Arts was held in the social room of the institution on Wednesday evening last. Mr. A. H. Grimsley…

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School Status Raised

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 4

Mr. W. T. Missingham, M.L.A., has received advice from the Under Secretary to the Department of Education, that it has been decided to raise the status of…

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Woodfull Teachers' Great Welcome Name on Every Schoolboy's Lips London

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 September 1926 · page 5

"We welcome him as an Australian, as a teacher and as the great batsman who set the English bowlers their hardest task, and whose name is on every…

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Football High School Premiers

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 September 1926 · page 2

At the Showground on Saturday afternoon High School, after a good game, defeated South Grafton H. by 17 to 8, and in doing so secured the premiership of…

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Palmer's Island Teacher Farewelled

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 3

On August 28 a very representative company met in the Palmer's Island School of Arts to bid farewell to Mr. E. R. Brown, the very popular teacher, and…

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(Published by Arrangement) Drinring Among Scholars

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1926 · page 4

Richard Kennon Hynes, junr., editor of "The Sniper," a publication of the Virginia (U S.A.) Military Institute, known as the…

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Methodist Sunday School Annual Festival

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 4

Dorrigo Methodists are fortunate in having as leader of their, youth work so keen an enthusiast as Mr. R. Va[?]dy, the Sunday School…

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School Teachers Want Board of Control. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 5

A deputation from the Teachers' Federation presented to the Minister for Education a resolution adopted at the annual conference, urging the department should…

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Picture Shows Teachers Want Stricter Censorship. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 4

A deputation from the Teachers' Federation asked the Minister for Education to urge the strictest censorship of picture shows and theatres in the interest of the…

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Inspection the Teachers' Viewpoint. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 September 1926 · page 5

At a large meeting of teachers held at Sydney last night, Miss Margaret Swann and Mr. E. Webster, representatives of the Teachers' Federation, summarised the…

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Meeting of Sunday School Teachers

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the South Grafton Sunday School teachers will be held at 8 o' clock in the Presbyterian Church to-night. All Sunday School…

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School Children and "Great White" Train

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 4

Arrangements have been made to delay the departure of the s.s. Mulgi from Grafton on Thursday next until 3.30 p.m. to permit of children of the Mid and…

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School of Arts. The New Building

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of Coffs Harbor School of Arte committee on Friday night, Mr. C. Walker asked when the new building was…

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School Sports Day

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 2

The annual sports day for the schools of Goffe Harbor district will be held at Karangi Public School next Friday. Children from Coffe…

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High School Social and Dance

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 4

A social and dance is to be held at the Grafton High School on Wednesday, September 22, at 7.30 p.m. Prizes are to be offered for best fancy costume (girls and…

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Grafton Hospital Meeting of Committee Eggs Wanted Suggestion for the Schools

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 7

The ordinary meeting of the committee of the Grafton District Hospital was held at the Town Hall last night. There were present: Messrs. W. A. Zuill (president,…

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South Grafton Sunday School Teachers' Association

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 4

There was a good attendance at the monthly meeting of the South Grafton Sunday School Teachers' Association in the Presbyterian Church on Monday last…

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Social at St. Mary's School Hall

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 4

A grand social will be held in St. Mary's School Hall next. Monday night, in aid of Parochial Ball funds. Prizes are offered for chocolate waltz, and other…

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