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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1927

552 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 28

Y.a.l. Tour of Schoolboys

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 4

The deputy-director of the Young Australia League in New South Wales, Mr. E. R. Marie, will visit Grafton on Saturday, August 6, to interview parents in…

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"A Tragedy" Goitre Among School Girls

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 July 1927 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday. Dr. Eleanor McLaglan declares that nearly 90 per cent. of the 400 girls examined at the Canterbury Girls' High…

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S.G. COUNCIL The School Of Arts Railway Institute Project Cambridge Street Drainage

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council was held last night, there being present: Aldermen S. A. Jones (Mayor), J. Reid, L…

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Teacher and Former Pupil a Bedside Episode. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 5

On July 17, Poppy Kent, teacher of Berkley street, Brunswick, Was awakened by a mail standing over her bed with an electric torch. He was arrested after a…

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Two-up School Raided. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 July 1927 · page 4

The police raided an alleged two-upo school at Westridge on Sunday and succeeded in detaining certain men. The school was composed of about 250 men…

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School Teachers and Sport

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 2

"Gee, Mr. Mallett's great!" exclaimed a pupil of the local. Public School to me the other day. "Why?" I asked…

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Educational Allowance of Teachers Fob Cost of Travelling to and From Their Schools

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 3

The following letter from the Public Service Board gives the new scale of forage allowances to be paid from January 1, 1972. As soon as these increases…

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Public Schools' MATCh

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 2

The local Public School boys are greatly excited, and they have every reason for excitement. Arrangements have been made for a visit…

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School of Arts Pictures

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 2

As amazing sequel to "The Lone Wolf" comes to the School of Arts to-morrow night. The title is "The Lone Wolf Returns," and Bert Ly[?]ell…

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Schoolboy's Death Struck on Head by Swing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 July 1927 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was recorded in the case of George Alexander Richardson, nine years, a schoolboy, who was struck by a swing in Philip…

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Irate Parent Thesis On Psychology Teacher's Predicament Sequel in Police Court. Young

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 5

Because R. Saint Smith, a schoolteacher at Bimbi School, wrote a thesis on psychology and used his pupils and their parents as subjects…

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Successful Concert Woodford Dale - School Pupils and Ex-pupils

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 1

On Tuesday night last the residents of Brushgrove and district were treated to a very fine concert by the pupils of the Woodford Dale Public…

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Unique Legal Point. School Teacher and His Books

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 4

The story behind a case of common assault heard at Bimbl court last Thursday is one of the most interesting in the annals of law, and…

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School of Arts Pictures

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 3

"The Spaniard," to be shown at the School of Arts to-morrow night, is the greatest story of love and romance since "The Sheik," and it…

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School Matters

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 2

The Gangara school is still without a teacher. A letter has been received in response to a request that a teacher be appointed, stating that…

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School of Arts Pictures

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 2

"Windy Willie" was a most respectable aeroplane excet to its master, in "The Sea Urchin," a sparkling comedy to be screened at the School…

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Ulmarra School of Arts

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1927 · page 2

A meeting of the Ulmarra School of Arts was held on Wednesday night, there being present:--Dr. J. G. Morris Beale, Messrs. Page, Yoole, Loughman,…

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Leg Cut Off School Girl Run Over by Train Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 4

Eileen Yates, a school girl, aged 12, was entering the carriage of a moving train at Guildford railway station this morning, when she slipped and fell…

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The Backblocks Loyalty of Australians, Sir G. Ryrie and School Teachers. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1927 · page 5

The Australian High Commissioner, Sir, Granville Ryrie, in a luncheon address to teachers of 20 nations, including the Dominions, described life in the…

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Inter-school Game

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 August 1927 · page 1

A match between combined High School A and B teams, and a team representing the Grafton District School and the Grafton Convent, was played at Fisher Park…

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