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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1930

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Yamba Public School Drainage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 6

The Minister for Education, Mr. D. H. Drummond, in a letter to Mr. A. J. Pollack, M.L.A., states that on the occasion of his recent visit to Yamba,…

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School Without Rules

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

At Westonbirt, in England, a remarkable girls' school has just celebrated its first speech day. In May last year the school, was opened in a great mansion,…

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Towallum School Entertainment at Kangaroo Creek

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

The pupils of Towallum Public School again proved their histrionic ability when they entertained the residents of Kangaroo Creek and surrounding district at the…

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Fire in Victoria Post Office, School and Residence Destroyed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

Pentonbury post office, State school and an adjoining dwelling, occupied by the postmaster, were destroyed by fire yesterday. The entire contents of the various…

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Warwick Presbyterian Schools

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

Attention is directed to an announcement in another column that the next term at the Warwick Presbyterian Schools will commence on February 5. This "Scots'…

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School Teachers Access to Arbitration Court. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

The annual conference of the Federated School Teachers' Association to-day carried a resolution that the Prime Minister should be approached personally and…

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School Status Raised

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

Coffs District School has been raised to the status of an Intermediate High School (second class), dating from…

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Bonville School Concert. Very Successful Function

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

The new teacher at Bonville Public School, Mr. G. Yates, was renowned for the high-class school concerts he and Mrs. Yates organised and…

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Sunday Schools Anglican Conference at Canberra. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

To consider general religious and educational problems, delegates from all States, except West Australia, will assemble in Canberra on Friday, under the…

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The Schools the First Director Some Early Inspectors

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

"Virtually, Mr. W. Wilkins was the first Director of Education in this State, though Mr. Peter Board was the first officially-appointed Director." So said a well-known…

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Bathing Fatality Young Woman Drowned Christmas Day Tragedy Plucky High School Boy

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

A Magisterial inquiry was conducted yesterday at the Grafton Courthouse by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., into the circumstances of the death of Joan Millicent…

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Teachers on Talkies. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 5

The Teachers' Conference today carried a motion condemning "slang amounting to obscenity, the atrocious grammar…

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Equal Pay Male and Female Teachers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

The Australian Teachers’ Union Conference carried a resolution in favor of equal pay and equal opportunity for men and women teachers, also that the claim…

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Teachers Transferred

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

Miss West, of Coffs Intermediate High School, has been transferred to Ashfieid I.H.S. She will be greatly missed here, especially in church…

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School of Arts Pictures

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

"Out of the Ruins" is the title of the star attraction at the School of Ars Pictures to-morrow night. Richard Barthelmess has the leading role, and…

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Schoolteacher's "Joke?" Holding Up a Motorist. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

Wallace Johnson, 19, a State school teacher, was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment, at Box Hill, for having worn a mask with unlawful intent. The…

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School of Arts Pictures

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

Real thrills for everybody are provided in the programme selected for to-morrow night at the School of Arts. Tim McCoy, King of the Saddle,…

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Rural School Course

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 4

"The one defect in connection with rural schools will soon be overcome. The teaching of academic languages will shortly come into force. Then pupils of rural…

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Educational Scholarships for District Rural Schools

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 4

The Director for Education, in a letter to Mr. A. J. Pollack, M.L.A., with reference to correspondence forwarded by him from the Maclean Parents and…

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School of Arts Pictures

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 2

Your troubles can be forgotten for an hour or so at least to-morrow night, while you see comical Charlie Murray at the School of Arts…

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