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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1931

497 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 25

School of Arts Talkies

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 3

The standard of entertainment at the School of Arts is steadily improving, last Saturday night's show being one of the brightest and best…

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Ulmarra Public School

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 3

Wreaths were placed on the monument in the Ulmarra Memorial Park on Friday afternoon by the children of the Ulmarra Public School. The wreaths, which were…

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School of Arts Talkies

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

Music, mirth, gaiety and girls are the chief ingredients of the double feature talking programme advertised for to-morrow (Saturday) night at the…

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C.r.r.f.l. Matches for Saturday School Competition

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 7

On account of the big cricket match on Tuesday, and various functions on that night, it has been decided to hold the executive meeting, convened for the…

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Schoolboy Drowned Father's Narrow Escape. Gloucester

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 5

Arthur Freeman, 7 years, was drowned in the Gloucester[?] River at Invergordo[?] where he was going to school. The river was in flood and the boy, held by his…

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Stolen Detonators Found by Kempsey High School Children. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 5

Alarm has been caused by the discovery that a box of 860 detonators had been stolen from the council magazine. Children from the Kempsey High School have…

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Empire Day Celebrations at High School

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 4

Empire Day will be celebrated at the Grafton High School, in common with other schools of the State, on Wednesday next and the celebrations will be in the…

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Vicious Lion Cub Critically Injures Girl Panic in School Dramatic End to Natural History Lesson. Cincinnati (Ohio)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 5

A lion cub which with several other wild animals was being used for lecture and exhibition purposes at the Whittier School here to-day, leaped…

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Disraeli at School of Arts

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 3

Since the advent of talking pictures, no production has excited as much interest as "Disraeli," which features the famous English actor, George…

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Grafton Rc. Boys' School. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 5

The tender of R. T. Gillies, builder, of Artarmon, has been accepted for the erection of a new R.C. Boys' School at Grafton. Mr. Austin McKay is the architect…

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School Notes Grafton Girls' School

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 1

As a result of the monthly test, held in April, the following pupils gained first, second and third places in their respective classes:--…

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Junior Farmers Success At Maclean Good Organisation on Lower River Report by Supervising Teacher

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 3

Reporting upon the work of the Junior Farmers' Club members at the Maclean Show the Supervisor of School Agriculture (Mr. G. M. D. Carse) says, in part:…

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Empire Day Celebrations Song And Speech At The Local Schools the Duties Before the Rising Generation To 'Follow On' And 'Play The Game' Much Expected From League of Nations

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 7

Empire Day celebrations have become settled institutions in every country where British people are to be found. They are carried out everywhere --in the cities with their teeming millions as well as in the tiny settlements on the far-fung frontiers of civilisation. Wherever Britishers foregather. Empire…

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Teachers' Federation

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1931 · page 4

An address by Mr. J. W. Mann, B.A., Inspector of Schools, will be given to the teachers of the Grafton Inspectorate in the Boys' School at 10.30 a.m. on…

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School of Arts Talkies

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 2

Two bright talkie features are included in a snappy programme billed for the School of Arts for to-morrow (Saturday) night. The first, "Sweet…

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Empire Day High School Students' Speeches

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 1

The following references to the addresses of students, at the Grafton High School, at the Empire Day celebrations on Wednesday, were inadvertently…

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South Grafton Presbyterian Sunday School

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 4

Mother's Day will be celebrated by the South Grafton Presbyterian Sunday School on Sunday next by a special service at 3 p.m. Sunday School will…

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State[?]wide Competition Entrance to Teachers' Colleges. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 4

The Minister for Education, Mr. Davies, said to-day after a careful review of the position he had decided that students for each of the Teachers' Colleges…

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Honors for Grafton Pianoforte Pupils

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 4

Four of Mrs. R. V. Campbell's pianoforte pupils secured honors in the Australian Music Board examination, conducted by Mr. Lindley Evans at Mrs…

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Empire Day Maclean District Rural School

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1931 · page 6

It was inspiring to observe the enthusiastic celebration of Empire Day at Maclean District Rural School on Wednesday, Particularly fine addresses were delivered…

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