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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1936

637 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 32

School of Arts Committee Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 3

At the monthly committee meeting of Coffs Harbour School of Arts last night those present wore Messrs. C. Vost (president), C. Walker, D…

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Schoolgirls' Achievement

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 9

The remarkable achievement of Vera Gaudern and Dixie Mason, two pupils of Barraba school, in having seven years' unbroken attendance to their…

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Homework Teachers Would Abolish It Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 4

A unanimous decision was reached at the annual conference of the State School teachers to-day that homework in all State Schools be abolished…

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Teachers' Conditions Houses Unfit for Habitation Complaint on North Coast Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 1

Commenting on a statement by Professor Mackie, deploring the conditions in a number of schools, the secretary of the Teachers" Federation, Mr. W. J…

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Coffs High School

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 4

A deputation from the P. & C. Association interviewed Mr. R. S. Vincent. M.L.A., while he was in town on Saturday to ask how matters were…

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"DISCONTINUANCE" Govt. And Public Schools Prima Facie Case. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 4

That a prima facie case had been established for discontinuance of a system which permitted the existence of Government and Public Schools was…

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New Teachers Schools Reopen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 2

Schools reopened yesterday and students commenced another year of study put for without an extort of win, for the day was a slab of…

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The Song of the Country School

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

I teach The earth and soil To them that toil, The hill and fen…

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Bonville School

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

The Minister for 'Education has advised Hon. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., that following his previous decision in response to personal represetations on…

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FAREWELLED Gillett's Ridge Schoolmaster Many Tributes Paid to Mr. A. F. TOWNER

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

Under the auspices of the Gillett's Ridge P. and C. Association, a farewell and presentation were tendered to the popular and efficient teacher,…

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Bonville School Accommodation and Water Supply

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 3

The following letter has been received by the Minister for Mines and Forests, Mr. R. S. Vincent, from the Minister for Education, Mr. D. H…

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High School Business Course Preferred Valuable Courses Overlooked

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 4

The enrolment of first year pupils is almost completed and the headmaster of the Grafton High School (Mr. F. C. Wootten) hopes that all the late arrivals…

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Women Teachers "Not Fitted for Dots' Schools."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 7

Can a woman make a boy manly? Dame Madge Kendal and Miss Vera Beringer reply unhesitatingly in the negative. They were speaking at the…

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South Grafton S.a. Sunday School

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 4

The South Grafton Salvation Army Sunday School was established on Sunday, August 18, 1935, by Adjt. Eldridge, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. T…

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High School P. and C. Association

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Grafton High School P. and C., Association will be held on Thursday at 7.45 p.m., at the high School. A welcome will…

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Schoolboy Good Knock at Kimberley Innings Victory for Australian Tourists Kimberley

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

Australia defeated Griqualand by an innings and 105 runs, O'Reilly taking the last three wickets in one over…

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Missing School Teacher Search in Central Australia. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 4

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Paterson, stated to-day that instructions had been issued for the organisation of a search party to locate Ellis Bankin…

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Two Sharks Caught Near North Coast Wharves School Sighted Near River Bank

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon about 4.30 Mr. Schafer, a fisherman, of Victoria street, Grafton, caught two grey nurse sharks in the river at the end of Queen street…

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School of Porpoises Seen At Great Marlow an Unusual Visitation

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 4

Mr. A. S. McLachlan, Great Marlow, saw" a school of porpoises "coming up the river about 7 o'clock yesterday morning…

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Deervale Public School

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 6

air. k. a. Vincent, M.L.A.. is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. D. H. Drummond, Minister for Education:—"Dear Mr. Vincent,-…

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