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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1940

432 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 22

High School P. and C. Association

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1940 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Grafton High School P. and C. Association will be held at the High School on Thursday, June 6. A good attendance is…

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COWPER Empire Pay Celebrations Public School Programme

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 3

Empire Day celebrations took place at the Cowper Public School on Friday, May 24, when the morning session was given over to addresses and items…

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School Bus Catches Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 6

The Dorrigo school bus, which runs from Bostobrick-Paddy's Plain to Dorrigo, caught fire on Monday morning shortly after commencing its journey,…

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School Bus Destroyed Early Morning Blaze

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 2

Fire totally destroyed the Bostobrick 'bus on Monday morning last. At about 8 a.m., Mr. Shervey, the proprietor was driving the bus in…

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North Dorrigo Film Projector for School

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 2

The North Dorrigo Parents and Citizens Assn. have recently purchased a film projector for use at the school…

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Coffs High School Half-Yearly Examination

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 June 1940 · page 2

Results of the half-year examinetion at Coffs High School are give hereunder. The Principal, Mr. K. p Hodge, says he and his staff are well…

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Opinions of Our Readers Teachers' Federation and Loyalty

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1940 · page 7

Sir,--In view of the damaging statements made in some of the higher circles of our land re the executive of the Teachers' Federation, it may be…

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Maclean District Rural School

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 3

In accordance with a request made by the New South Wales Teachers' Federation, pupils of the Maclean school are being given an opportunity to…

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Schools' Effort for War Purposes

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1940 · page 4

The Teachers' Federation of New South Wales has written to all schools in New South Wales requesting them to raise money to be given as a free…

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Local and General School Bus Burned

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 2

Referring to the destruction by fire on Monday morning of last week of the bus that conveys school children from Bostobrick to Dorrigo School…

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Patriotic Fund Co- Ordinating Schools' Efforts

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1940 · page 4

A meeting of teachers representative of the Grafton district took place at the High School on Saturday last. It was decided unanimously to…

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Grafton High School Patriotic and War Efforts

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 2

During the month of June, Grafton High School will centre most of its activities, outside ordinary lessons, on raising funds to place at the disposal…

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Traffic Control at High School

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 4

Unofficial "traffic cops," usually the prefects, are operating efficiently at Grafton High School. Instead of waiting promiscuously for the school bus…

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Schoolboy Swallows Drawing Pim

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 4

Donald Richard Cromack (11), son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Cromack, of 159 Dobie street, Grafton, suffered a painful accident at school yesterday when…

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School Children's Effort

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1940 · page 4

Six school children (Alice Doyle Mary Thornwalte, Lola Philps, Paul and Claire Adkin and Rhonda Turner) are organising a miniature fair, to be…

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May Monthly Test Grafton Girls' Public School Class Results

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 7

The following are the results of the monthly test for May at the Grafton Girls' Public School:-- SIXTH CLASS…

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New High School Block Modern Building Scheme Completed Domestic Science Facilities Admirable Assembly Hall Is Impressive Addition

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 6

Now that the long -talked of High School buildings have been completed it is apparent that Grafton has one of the finest educational blocks in the Commonwealth. Though the technical block has not yet materialised the recent additions form an attractive, efficient and ornamental…

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South Dorrigo School Children's Fine Effort £100 OBJECTIVE

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 June 1940 · page 5

The ready response of school children to the War Effort is shown by the efforts of the school children of the South Dorrigo School. Within…

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Coffs High School Successful War Effort

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 June 1940 · page 3

Coffs High School is well to the fore in its war efforts and great success is being achieved in many ways…

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Women Teachers Married To Enlisted Men Retention of Service. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1940 · page 6

The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, referred to-day to the question of the retention of the services of women who, at the date of…

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