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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1946

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Aubrey Barnier Wins Grafton High School Spelling Championship

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 4

During the year a concerted effort was again made to improve spelling throughout the Grafton High School…

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Music Recital Pupils Reveal Artistry

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 6

Small children showed adaptability and promise and senior students rose to heights of artistry at the Recital given by Coffs…

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School Column Yearly Examination Central School Results

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 1

Hereunder is the list of the most successful pupils at the yearly examinations which have just concluded. The super-primary results have not…

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Grafton High School Loses Valued Helpers

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 2

The president of the Grafton High School P. and C. Association (Mr. D. H. Bowler), and the treasurer (Mrs. W. B. King)…

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Orara Valley Area School

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 6

CORAMBA, Wed.--A meeting of Orara Valley Area School Committee was held at Coramba. Mr. C. T. Ellem presided, and…

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South Grafton School Record Of Progress Revealed By Report

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 3

A RECORD of continuous progress was reveiled in the report submitted by the headmaster (Mr. L. J. Pankhurst), to a large and representative gathering at the South Grafton Public School annual speech day celebrations yesterday afternoon…

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High School Girls Keen On Home Science

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 4

Reporting to the Grafton High School P. and C. Association on Thursday night, the headmaster (Mr. D. Short), said that lists of…

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Large Crowd Entertained At Annual School Fete

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 3

AS the accommodation was overtaxed, it was necessary to use rooms which were quite unsuitable as classrooms, said Mr. T. G. Mullen, headmaster of the Primary School, Grafton, last night, when presenting his annual report to a large gathering of parents,…

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High School Pupils Presented With Rotary Prize

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

Miss Jenepher Linz and Master John Bingley were presented with their prizes for winning the Rotary Club essay competition at…

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Coffs High School Successful Play Night

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

Students excelled themselves in plays and other items at the Annual Play Night fast Thursday. The Assembly Hall was filled and the…

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Goffs Harbour Schools Disgraceful Conditions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

On behaif of parents and the public, the Chamber of Commerce on Friday night decided to demand that immediate steps be taken by the Department of Education to rectify the disgraceful conditions which children are subjected to at Coffs…

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Speech Night Coffs Primary School

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 8

That the popularity of Coffs Primary School Speech Night has been firmly established was evidenced by the very large gathering in the…

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Coffs High School Year's Prize Winners

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 7

A number of special prizes awarded at Coffs High School annually are donated by local citizens and organisations for specified subjects…

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School-boy Charged with Matricide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--An alleged confession by John Grant Sangrster (17), schoolboy, describing how he murdered his mother with an axe, was read in the Criminal Court to-day. The youth is charged with…

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Need For Co-operation Of Home And School

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Monday.--In his report submitted at the annual speech night at the Coff's Harbour Primary School tonight, the headmaster, Mr. S. G. Marshall, emphasised the necessity for close co-operation between the home and the school…

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Consolidated School At Bellingen Supported

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 December 1946 · page 6

BELLINGEN, Tues.--Reporting to the December meeting of the Bellingen Parents and Citizens' Association, the…

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South Grafton School Teacher Farewelled

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 2

Consequent upon the Coutts Crossing motor fatality, the public farewell to have been tendered Mrs. E. McLean, of the South…

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SAWTELL Public School

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 4

Results of November examinations were as follow:—Lower ist: Beryl White 1, Barbara Brown 2, Marjorie Wright 3. Upper 1st: Margaret Young…

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Coffs High School a Very Fine Record

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 1

Speech Night, always one of the most important events in the High School calendar, was observed at Coffs Harbour or, Wednesday night. Once again it was an occasion for the expression of feelings of deep satisfaction, for 1946 has been a year of…

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Coffs Primary School Speech Night Report

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 7

The utmost importance of cooperation between the school and the home in the feducation of the child was again stressed by Mr. S…

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