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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1953

515 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 26

School Bus Subsidies

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 4

The Minister for Education (R. J. Heffron), writing to Mr. D. Hughes, re school bus services says in part…

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Benefit From School For Stewards

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 5

The recent A.J.C. course for racing stewards and officials should aid in the establishment of uniformity…

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Big Crowd Attends Teacher's Farewell

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

PALMER'S CHANNEL, Sat.--District residents packed the Union Hall, Palmer's Channel, for a farewell Junction to popular school teacher, Mr. Don Hotschilt, and his wife and family…

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Hybrid Maize School to Be Held at Grafton

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture the Hon. E. H. Graham M.L.A announced to-day that a school to train growers in maize…

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Schools Resume; Many Crowded

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

Clarence River district schools resume today with acute accommodation problems, although portable rooms will ease the situation at some centres…

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Room For New Pupils At Coffs

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Tues.—Although accommodation problems exist in schools in Coffs Harbour, reports…

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School Site At South

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

THE War Service Homes Department will be requested to send an officer to South Grafton to meet…

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Big School Enrolments

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

BIG enrolments were a feature of the first day of the school year yesterday…

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Hybrid Maize School To Be Held At Grafton

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced to-day that a school to train…

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Record Enrolments At Rural School

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 8

Enrolments in all departments are again records for the school. Whole school enrolment now…

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Free Milk at Schools on

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

Free pasteurised milk will be distributed to the children at Coils Harbour Primary and Infants Schools on Monday. This was announced yesterday by Mr. L. Campbell, officer in charge of milk distribution for the…

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Primary School Notes Enrolment Will Exceed 1000

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

Although, when all children return, it is estimated that enrolment will exceed one thousand, no child presented has been refused admission, and accommodation has been found for all. Two classrooms of new furniture…

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Cricket Bill Keft Takes Seven for 53 Norm Munro's Lone Stand for High School

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 1

Jetty spinner. Bill Keft bagged seven High School wickets for 53 runs in the match commenced at the Jetty Oval on Saturday. He strode one of his best patches for the season and was chiefly responsible for dismissing…

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Big Enrolments At Infants' School

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 2

The District Inspector of Schools (Mr. J. A. Thomson) stated yesterday that total enrolments at the Grafton…

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Many Teacher Transfers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 2

Transfers of teachers of the smaller schools of the Clarence district were announced yesterday by Mr. J. A. Thomson, District…

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Outstanding Scholarship Honours to Dorrigo Rural School

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

Very fine results have been achieved by pupils of the Dorrigo District Rural School who were candidates at last year's External Intermediate Certificate Examinations…

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Rural School Notes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 8

Here are the school vacations for 1953. Parents who wish to plan their holidays to coincide with school vacations to avoid…

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Milk Issue Popular at Primary School

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

The issue of free pasteurised milk at Coffs Harbour Primary School, which commenced when the children returned…

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Tech. Teachers Congratulated

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 5

Grafton Technical Education District Committee has conveyed congratulations to two members…

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Interest In Special School

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 2

Mr. J. H. Shaw, president of the Grafton and South Grafton Curative Education Association, yesterday expressed his appreciation of the interest being taken in endeavours to establish a special school for…

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