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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Schools

Schools, 1928

63 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 3 of 4

Windsor School of Arts is noun a Flourishing Institution Year of Progress Windsor Literacy Institute Enthusiastic Annual Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 1

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the sum of £238 was spent on repairs and renovations during the past twelve months, and that nearly £150 is due for payment on a new billiard table, Windsor Literary Institute will commence the new financial year with a credit balance in the current account, and a fixed…

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Wilberforce. Successful School Concert

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 10

ONE who had a popular function due to fall on the evening of Saturday, 14th instant, might well be pardoned if he felt somewhat pessimistic as to its success. A…

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Schools and Schooling

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 2

SUPERANNUATION:—The question whether older teachers are contributing in excess of what is reasonable for their pensions is raised in a statement of…

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Boy Missing Strayed From Convent School

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 3

AN eight-year-old boarder, Allan McKay has been missing from the Richmond. Convent since July 27, and anyone knowing of his whereabouts are asked to…

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Missing Schoolboy Body Found in Watercourse Richmond Tragedy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 3

At about 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday, a young man Gordon Ingold, walking across the open country between Clarendon and Richmond, solved the problem of the disappearance of…

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Schools and Schooling

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 2

BRANCH MEETING.—The monthly meeting of the Windsor-Richmond Branch of the Federation was held in the Windsor school on Saturday last. Mr. W. P…

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Schools and Schooling

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 2

OFFICIAL OPENING.—The official opening of the new District Rural School will be performed by Mr. D. H. Drummond, M. L.A., Minister for Education, on Saturday…

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Schoolboy Drowned Tragedy at Richmond Coronial Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 12

AT the Richmond Police Court on Tuesday the District Coroner (Mr. H.S. Johnston, J.P.) held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Alan…

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Central Colo School

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 10

Mr. R. Bruce Walker, M.L.A., has been informed with reference to personal representations made by him urging the reopening of the Central Colo Public School…

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Schools and School

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 13

APPEALS BOARD.—A deputation consisting of Messrs. Jacobs, Rourke, Coulson, Paddison, Misses. Stuart and Symons waited upon the Minister for Labor and Industry…

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Another New School

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 13

With his customary persistency, the popular member for the Hawkesbury (Mr. R. B. Walker) has been successful in inducing the Minister for Education to erect a new…

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Was She Caned? Father Tells School-teacher Off "Make Better Gaol, Warder"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 7

"I ADMIT I called him a bully and a liar, and telling him that if he were a younger man, I would thrash him."…

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Minister for Education Opens New Rural School at Richmond Rural Education Opening of New District School "Most Up-to-date in the State" Minister Expounds Government's Educational Policy

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 1

AN EVENT of considerable interest to the parents of the Hawkesbury, marking another stage in the development of education in the district, was the official opening on Saturday afternoon last of the new District Rural School at Richmond…

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Central Macdonald School

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 6

Mr. R. Bruce Walker, M.L.A., has been informed in reply to personal representations made on behalf of he Lower Macdonald Parents and Citizens' Association, relative to…

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Schools and Schooling

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 3

TEACHERS' CLUB.—Mr. Fred T. Berman, Chairman of the Provisional Directors, and Miss. Symonds, addressed the Windsor-Richmond branch of the Teachers'…

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School Holidays Ministers Statement New System to Be Given Trial

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 9

"THE question of the consideration of the holiday periods throughout the State was originally forced upon me by a request of the Teachers' Federation that…

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Schools and Schooling

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 12

COUNCIL MEETING.—The regular monthly meeting of the Council was held in the Assembly Hall, Education Department, on Saturday last. The only business dealt…

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Schools and Schooling

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 3

COUNTRY COMMITTEE.—The executive of the Country Committee in its quarterly report to country branches states that at a recent deputation to the Public Service…

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Schofields. Successful School Picnic

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 14

ON SATURDAY, October 27th, the bi-centenary of Captain Cook's birth, the whole of the Pupils of Schofields Public School were…

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Rose Vale School Application Refused

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 3

Mr. R. B. Walker, M.L.A., has been, informed that the Minister for Education has carefully considered the application for the establishment of a provisional school at Rose…

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