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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Schools

Schools, 1931

28 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Dual Desks Windsor Public School

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

DIRECTOR for Education (Mr. G. Ross Thomas) has informed Mr. R. B. Walker, M.L.A., that arrangements Will be made in the near future to replace…

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Wilberforce School of Arts Poor Attendance at Dance "Too Much Swank?"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 8

Too much swank on the part of some of the "ladies" who attend the socials in connection with Wilberforce School of Arts is attributed by more than one critic as…

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Parted! Men and Women Student Teachers Castlereagh Camp Scandal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 5

THE annual summer camps of student teachers will not in future be "mixed." That is the decision of the Minister for Education (Mr. Davies). It is also part of…

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Late Mr. H. W. Potts Great Agricultural Teacher Dead Former Hawkesbury College Principal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 12

WORD was received in Windsor on Tuesday night that Mr. H. W. Potts, Commissioner for Malta in Australia and a former principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural…

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Worse Than a School Kid!' 'Bus Proprietor's Antics Convicted for ASSAULt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 7

"You — mongrel; I'll fix you at the top of the town!" "Go away, you're worse than, a big school kid…

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Was Moody Art Teacher's Suicide Found Dead in Garage

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 1

Evidence given at the Coroner's Court on Monday showed that Lindsay Jean Hazelton, the 26-year-old art teacher, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hazelton, of…

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Richmond Rural School Move to Raise Standard No Advantages to Be Gained

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 3

IN a clear and concise exposition of the benefits to be gained by pupils attending the Richmond District Rural School, the headmaster…

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Windsor Comedy Club Variety Entertainment School of Arts Benefits

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

THE spontaneous outbursts of applause from the audience which assembled at the Windsor School of Arts on Tuesday evening of last week indicated the…

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Presbyterian Church Sunday School Picnic

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 3

AFTER being in recess for a number of years, the Sunday School department of the Windsor Presbyterian Church was resuscitated by the Rev. R. C. and Mrs…

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Grose Wold School Question of Reopening Attendance Below Minimum

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 5

MR.R. BRUCE WALKER, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Minister for Education (Mr. Davies):- I have carefully considered your personal…

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Farmers' Winter School Hawkesbury College Session

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn), states that it is proposed to hold the usual winter schools at Hawkesbury College this year, the period June 30 to July 17. to be…

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Musical Association Teachers' Conference at Paling's

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 9

In opening the fourth annual conference of music teachers at Paling's Concert Hall recently, Lady Game touched on the most important aspect of music when she…

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Charitable Institution? Windsor School of Arts Refuses to Pay Rates Council Suggests Test Case

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 2

CLAIMING that it is a charitable institution and exempt from taxation, the Windsor School of Arts has denied its liability to pay rates in…

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District Rural School

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 3

At "the recent examination held to test the first term's work of the secondary classes at the District Rural School, the results were as follows, the names of the tap boy…

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Obituary Late Mr. Joseph B. Murphy Former Pitt Town School Teacher

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 12

AS briefly stated in last issue, the death took place at the War Memorial Private Hospital, Waverley, on the 12th instant, of Mr. Joseph B. Murphy, a former…

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Sergt. Morgan Arrested! S.p. Coup at Granville How a Two-up School Fell

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 2

ACCORDING to the "Sunday Sun," Sergeant Morgan, officer in charge of the Windsor police, is well-known throughout the force for his remarkable disguises…

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Test Case Suggested in Connection With School of Arts Rates. Sound Position Windsor Literary Institute Membership and Purchasing of New Books Maintained Method of Procedure Questioned at Annual Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 1

NOTWITHSTANDING the bad times, the Windsor Literary Institute is in a sound financial position and has entered upon another year of its long and useful career with a credit balance of £159. DURING the year just concluded 50 new members joined up, whilst 58…

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Schoolboy's Prank Threw Pepper in Girls Eyes Young Offender Dealt with

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 4

FOR several months past complaints have been made regarding the behavior of children travelling, to and from, the-.Richmond Distract Rural School on the…

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Presbyterian Church Sunday School Anniversary

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 12

THE first Sunday School anniversary service held in the Presbyterian Church Windsor, since Rev. R. C. and Mrs. Lawton became engaged in the work of the…

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111Th Anniversary St. John's Old School House Wilberforce Recital

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 11

A sacred musical recital has been arranged to take place in St. John's Church, Wil-berforce, on Sunday, October 4th, at 3 p.m., to mark the festival of St. Michael and All…

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