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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Schools

Schools, 1948

267 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 14

Gunning Gap Schools' Annual Picnic Agric. Bureau Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 9

A lengthy business programme was dealt with at last monthly meeting of the Agricultural Bureau, held at Harrietvale, with Mr. Wyatt in the chair…

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Aero Club Scholarship Eleven Pupils Tested

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 1

Forbes Aero Club got away to a good start on Sunday, when eleven pupils were tested by Instructor Alan Frost for the flying…

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Carpentry Class May Close Only Three Pupils This Term

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

The carpentry and joinery class, conducted by the Technical Branch of the Education Department, at the Forties District Intermediate…

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Empire Day Celebrations Children Conduct School Ceremonies Addresses of Bruce Newham and Mary Doust

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 8

The Empire Day celebrations at the Forbes Intermediate High School were conducted entirely by the students themselves. The…

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Empire Day at Inter. High School

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 2

The password to prosperity is unity, and it can be obtained more quickly if we work for it as one, rather than if we work merely as individuals. This was the…

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QUANDIALLA Shire Engineer Makes Inspections Growth of School

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 3

Mr. Bally, shire engineer, invited several farmers to meet him at the Driftway road last week to inspect and confer on various bad portions of…

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Teachers Deny Charges of Communism and Disloyalty MELBOURNE

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 2

Charges of disloyalty and of Communism were emphatically condemned at the last meeting of the Corowa Association of the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation…

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Lachlan Valley Competition Schools' Football College Defeats Parkes High

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 8

The College won all three divisions of the first games in the Lachlan Valley schools football competition -- the 6-7's, 8-stone and…

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Street Stall For School Projector

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 1

Under the auspices of the West Wyalong Parents and Citizens' Association, a street stall was conducted by Mrs. D. P…

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FOOTBALL Schools' Competition College and High Evenly Matched

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 10

In the second round of the Lachlan Valley schools' football competition, the College played Forbes High School three matches…

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Proposal For School Tennis Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2

A special sub-Committee will investigate a proposal for the construction of a new tennis court in the…

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High School Ball Has Festival Atmosphere Large Number of Pupils Attend

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 5

On Wednesday evening, June 16, the Town Hail was comfortably filled with young people on the occasion of the Forbes High School…

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Marist Bros. Lead in School F'ball Comp

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 4

The end of the first round of the Lachlan Valley football competition, played at Parkes last week between Forbes I.H.S. and Parkes…

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Vocational Guidance as Help to Pupils

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 11

" Avaluable addition to modern education is that of vocational guidance," said Mr. V. Cooke, when speaking as guest speaker at the…

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School Pupils Tennis Tournament

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 June 1948 · page 2

On Saturday, [?] July, the District Schools' Athletic Assocaition is conducting a knockout tennis tournament,starting…

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Police to Lecture School Children On Traffic Regulations

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 2

At this week's meeting of the local Municipal Council Ald. Gunn moved that, in view of the many traffic breaches by children, the…

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QUANDIALLA School Progress Impresses Health Dept. Dietitian

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 5

On the 23rd instant a visit was received from Miss J. Stephens, a dietitian of the Health Department. Miss Stephens, who was…

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Free Milk at Quandialla School Surprise to Health Department Officer

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 3

Quandialla school recently had a visit from Miss J. Stephens, a dietician of the Health Department. Amazament was expressed at the…

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Inter High School Social

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 6

Judging from the shouts of glee and youthful laughter, the young people of West Wyalong had a very happy time last…

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Schools at Play Visit from Parkes In Football, Tennis, Hockey and Basketball

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 12

Forbes High School had a visit from Parkes High School on Wednesday,' when several football matches in the Lachlan Valley…

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