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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Schools

Schools, 1954

243 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 13

Successful Ball for High School

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 2

Forbes Intermediate High School's annual ball on Friday night was an enjoyable affair for teachers and students, who…

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Heads of New Farm School Coming Here

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 1

HEADMASTER (Mr. A. E. Mitchell) and Council chairman (Rev. A. Dougan), of the Scots School, Bathurst, first Protestant agricultural college, will visit Forbes on Thursday, Rev. Harold Barratt said yesterday…

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Forbes Man Tells Rotary Facts of Bathurst College Teacher Training

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

Forbes Rotary Club's contribution to Education Week was inviting Mr. John Gunn, son of the Mayor (Ald. M. H. Gunn),…

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Busy School Week Held At Caragabal

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 9

The annual school picnic held at Caragabal recreation ground last Friday in beautiful weather was a great success…

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Tomato Seed Men's School

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. E. H. Graham) announced yesterday that a…

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Snake Killed by Schoolboy

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 4

Richard Stonham (12), schoolboy, is claimed to have killed the "first snake of the season" -- a 5-foot brown…

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Three Wins Each to Forbes, Parkes in School Sport

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 6

Forbes Intermediate High School girls and Parkes High School girls each won three games at Parkes in the recent…

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Minister's Reply on High School

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 2

The secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in Forbes (Mr. D. A. Miller) stated yesterday that he had received an…

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10 Schools Enter Teams for Sports at Spooner Oval

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 12

Ten Forbes District small schools will conduct their combined athletic carnival at Spooner Oval, Forbes, on…

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Mr. Dickson M.L. A. Stresses Value of School Bus Service

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 5

Mr. S. D. Dickson, M.L.A. for Temora in his speech on the Address in Reply in the Assembly, stressed the value of school bus services…

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School Display at Ungarie Exhibition

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 5

One of the highlights of the recent Ungarie show was the non-competitive display of schoolwork…

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Schoolboy Wins Golf Club Championship

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 8

Fifteen years old Bob Fealy became the youngest West Wyalong Golf Club champion in the history of the club when he defeated Jack Douglas in the A grade…

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Teachers and Communism

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 September 1954 · page 6

The deputy leader of the Country-Party (Mr. S. D. Dickson, MLA, Temora) speaking in the Legislative Assembly,…

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Library Plan for School

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 8

At the monthly meeting of the Mothers' Club held at the school last Thursday afternoon. when Mrs. A…

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School Sports at Payten's Bridge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 8

The annual Payten's Bridge School sports and picnic which were held last Saturday, at Mr. Frank Herbert's property,…

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Successful Sports Of Small Schools

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 10

Eleven district small schools which were competing for the V. M. Malloy Cup at their inaugural sports meeting at…

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Puggarees for School Band; Who Can Help!

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 1

Has anyone a puggaree with the High School colors? Lieut. K. Smith, O.C. Intermediate High School unit is…

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Postal Sunday School Movement

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 4

Country people all over Australia should know that there is a long establlished organisation able to cater for the religious…

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Subsidised Schools; Increase Needed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 5

An increase of 60 per cent in the amount of subsidy granted by the Education Department for subsidised schools was…

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Full High School Status For Forbes Good News From M.L.A.

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 1

FORBES is to have a full High School from the beginning of 1955 school year. This decision of the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) was conveyed by Mr…

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