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Schools, 1912

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What the Rhodes Scholars are doing

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 6

No more remarkable scheme in its way was, perhaps, ever thought out than that in which Mr. Rhodes made it possible for the young men of many…

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Forbesdale School

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 4

The postponed celebration of Empire Day took place at Forbesdale on Monday last. About 200 people attended, and the…

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Empire Day. Gladstone Public School

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 June 1912 · page 8

EMPIRE DAY celebrations at Gladstone Public School were very successful. The forenoon was occupied in singing, drill displays, and a short address to…

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Dairy Science School at Grafton

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 11

THE Minister of Agriculture has approved of a short Dairy Science School being held on the Clarence River during the forthcoming…

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Fire at Stamboul. Thousands Homeless. Houses, Mosques, and Schools Destroyed

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 9

By the fire at Stamboul (Turkey), 1000 houses, four mosques, and 10' schools were totally destroyed. As a result of the disaster, 15,000…

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A Popular Teacher

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

The "M. R. Times'' of May 18th states that the parents of the school children and friends of Mr. O. McLaughlin entertained him at a…

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Department of Agriculture. Winter School at Wollongbar Experiment Farm

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

THE object of this school is to provide at the slack period of the year, a practical course of intensive instruction, the school being intended…

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Military Aviation Schools

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 7

In view of the preparations being made for establishing a Military Aviation School, a rush of applicants has set in for the positions of aviation…

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School of Arts Subsidies Proposed Changes

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 9

Messrs. P. Board, J. W. Holliman, and J. Garlick formed the personnel of a committee recently appointed by Mr. Carmichael, the Minister for…

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For School Lunch

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 6

At the recent pure food show Mrs. Lily Haxworth Wallace, the English domestic expert, gave advice about sandwich making. Among the…

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Winnowed for Women. Pretty Frocks for School—velveteen and Poplin and the Simple White Ones

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 6

APART from the comfort of a smart and becoming house frock there is no saving so great for the street dresses as one or two pretty frocks to be…

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School Mottoes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 6

Good Education prints the following mottoes as good for the school room: "Try, Try Again." "Every Little Helps."…

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Schools of Art

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 2

THE committee appointed by the Minister for Public Instructions to investigate the subsidies paid to schools of art by the Government in…

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Kempsey School of Arts

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 2

AT the regular meeting of this institution on Thursday evening there were present Messrs B. J. Price (Pres.), Capt. Henderson, T. P. Parker, N…

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Kempsey School of Arts

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 6

THE usual monthly meeting of the committee of the above institution was held on Thursday evening of last week. Mr. B. J. Price…

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School of Arts Subsidies

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 12

MESSRS. Holliman and Garlick formed the personnel of the committee recently appointed by Mr. Carmichael to investigate the payments and subsidies…

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Alleged Leap Frog in School Hours. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 12

SIR,--In your last issue a correspondent wishes to know "is it not quite time someone took the trouble to enquire where our so-called free education is…

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Schools of Arts Subsidies

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 8

THE Minister for Public Instruction, Mr. Carmichael, appointed a committee to investigate the parents and subsidies made by the Government to Schools of Art in New…

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Pupils Destroy Weeds

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 4

Across the Pacific, at Forest Grove in the State of Oregon, Dandelion Day was recently celebrated by the public school pupils who brought in…

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Alleged Leap-frog in School Hours. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 8

SIR,--Your correspondent bewails the decline of our present school system because the teachers encourage the scholars in "leap frog" during school…

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