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Mid North Coast · Schools

Schools, 1951

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School Text Book Library Scheme

The Northern Champion · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

Taree Parents and Citizens' Association plans to establish a text book library. This would eliminate the necessity…

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Schooling By Post Explained To Taree Rotarians

The Northern Champion · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

The importance of correspondence lessons in providing opportunities for children in isolated areas and those physically unable to attend…

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Red Cross Society. Tour Of Country Schools

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 6

A State-wide tour of the 1600 Junior Bed Cross Circles in NSW is planned this year by headquarters in Sydney. Twelve hundred of the Circles are…

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Headmaster Praises Correspondence School

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2

The N.S.W. Department of Education's Correspondence School was one of the outstanding schools of its type in the world,…

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Unclaimed Clothing at Taree Infants' School

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2

That professors and plumbers are not the only absent-minded folk by a long chalk, is borne out by pupils of the Taree Infants' School…

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Gloucester School Of Arts Conveniences—

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

The Gloucester School of Arts Committee informed the Gloucester Shire Council on Wednesday that it had decided to rebuild the…

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Kempsey High School and Jubilee Celebrations

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 7

In this, the Jubilee Year of the Commonwealth, it is not unfitting to glance back at the achievements of the school over the years; and Kempsey has particular reason to be proud of its attention to public education, says the writer of "High School" column…

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Electric Stoves: Use At High School

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

With the object of making schoolchildren electricity minded the Macleay River Country Council will inform the Education Department…

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High School Pupils Attend Girl's Funeral

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 February 1951 · page 2

Senior girl and boy students of Taree High School attended the funeral on Saturday of their late colleague, Miss Barbara Watts, of…

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'Phones Wanted In Country Schools— Anxiety of Parents for Children in Floodtime

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 2

The anxiety of parents of children attending country schools who had to cross flooded creeks in mountainous…

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Non-School Bus Contracts Urged by P. & C. Council

The Northern Champion · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 6

The Mid-North Coast Council of the Federation of Parents ana Citizens' Associations will request the Department of Education to let annual contracts for the transport of children to schools in other than school buses…

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Free Milk for Schools

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 2

Twelve public schools in NSW country areas have been included in the Department of Education's present free milk scheme, the Commonwealth…

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Tour of Country Schools

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 3

A State-wide tour of the 1600 Junior Red Cross Circles in New South Wales is planned this year by headquarters in Sydney. 1200' of the Circles are in country areas. Two organisers have already arranged their tours for February and early in March…

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Kempsey High School News

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 3

The Headmaster, Mr. A. A. Beckett, extends an invitation to parents and friends to attend the Municipal Baths on March 7 when the school's Annual Swimming Carnival will be held. RACES will commence at 9 a.m.,…

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Conveyance Subsidy for School Children

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 1

The Department is prepared to pay, direct to the bus operator, the conveyance subsidy (fares) for all eligible children travelling by a…

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Inter-school Sports

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 7

The Sportsmaster, Kempsey High School (Mr. Levick) made application to the Kempsey Council for the exclusive use of the municipal…

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East Kempsey School News

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 5

The President of the East Kempsey P. & C. Association (Mr. H. King) at its first meeting extended a welcome to new members in…

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P. & C. Insists On Bottled Milk— If Gloucester School Included in Free Scheme

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 3

Although the Gloucester Parents and Citizens' Association wants to have the Gloucester District Rural School included…

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Record Enrollment At Gloucester School— Interesting Statistics in Headmaster's Report

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 1

The present enrollment at the Gloucester District Rural School is a record for the School. Revealing this in his annual…

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Thrifty Children— £990 in School Bank

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

Children at the Gloucester District Rural School now have deposits totalling £990/1/9 in the School bank…

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