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Murray · Schools

Schools, 1912

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Winter School for Farmers

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 6

In connection with the forthcoming winter school for farmers, to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College…

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A Schoolboy's Head Crushed. a Tram Fatality. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

A boy named Jack Ruttor, aged 13 years, who lived with his parents at Randwick, was riding on the footboard of a tram on his way to school, when he was…

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Empire Day Celebrations. North Deniliquin Public School Picnic

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

The usual Empire Day celebration and picnic in connection with the above school was held on 24th May and was most successful in every respect. The…

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Another Military Camp at Albury. Third Commonwealth School of Instruction

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

The Defence Department proposes to hold another school of instruction for some 60 men and horses on the Albury show grounds, commencing on September 13, the…

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School Drills. Ardgour Park, North Coree, Jerilderie

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I am writing to you because I did not write for your competition. My sister and niece are writing for a competition in a Melbourne paper. We…

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Teacher Invests in Crackers. Old Junee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I have not written to you for a good while now, but all the same I take great interest in the Children's Page. Empire Day is now over. There…

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The Instructional School

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 2

The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) who was expected in Albury yesterday, was unable to come until last night, when he arrived by the express…

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School Age

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 3

What ago should a child be when first sent to school ? Dr. Rogers told the South Australian Education Commission at…

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Termination of School

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 2

The No. 3 School of Instruction the second at Albury breaks up today. By this morning's train for Melbourne about 20 men will leave for Victoria and the…

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Local and General News. Balldale Public School

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Brown was the successful tenderer for the erection of a teacher's residence at the above. The material is already on the ground, and the…

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District News. Oaklands. School of Arts

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

The annual meeting of subscribers was held on Saturday evening 1st inst., when the balance sheet submitted by the secretary,…

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Not “School of Arts.”

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 2

The State Governor, Lord Chelmsford, at the opening of the bazaar held in St. David’s Hall, Haberfield, in aid of the School of Arts building fund, said that…

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A Teacher's Strange Suicide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 3

The coroner, at the morgue to-day, held an inquiry regarding the death of Richelieu Cecil Leone de Navarre. 28, a teacher, who was discovered on Sunday night last…

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Public School Union V. St. Patrick's

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 4

On Friday last the Public school met St. Patrick's in a football match. The game was interesting throughout. St. Patrick's showed greater combination and…

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Corowa School of Arts

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 3

A committee meeting of the above institution was held at the secretary's office on Thursday evening last, when there were present--Messrs. P. K…

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Sunday-school Prize Winners. Bellevue, Tumut Plains

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter to the "Banner," and I hope you will accept me as one of your many nephews. I went to Sunday school this afternoon. A…

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My Letters. Not a Model School. Milbrulong P.O., via The Rock

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I am only a new reader of the "Banner," and take great interest in the Children's Page. So I thought I would like to write, as there is…

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School Girl's Throat Cut Queensland Bush Tragedy Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 2

News has been received of the brutal murder of a girl of nine years, daughter of a farmer named Wilson, at Locklone, 55 miles from here…

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Boy Roasted Over Fire. "Ragging" in a School

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 4

"Ragging" in schools takes, many forms, but an incident which occurred at St. Peter's College, Adelaide, on June 14 has been followed by serious developments…

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School of Arts

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 2

The following new books have been added to the library Out of Russia . (C. Marriott) Jane Dawson, (W. N. Harben) The Rhodesian (G Pagel; While…

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