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Murray · Schools

Schools, 1937

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Bursaries Corowa Pupils Successful Also Howlong Girl

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 3

It was announced in Sydney on Friday that Paggy Harris, St. Joseph's High School, Albury and John N. Parker, Corowa Intermedite…

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Old Schooldays Former Deniliquinite’s Notes

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 3

Mr. E. P. Walker, of East Malvern, revisited Deniliquin during the “Back To” celebrations an 1935 He was awarded a trophy as the oldest scholar of…

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Mechanic Schools

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 3

The competent training of motorcar mechanics has for long occupied the attention of the leading distributors in Australia. General…

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Henty Parents & Citizens' Association Deplorable Lack of Accommodation at Public School Annual Ball Arrangements

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 1

A meeting of the Henty Parents and Citizens' Association was held on Friday night last in the Public School, Mr. Hunt, president, in the chair…

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School Notes Y. A. L. Tour

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 6 March 1937 · page 3

Last year a number of boys from Balranald took part in the tours arranged by the Young Australia League at Easter time. Somewhat similar…

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School News Friday Feature Games—old and New Cat and Mouse

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 2

THE children stand in a circle. The mouse at the beginning is inside the circle and the cat outside. The cat rushes around the circle and dashes…

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Essay on “Man.” by a High School Girl

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 1

The following “Essay on Man,” said to have been written by a high school girl (somewhere in Australia) has been smuggled out of the class…

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Maude. Public Meeting Re School

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 3

A well attended meeting of the parents and residents of Maude was held in the Memorial Hall last night to discuss the necessity for increased…

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School Children on Strike Gangster Methods Used London, March 10

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 5

Gangster methods entered a strike of school children at Achill Island (Ireland) when the parents of the children aided them to [?]e in ambush…

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School-leaving Age College Principal Advocates Extended Term

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 3

Extended educational facilities for young people up to the age of a[?]least eighteen years, is one of the responsibilities which the…

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School Girl Breaks Leg

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 4

When riding her bicycle to school in Echuca on Wednesday morning Noreen Jensen a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jensen, of Echuca Village, collided…

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School News Friday Feature Class Notes

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 2

NAMES of pupils who have done best work for the week appear below:— Kindergarten We are sorry to hear that Betty…

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Hay War Memorial High School. Scholarships Awarded

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2

Mr. A. A. Beckett, headmaster, has been advised by the Department that the University, scholarships associated with the school have been awarded…

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Schoolboy’s Arm Fractured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 1

Noel Moore, soil of Mr. and Mrs. Les Moore, of “Calgary,” fell from his pony when returning from school yesterday afternoon. His plight was not…

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Has a New Teacher Via Hay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 20

Dear Uncle, — We have started school again; I am in 5th class. We have a new teacher and her name is Miss Lomasney. Gunbar and…

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Fearful Tragedy. 500 Children Killed. Explosion at High School. Overton, Texas (U.s.a.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2

The furnace of the New London High School exploded to-day, blowing the roof off the building and demolishing three walls…

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Essay on "Man" by a High School Girl

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1

The following rather caustic essay on "Man," said to have been written by a High School girl (somewhere in Australia) has been…

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School News Friday Feature P. & C. Association

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 4

THE hon. Secretary, Rev. C. E. O. Keays, has requested that intending members should send in annual subscription (1/-) to the school, Last…

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School Notes the R.s.p.c.a

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 2

The school magazines for March give prominence to kindness to animals, while the week March 7th to 13th was set apart for special talks by…

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High School Tragedy Hundreds of Bodies Recovered

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

A violent explosion in a High School at Overton. Texas, America, caused the deaths of hundreds of students teachers…

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