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Murray · Schools

Schools, 1945

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Homes For Teachers Position In Wodonga Eased Townspeople Asked For More Help

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 2

For the time being worries of the headmaster of Wodonga Higher Elementary School (Mr J. M. Hepburn) in obtaining accommodation in…

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Gulpa News (From Our Correspondent) School News

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

The school re-opened on Tuesday with an attendance of 13 pupils, including some tiny tots who are to commence their education…

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Board Swallows Up Teachers’ Salaries SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 3

Teachers in many country towns had to pay up to £3 a week board out of £6/10/ or £7 fortnightly salary, the Teachers’ Federation was told…

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Army Refuses to Release Teachers Many Schools Have To Be Closed MELBOURNE. Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 6

Although it was not fully realised, the present year was the most critical the State had ever had to face so far as country schooling was concerned, the…

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Land for School Wanted

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

The acquisition of land in Olive [?] to enlarge the present school blocks was again before the Public School P and C Association last night. It was…

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Teacher, Wife And Baby Living in Tent SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 5

Complaining of the acute housing conditions among school teachers, the deputy president of the Teacher” Federation (Mr S. P. Lewis said today…

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Proposed As Holbrook District War Memorial Area School and Community Centre

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 5

In an address to members of the newly formed Holbrook Progress Association. Mrz Ken Crawford, secretary Holbrook and District Area School movement, asked the association to discuss a three point plan proposed by her committee covering finance, lay-out, and maintence, as a…

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Shrubs Taken From School

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

Four shrubs were taken from the school grounds during the recent school holidays, it was reported to last night’s Public School P and C…

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North Albury School Meetings

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 2

This afternoon at 3 o’clock the North Albury School Women’s Auxiliary will meet at the school, and in the evening at 7.30 the monthly meeting of the…

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Aware of Holbrook’s Enthusiasm Proposed Area School SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 2

He was aware of the enthusiasm displayed at Holbrook in connection with an area school proposal, the Minister for Education (Mr Heffron)…

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Around The Albury Schools High School

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 6

A sale of buttons for Sallors’ Day was held at the nigh School on Friday and £13 7/ worth of buttons were sold. On Saturday, Boy Scouts, volunteers from…

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Hay War Memorial High School Tribute to F./Sgt. Peter Kirkpatrick

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

The war continues to take its toll of the ex-students of the Memorial High School. At mid-morning on Wednesday;…

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Federal Govt. to Train Teachers CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

With a view to preparing a special scheme to meet problems dealing with recruitment and training of school teachers in the post war period,…

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High School Dramatic Club Eisteddfod Plays Arranged

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 3

The High School Dramatic Club has been revived, and already has a membership of 70 girls and boys. A programme of plays has been…

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Public School P. and C. Association

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 1

The Public School Parents and Citizens Association held the first meeting of the year on Friday. There was an attendance of about 20…

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Coreen Shire Council Monthly Meeting Mulwala School Children Attend

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 4

Business of the monthly meeting of the Coreen Shire Council on Monday last was conducted in the presence of a "gallery" of about 40 Mulwala school children who, at the invitation of the councillors, who also paid the expenses of the bus which brought the children to…

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Free Travel for School Children ? SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly today, Mr Lawson (CP. Murray) drew attention to the heavy cost to parents for the transport of children who in country districts had to…

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I.h. School’s Swimming Carnival Record Crowd Sees Splendid Contests

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 1

A record crowd attended the pool at Edwardes street on Wednesday, when the Intermediate High School’s swimming carnival was held. Sixty events were completed in two hours During the afternoon there were some…

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Schools Starved for Teachers

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 2

With reference to representations made by Mr R. Paton, MLA, regarding schools closed in his electorate, the Minister has advised that it is…

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School Teachers' Federation Hay Branch Re-suscitated

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 1

On Saturday, 23rd February, 1945 at 10.30 a.m., a meeting was held at the Hay Primary School that may not be without importance to the…

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