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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Schools

Schools, 1918

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District School Insurance Fund

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 2

At the Anzac Day celebrations, at the District School, a number of citizens gave £1 each to the above mentioned fund. £20 was in this manner…

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Anzac Day. Celebration at the District School

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 2

The toast is ANZAC, gentlemen: As long as TIME will last. We need no costly ma[?] To keep their memory fast:…

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Tamworth School Footballers

Daily Observer · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 3

A football team from the Tamworth, District School will journey to Muswellbrook on Saturday to play a match against the Muswellbrook school…

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School Concert at Nundle

Daily Observer · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 3

A school concert in aid of the Red Cross Funds was held at Nundle or Saturday night, 27th inst., when the following items were rendered:…

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Tamworth Topics West Tamworth Infants' School

Daily Observer · Thursday 2 May 1918 · page 3

The brickwork of the new infants' school at West Tamworth is about completed, and it is expected that the building will be available in June…

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School Girl Breaks Leg

Daily Observer · Saturday 4 May 1918 · page 3

Mattie Manuel, a 9-year-old school girl, broke her right leg through a fall in the Tamworth school grounds yesterday. The little girl, who resides…

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School Children's Bazaar

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 May 1918 · page 4

The birds and bees wondered at all the preparations under the school ground peper trees on Wednesday…

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Poorly Paid School Teachers. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 6 May 1918 · page 2

The Cabinet intends to deal with the matter of poorly paid school teachers shortly. The Minister for Education realises the hard lot of many teachers, and…

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Attunga Public School

Daily Observer · Wednesday 8 May 1918 · page 6

A grand 'gala' day was kept in our little town on Saturday last, the 16th inst., on which occasion was laid the foundation stone of the Attunga Public School…

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District School Changes

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 2

Miss Summerleigh, of the District School staff, has been transferred to Wellington as head mistress. Miss Clarice Smith, who has been a teacher…

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Farmers' Winter School

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 5

The Department of Agriculture inflamtes that the winter school at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College will be held this year from June 18 to July…

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Presbyterian Assembly. More Schools for Boys. Ministers' Union Advocated. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 5

In the Presbyterian Assembly, Mr. James Barr advocated the formation of a Union of Presbyterian Ministers for higher stipends in order to meet the…

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Northern High School. Good Prospects for Tamworth Held Out by Mr. Board

Daily Observer · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 5

Mr. P. Board (Under-Secrctary for Education) paid an official visit to Tamworth yesterday and was much impressed with the good work done at the district…

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Forty Years Ago. Tamworth in the Eighties. Public School Presentation

Daily Observer · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 5

[?] Pleasing ceremony took place on wednesday last, when the pupils attending the public school presented [?] master, Mr. W. Cornish, with a…

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Catholic Schools. Dr. Kelly Attacks the Press

Daily Observer · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 3

Dr. Kelly, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, and Dr. Calingher, Bishop of Goulburn, speaking at the foundation-stone laying of the new Marist Brothers'…

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Teachers' Salaries. Increases Asked For. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 2

A meeting representative of ten sectional associations held in the Educational Building to-day carried a resolution to the effect that a deputation should…

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Gala Day at Nundle. Unveiling the School Honor Roll

Daily Observer · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 7

The ceremony of unveiling the honor board erected at the Nundie Shire office, will take place on Friday, the 24th inst., at 11 o'clock. The Minister for…

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Late Telegrams. Schoolboy Shot. Mother's Shocking Discovery. Note to Coroner. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 20 May 1918 · page 2

Hearing the the report of a revolver shot in the study at her home at Neutral Bay. Mrs. Long went to the room and found her son William, 14, with a bullet…

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School Children and War Work

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 May 1918 · page 2

The children of the Eulah Creek Public School are still doing their title bit towards helping to win the war. The girls, besides sending in…

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Assaulting a School Boy

Daily Observer · Wednesday 22 May 1918 · page 6

On Tuesday last, October 5, Mr. W. Cornish, the public school master, appeared at the local Police Court, to answer a charge of having unlawfully…

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