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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1927

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School Notes Teachers' Club

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 6

Although conference did not bind teachers to raise £40,000 towards the construction of a club building on the Phillip-street land, steps are being taken to inaugurate a "club…

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Methodist Christmas Tree Sunday School Prizes Byron Bay

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 6

The Methodist Church, Byron Bay-Bay, was the scene a very happy gathering of adults and juveniles on the 22nd inst., it night the annul.Christmas tree in connecton…

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General News School Residence Destroyed

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 4

The school residence at Gillett's Ridge, near Uhna[?]a, together with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The house was of weatherboard and…

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School Residence Burnt.--owner Absent in Casino

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 2

The school residence at Gillett's Ridge, near Ulmarra, together with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The house…

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Schools' Worst Foe

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 4

So-called comic papers are the schools' worst enemies, according to the headmaster of Corowa District School. Mr. Dickson was urging the…

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Bad News For School Teacher Thought to be Holidaying in Tweed District. Home and Contents Destroyed by Fire

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 2

While they have been holidaying at Goolangatta or elsewhere in the Tweed district, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Byrne, at Gillett's Ridge, six miles…

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Custody of Children For Remainder of School Holidays. A Mother's Application. An lnvolved Divorce Case

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Last November, Mr. Justice Owen ordered two little boys to be kept in a convent at Richmond, pending the hearing of a…

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Sailing Schools

Northern Star · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 4

The British Empire Union is considering a scheme whereby public schoolboys would be enabled to make a trip round the Empire in sailing ships, during wihch they would…

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Mutch Promised Nothing Done After all His Assurances Regarding High School for Murwillumbah. Scandalous Conditions. Overcrowding Becoming Worse

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

"I can give you a definite assurance chat accommodation will be provided. Allowance will be made not only for the present enrolment, but for those…

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"Cat Fight Dog" Mutch and Lang and Education Department Estimates, Mr. Gillies on Proposed New High School

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

"Mr. Mutch (Minister for Education) has made every effort to have his estimates increased to something in keeping with the increasing…

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School Notes the School Age

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 6

A well-known teacher of 34 years experience opines that children who have struck out for themselves at 14 have made better headway than those that have been kept at school…

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New High School Minister for Agriculture Says he Will Help Mr. Mutch to Carry Out His Promise

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 2

"I will help Mr. Mutch (Minister for Education) as far as possible, to carry out any promise he has made, but I have ho doubt he will redeem…

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Murwillumbah School of Arts

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of Murwillumbah School of Arts last night considered tenders for improvements to the balcony and general repairs…

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Spring Grove Public School

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

The following letter has been received by the secretary of the Spring Grove Parents and Citizens' Association from the Department of Education:— "With reference…

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Spring Grove Public School

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2
Also in Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser

The secretary of the Spring Grove P. and C. Association has been notified that the request for improvements to the local public school is included in…

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Teachers' Federation Seventh Annual Conference Opened in Brisbane. "Must Have Educated People."

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Delegates to the seventh annual conference of the Australian Teachers' Federation were tendered a civic welcome by the Mayor…

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Teachers Meet at Brisbane Brisbane

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 4

Delegates to the seventh annual conference of the Australian Teachers' Federation were tendered a civic welcome by the Mayor of Brisbane (Ald. Jolly). All States were…

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Mullumbimby Rural School. a Good Year's Record

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 2

Great satisfaction, concerning the progress the School had made during the year, was expresed at Tuesday night's meeting of the P. &…

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Schools Worst Foe

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 4

So-called comic papers are the schools' worst enemies, according to the headmaster of Corowa District School. Mr. Dickson was urging the…

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