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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1938

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Motor Cars Compete With S. Schools Quarterly Meeting

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 12

The quarterly business meeting of the Lismore Methodist circuit was held in the Lismore church, the Rev. R. B. Lew presiding. Other representatives…

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Latest Telegrams. Brutal Attack Reminiscent of Recent Broughton" School Affair. Adelaide

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 3

A housemaid, a god 20, was brutally attacked by a man in a lonely park leading through Lower Mitcham just before midnight on Saturday…

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The Old School Tie "An Excellent Institution."

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

Although he can't wear an old school tie himself—he was privately educated—Lord Luke of Pavenham, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, defends the…

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Villers Bret. Memorial Inspection By Schoolboys

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

PARIS, Tuesday:-- A message from Villers Bretonneux says that after assembling for the new term the boys from the Victorian Memorial School…

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Final Examination Kyogle Convent School

Northern Star · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 3

The results or the final commercal examinations held under the auspices of the Southern Cross Commercial College included the…

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Homes Entered School Children Blamed

Northern Star · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 6

Lismore police yesterday appealed to all residents to exercise greater control over their children during the school holidays. They stated that some…

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Amusements School of Arts "Forlorn River"

Tweed Daily · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 6

"Forlorn River," the thrilling Western outdoor romance which will be screened at the School of Ar[?]s, Murwillumbah, to-night, is a new…

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Popular Teacher Farewelled

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Basham and Sylvia, who have been residents of Rous Mill for the past 12 years, were farewelled on the Rous Mill hall on January…

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Pre-school Age Most Important For Dietary Care SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 12

Only by dietary care of a child before school can measures for improved nutrition prove completely effective. The magnitude of…

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Leaving School Examination Kyogle Passes

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

Two Kyogle candidates were included among the list of passed for the leaving certificate examination, which marked the completion of the…

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170 Miles Trip School Teachers Adventure GRAFTON

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 6

Three young men have just completed a 170-miles trip in a flat-bottomed boat down the Nymboida and Clarence rivers to Grafton. They are…

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Amusements. "Ever Since Eve" Regent and School of Arts

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 4

Two stars of immense popularity come to the Regent and School of Arts Theatres, Murwiliumbah, to- night . They are Marion Davies and…

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Hit Pupil to Show He Was Master. Teacher's Reply to Boys Challenge

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 4

Challenged by a scholar with the words, "Hit me if you dare," the head of a school near Stockport (England) struck the boy "to show that he was…

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Cowlong Sunday School

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 12

The anniversary in connection with the Cowlong Methodist Sunday School will be held to-morrow. Services will be held at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. On…

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Aid German Scholars Visitors' Study of Australia

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

So that chosen boy and girl students in Germany may see pictures of Australia's cities and landscapes, and hear about…

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Teachers' Federation Meets "Federal Grant for Education"

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.--Delegates from several parts of the Commonwealth attended the 10th annual Council meeting of the…

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British School Children Physiques Improved

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 7

LONDON, Monday--Increases of two inches in the average height and seven or eight pounds in the weight of school children in the last 30 years…

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Modanville Public School

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 3

The Director of Education has advised Mr. W. Frith, M.L.A., that in response to his representations for repairs and renovations at the…

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Teacher Farewelled Keen Worker For District

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 14

Mr. S. J. Buttsworth, who has been head teacher of Old Bonalbo Public School for the past five years, has been transferred to Kincumber…

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Move for Early Festival Teachers' Proposals

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

A RECOMMENDATION from music teachers, elocutionists and dancing teachers of Lismore that the annual festival of the Lismore Festival Society be held earlier in the year than hitherto is to receive…

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