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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1939

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German Pupils Like To Write To Britain

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 5

Great Britain is the most popular foreign country among German schoolchildren, to judge from their correspondence with pupils in other…

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German Pupils Like to Write To Britain BERLIN (By Mail)

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 8

Great Britain is the most popular foreign country among German schoolchildren, to judge from their correspondence with pupils in other…

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30,000 Leave School Many Go To Dead End Jobs

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 7

About 30,000 boys and girls from New South Wales public schools have just left school to go to work. It is somewhat…

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Fir Tree Crashes on School PORTMADOC, North Wales (By Mail)

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 8

A fifty-seven-foot fir tree crashed on a hillside above the mountain village of Nantgwyant, rolled 600 feet, crashed through a wall, shot over another,…

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District News Bray's Creek School Concert and Christmas Tree

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 8

The annual Christmas Tree was held in the Bray's Creek School to celebrate the breaking up for the year…

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South Gundurimba School

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 12

The end of the school year was celebrated by a basket social, organised by the South Gundurimba Parents and Citizens' Association. During the first…

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Empire Vale School

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 11

Empire Vale school celebrated the annual "break up" with a Christmas tree in the Empire Vale hall, organised by the Parents and Citizens'…

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Sudan Grass on the Tweed School Experimental Plot at Limpinwood Proves Value

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 4

Mr. Gough, teacher-in-charge, and the pupils of Limpinwood Public School have just cause to be proud of the success which has attendee their…

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Radio for Schools Music Through Movement

Northern Star · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

Hereunder is a copy of the lay-out of the school broadcasts programme for this year. Attention is drawn to the "Music…

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Detectives to Attend School Studies in Crime Detection

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday:—A school for detectives, which will be attended by about 200 plainclothes police and others who have not…

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School For Detectives SYDNEY

Northern Star · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 12

A school for detectives is to be inaugurated in Sydney next week. The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Mackay) made this announcement yesterday…

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Board Revises School Curriculum

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 6

Commercial subjects will be part of the ordinary training of every secondary school pupil in England, if plans how before Earl de la Warr…

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Opposition to Bus Route Extra Service Proposed School Drainage Scheme

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 10

Contending that the area was well served by existing services, the proprietor of the Avondale 'bus run (Mr. R. Edwards), and the Lismore Motor Omnibus Association, have protested to the Lismore Municipal…

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Dunoon Methodist Sunday School

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 5

There was a large gathering at the Dunoon Methodist Sunday School picnic, held at the Rocky Creek falls. The children and adults enjoyed swimming…

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Polytechnic School Mentioned Again Youth In Bricklaying Trade SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 3

Mention of the polytechnic school at Camperdown which guaranteed to teach bricklaying for £15 15s, was made before the Bricklayers Appenticeship…

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East Lismore School Call Tenders in March

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 6

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) has advised the Lismore Chamber of Commerce, through Mr. W. Frith,…

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East Lismore School

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) has advised the Lismore Chamber of Commerce that every endeavor is being made to complete…

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School of Arts New Fiction Wells's "Apropos of Dolores"

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 8

In "Apropos of Dolores." Mr. H. G. Wells's admiration for Sterne betrays itself in frank discipleship. Unhurryingly and discursively, completely, the…

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Has No Country: Ex-melbourne School Boy London (By Air Mail.)

Northern Star · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 10

Logona is a man without a country. Every morning he reports to the police in London. He entered Britain without permission…

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Informal American Schools Contrast to English Pupils

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

A school where they slap teachers' backs: say "Hiya" to the head; confess "Doggone, you're sot me there" to difficult questions; where love affairs…

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