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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1940

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Amusements School of Arts "Something To Sing About"

Tweed Daily · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 6

James Cagney, Evelyn Day and William Frawley are featured in "Something to Sing About." showing at Murwillumbah School of Arts…

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Can Take More Pupils St. Mary's College, Usmore

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 4

The new Saint Mary's College of the Presentation Nuns, Lismore, is nearing completion. The building has been planned on ambitious lines by the…

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New Convent School at Casino Opening This Month CASINO

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 13

The new Convent boarding and secondary school at Casino is nearing completion. It is a large modern building situated in Centre-street…

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Amusements "Man About Town" Regent and School of Arts

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 January 1940 · page 6

Jack Benny, favorite star of screen and radio, plays the title role of Paramount's "Man About Town," which will be presented at the…

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World Achievement The Cookery School

Northern Star · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 11

We are all acquainted with the useful and rather jolly cookery classes held in most girls' schools, but few of us know anything about the free cookery schools held from time to time in the villages of America…

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To School Again To-morrow Arrangements at M'bah High

Tweed Daily · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 2

To-day is the concluding day of the Christmas vacation for schools. Murwillumbah High School will resume to-morrow, when all new pupils…

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Back to School To-day Christmas Vacation Ended

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 6

Yesterday was the last day of six weeks of glorious freedom for school children. This morning the schools will re-open and children…

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Schoolsfor Fitters for Air Force Three Already Set Up

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 7

In announcing that three schools have been established to train fitters under the Empire Air Scheme, the Minister…

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Review of School Hours Likely

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday:—The Director of Education (Mr. Edwards) stated to-night that most primary schools would re-open after the holidays…

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Back to School Few Staff Changes at Kyogle

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 2

Schools throughout the Kyogle district resumed to-day after the Christmas-New Year vacation of six weeks. At Kyogle I.H. School…

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School Resumes at Tweed Heads 93 Pupils In Super-Primary Class

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 4

Ninety-three pupils were enrolled in the super-primary class when the Tweed Heads Public School resumed yesterday after the…

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Schools Resume Intermediate High School at M'bimby Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 8

Following the decision of the Department of Education towards the end of last year to grant the request for an intermediate high…

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Schools Resumed Yesterday

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 6

Lismore schools opened yesterday and the staffs were faced with the task of settling quickly into routine. For the…

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Tweed Schools Resume After Vacation

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 4

For many small boys and girls throughout the Tweed district, yesterday was one of the big occasions of life—the first day at…

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Hours Revised in Some Brisbane Schools

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday:—Owing to the oppressive heat, school hours were revised in some metropolitan schools to-day. Others will follow suit if the…

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Schoolteacher and Family Farewelled at Tregeagle

Northern Star · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Scott and family were guests at a farewell social and presentation in the Tregeagle Hail. Mr. Scott, who has been in…

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New Books Murwillumbah School of Arts the Spur of the Moment

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 8

The Spur of the Moment deals with a wide variety of subjects—literature, education, democracy, freedom, peace and war. But always the author's…

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Compulsory Enrolment Age at Schools Reduced to Six Years

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 4

The Headmaster of Murwiliumbah Primary School (Mr. W. J. Eannon) yesterday drew attention to the fact that the compulsory…

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Murwillumbah High School Record Number of Students

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

A record number of pupils—particularly in the senior—fourth and fifth—years will receive instruction at Murwillumbah High School…

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Amusements "Full Confession" At, School of Arts

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 6

A moving, human drama of people tossed about in a maelstrom of emotion because of the cold irony of fate RKO Radio's "Full Confession" comes…

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