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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1940

819 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 41

Plans for Epidiascope for High School

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 4

Murwillumbah High School is to have an epidiascope providing satisfactory terms of purchase can be arranged with the distributing…

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District Schools Will Hold Sports Meeting at Coraki

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 4

On Monday night last, teachers from Bora Ridge (Mr. J. K. Greedy), Ruthven (Mr. W. Simpson), Codrington (Mr. Studee), Yeagerton (Mr. J…

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Amusements School of Arts "Big Town Czar"

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 6

Universal's drama, "Big Town Czar," will be screened as the featured attraction at Murwillumbah School of Arts to-night. Barton McLane has…

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Air Training School Sought for Coolangatta

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 4

The Minister for the Interior (Senator H. S. Foll) and Mr. J. Francis, M.H.R., have made representations to the Minister for Air…

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Shorthand, Typewriting Classes for Kyogle Departmental Instruction For Commencement High School Building Will Come

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 4

Instructions have been given for the establishment of shorthand and typewriting classes in Kyogle in conjunction with the Lismore Technical College and the erection of a new high school building at Kyogle would not be long delayed, according to the…

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600 Enrolled at Kyogle School

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

Including 245 in the secondary department, the total enrolment at Kyogle I.H. School this year, is 600, according to a report by…

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School Ball Deleted Kyogle P. & C. Decision Queen Competition

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

Owing to the expense to parents when there were many calls for patriotic purposes, a meeting of Kyogle Parents and Citizens'…

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Ettrick School Tests

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 2

ETTRICK: Results of the latest tests at Ettrck school were: Class 2: Jean Gouldng and Pat Creighton, tied, 1; Class 3: Gloria…

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Coolangatta Seeks Air Force Training School COOLANGATTA

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 12

The Minister for the Interior (Senator H. S. Foil) and Mr. J. Francis, M.H.R., have made representations to the Minister for the air (Mr…

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HELPED Infants' Dept. of School

Northern Star · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 4

MRS. N. ROBINSON, Mrs. G. McAndrew, and Mrs. P. Wunderlich, former executive officers of the Mothers' Club of…

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Greater Support for Tweed Heads School Headmaster's Appeal to Citizens

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 4

An appeal for greater financial support of the Tweed Heads school by the citizens of Tweed Heads was made by the…

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Amusements "San Francisco" Regent and School of Arts

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 6

Nine musical numbers, ranging from songs familiar to every household in the world to the greatest of operatic arias, are again brought to the…

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Attack on Teachers' Leader

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 14

"Ninety per cent, of the stuff I say from the platform is pure boloney. Sometimes when I walk down off the platform I am ashamed of the…

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High School Sport

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 8

Murwillumbah High School sporting competitions were continued on Friday and both cricket competitions are now at a very…

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Activities of Teachers' Federation Murwillumbah Branch

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 4

A successful year's operations were reviewed at the annual meeting of Murwillumbah Branch of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers'…

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Training Schools for Air Scheme 57,000 To Go Through In 3 Years

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday: The establishment of 40 air training schools and large numbers of ground…

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Philip's School Atlas

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 11

Messrs. George B. Philip and Son (Sydney) have issued the new edition of their "School Atlas of the World, and the Commonwealth of Australia…

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Air Scheme Training Schools 57,000 Men in Three Years

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 5

MELBOURNE: The establishment of [?] sir training schools and large numbers of ground training engineering and…

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School Gazette General News

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 4

At the Parents and Citizens' meeting last Tuesday night it was decided not to hold a juvenile ball this year, but a queen competition…

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For School of Arts

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 5

In the 500 tournament, supervised by Mr. J. S. Newby, for the funds of Coraki School of Arts, Mrs. W. Milgate, senr, Mrs. P. Flaherty, and Mrs. J…

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