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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1954

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Tape Recorder For M'bimby School

Northern Star · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 6

MULLUMBIMBY, Tuesday.--A tape-recording machine, to cost £117, will be purchased by Mullumbimby Parents and Citizens' Association and installed in the Intermediate High School…

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Experts to Lecture at Farm Husbandry School

Northern Star · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 4

Experts in specialised sections of the dairying industry have been invited to lecture at a school of animal husbandry to be held at Wollongbar Experiment Farm from May 11 to May…

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Pilgrimage on Foot by 200 Pupils

Northern Star · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 4

A feature of the Roman Catholic observance of Lady Day yesterday was a pilgrimage on foot made by 200 pupils of Woodlawn College to the Chapel of St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Bishop to Open New Casino Infants' School

Northern Star · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 5

CASINO, Thursday.--The Bishop of Lismore, the Most Rev. P. J Farrelly, D.D., will bless and open…

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Coffee Camp School to Be Restored

Northern Star · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Education Department was taking steps to restore the school at Coffee Camp, which was…

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Trainee Teachers to Get More

Northern Star · Saturday 27 March 1954 · page 7

MULLUMBIMBY, Friday.--In reply to a request from the Byron District Council of P. and C. Associations for increases…

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Move to Reduce Secondary School Hours Defeated

Northern Star · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 4

A move to reduce school hours in secondary schools was defeated at a meeting of the Richmond District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations in Lismore on…

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Bishop Opens New Casino School Link in Expansion Plan

Northern Star · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday. -- The opening of an Infants' School for St. Mary's Convent of Mercy was an important achievement for Catholic education in Casino, His Lordship, Most Rev. P. J…

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Request for More Teachers

Northern Star · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 4

The Department of Education will be requested to appoint an assistant teacher to all schools with an average…

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School Teams Boost Hockey in Tweed District

Northern Star · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 5

MULLUMBIMBY, Sunday. -- "The formation of school boys' teams from Murwillumbah and Burringbar last…

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New Wireless Plan for Nashua School

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

One of the projects for the new year of Nashua P. and C. Association will be the replacement of the battery…

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Earlier Date For FNC Schoolboys' Football Carnival

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 10

CASINO, Tuesday.-- The committee of the Far North Coast schoolboys' football carnival set an early date for the carnival this year-- Saturday, July 3…

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Split Shingle Roof Found in School Demolition

Northern Star · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 4

A link with the early days of the district was severed recently with the demolition of the old school at Gundurimba. Erected in 1873, it was the oldest existing school…

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Gundurimba School Flood Loss £400

Northern Star · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 4

Total loss or severe damage by floodwaters to over £400 worth of school equipment was reported by the teacher,…

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Byron Bay Move For Free Straws For School Milk

Northern Star · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 6

A request to the Government to supply country school children with free straws for milk will be made by Byron Bay Parents and Citizens' Association…

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Fix Date for Homemakers' School

Northern Star · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 6

The date for this year's junior farmer girls' homemakers' school will be decided at a meeting between…

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Early Start on Classrooms at High School

Northern Star · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

Erection of two new classrooms for Lismore High School would begin in a few days, the headmaster, Mr. S…

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New School at Coffee Camp

Northern Star · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

A new school building will be erected at Coffee Camp to replace the school destroyed during the flood last month…

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New School At Kingscliff

Northern Star · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The Education Department planned to build a six roomed school at Kingscliff, on the…

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Selecting Pieces For School Choirs' Festival

Northern Star · Saturday 3 April 1954 · page 6

Judges are now selecting pieces for the School Choirs' Festival in Lismore on June 29 and 30, members…

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