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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1902

117 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 6

Convent School Concert

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1902 · page 3

The pupils attending St. Joseph's Convent School, Bodangora, held an entertainment on the 20th ultimo, which was a great success, the hall being taxed to its utmost capacity…

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Narromine Public School

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

Mr. S. Phillips, M.P., is in receipt of the following communication: Department of Public Instruction. Sydney, 20th December 1901…

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Poetry. a Seepy Little School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 5

A [?] Professor kept a school for little boys, And he'd roa[?] them in playtime, and he wouldn't mind their noise…

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Funny Replies by School Children

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

The blunders of school children recently supplied Dr. Macnamara with a funny lecture, and his audience, at a Literary Institute at Peckham (England), with an hour of…

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Too Young for School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 3

A MEDICAL contemporary gives the following rational advice regarding the sending of infants to school:--Ono of the evils of the time, and one that is far-reaching in its…

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New School Inspector. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

Mr. Archibald Smith, head-master of Burwood public school, has been appointed an Inspector of Public Schools…

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School of Arts

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Cobar School of Arts was held on Tuesday evening last. A letter was received from Mr H R Bilton,…

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Public School Rivalry

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 6

A CERTAIN youngster, of aristocratic family, who has just entered on his term at Harrow, thinks of course time the famous school on the hill is beyond…

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Free Education in Public Schools

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 3

Speaking at Bathurst, Mr. John Meagher, M.L.C., urged Roman Catholics at the next election to vote against every candidate who favours free education in Public Schools…

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Wisdom of School Children

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 4

The blood in the body is taken by means of tubs to the heart and there detained A volcano is a burning mountain that has a creator and throws out melted rocks…

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Cobar School of Arts. Annual Meeting

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Cobar School of Arts was hold at the institution last Tuesday night, when the attendance was the largest that has ever patronised such…

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School of Mines

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

AT last the proposal to establish a School of Mines in Cobar is taking definite form. It is years since the HERALD first advocated this, but on the last occasion the…

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COUNTRY v. Sydney Grammar School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 4

ON Wednesday afternoon a country team, principally composed of Dubbo players, met and defeated the Sydney Grammar School by eight wickets and 26 runs. The School batted…

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Catholic Schools

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 February 1902 · page 6

At the Bathurst Synod in January last four priests were appointed for the purpose of considering the advisableness of railing the educational standard of Catholic schools,…

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State Aid to Catholic Schools. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 4

Mr. Daniel O'Connor has announced that it is his intention to bring the qaestion of Slate aid to Catholic schools before Parliament nest session…

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Thursday's Cablegrams. Teachers for the Concentration Camps. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 4

Mr. Chamberlain is engaging 40 teachers in Canada for work in the concentration camps in South Africa…

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School of Arts

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Cobar school of Arts was held in the institution on Tuesday evening last. Present:—Dr Lawes (President), and…

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School of Arts

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 March 1902 · page 2

FOR some reason or other—we will not say if it is difficult to seek or not—Wellington's School of Arts or Mechanics' Institute is not popular. Small neighbouring towns, in…

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Convent Primary School Concert

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 2

THE concert, in which the girls and boys of the Convent Primary School were the performers, at the Masonic Hall last Monday night, was in every respect a pronounced success. The…

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School Concert

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 3

THE annual concert by pupils of the Convent Primary Schools was given in the Masonic Hall on Monday evening. Long before the hour fixed for commencing, the…

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