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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1908

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Health of School Children. an Expert's Opinion

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 5

Owing to a report to the effect that the school children of Waterloo were not as healthy generally as they should be, the local…

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Fleet Week Holidays. A Concession to Teachers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 4

BY the following letter, received by Mr. J. L. Teefle, M.L.A., from the Under-Secretary Public Instruction Department, it will be seen that an important concession has been made to…

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School of Arts. Annual Meeting of Members

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 4

The annual meeting of members of the Wellington School of Arts was held last evening. There was a good attendance, and Mr. McLeod (President)…

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School of Arts Committee

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 4

The first meeting of the new committee of the Wellington School of Arts was held last evening there being present Messrs. A. G. Chiplin…

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Picnic to School Teachers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 4

What has come to be regarded as an annual affair in connection with the Dubbo District School took place on Thursday— namely, the picnic given to the principal…

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Dripstone School of Arts

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 2

Wednesday of this week will be a gala day at Dripstone, the occasion being the public opening of the School of Arts at that place by Major Barton…

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School Material

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 2

A number of the parents of children attending the Wellington Public School attended the school on Friday evening and inspected the first…

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After Fiftey Years. Getting His School Prize

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 2

FIFTY years ago (says an English paper) Daniel Vincent Sortland won a prize in the Woolwich entrance examination. He had to leave school for Woolwich before the Speech…

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Dripstone School of Arts the Opening Ceremony. a Successful Function

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 5

The formal opening of the School of Arts recently erected at Dripstone, took place yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering…

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School of Arts

The Cobar Herald · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Committee of the above was held on Tuesday evening. Pressent:—Messrs. Leak (President), Faulks, Duffy…

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Bourkemechanics' School of Arts

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Committee of the above was held on Friday evening last. Present: Messrs Wickham (in the chair), Moloney, Poolman,…

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Wongarbon Public School. to the Editor of the "Dubbo Dispatch."

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 5

Sir, As one of the interested parties in the above I turet you will grant me space in your column to refer to the classification of schools recently issued. I see that Wongarbon is…

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School of Arts Debating Society

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 August 1908 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the meeting of the School of Arts Debating Society on Friday, evening. Mr. M. McLood occupied the chair. The…

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Original Story. at Our School. I.

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 2

It's a pity people can't leave things alone w'en they're alright. Father's one o' them sort o' coves as can't do that though; never can let well be…

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The Fleet Festivities. The Schools' Display

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 3

THE weather at Sydney, on Wednesday, way gloriously fine. From an early hour a dense throng wended their way towards the School Childrens Demonstration at the Sydney cricket…

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The Fleet Festivities. The School Display

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 5

THE children's demonstration on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday was one of the chief events of the fleet festivities. Punctually at 1.30 the march on to the…

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The Teachers' College

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 6

Mr. Mackie, M.A., principal of the Training College for Teachers, in his report on the training of teachers, considers that students should possess…

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For Little Children. Weak and Unhealthy. Open-air Recovery Schools

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 3

A very interesting article on the open-air recovery schools for weak and unhealthy children in Germany has been written by Mr F. Rose, the Assistant…

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Life-saving Work at the Public Schools

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 September 1908 · page 2

Mr. G. H. Williams, Secretary of the Life Saving Association in Sydney, visited the Wellington Public School on Friday and spent three hours…

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School of Arts

The Cobar Herald · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 5

A meeting of the committee of the above institution was held at the rooms on Tuesday evening. Present: Mesers Duffy (chairman…

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