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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1908

231 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 12

Bunglegumbie School Picnic

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

THE above annual event is set down for 30th inst. A new scheme, tested and proved successful in other localities, is to be brought into use, namely, admission by ticket 1s 6d. For this…

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Bunglegumbie. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Local School Picnic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

Preparations are well forward for the annual school picnic, which will eve[?]tuate on the 30th inst., and is an event to which the young and old of this locality look…

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School Matters

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 2

Mr. A. Chalmers, one of the probationary students at the Dubbo District School, has been appointed to a sahool in the Wellington district…

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A Ragged School. In a Sydney Slum

The Cobar Herald · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 2

'Sydney is a busy place, and it is like Tennyson's brook: "Men may come , and men may go — but here with I beg to change the couplet and…

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A Ragged School. In a Sydney Slum

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 2

Sydney is a busy place, and it is like Tennyson's brook: "Men may come, and men may go—but here with I beg to change the couplet and…

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Mechanics' School of Arts. Free Membership—school Children's Essays

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

Some little time ago the Committee of the Bourke Mechanics' School of Arts instituted a system of competitive essays to be written by children attending the Bourke Schools,…

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Glencardie Public School. Annual Picnic

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 September 1908 · page 3

The annual pionic of the Glencardie Public School was hold at Mr. John O'Brien's on Saturday, and the gathering was in every respect an…

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Training School Scholarships

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 2

Mr. J. Dennis, M.A., Inspector of Schools, has been engaged the last few days conducting an examination of [?] who are entering for the Training College…

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Bunglegumbie School Picnic

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

LARGE tables, surrounded by a wire-netting enclosure, is a sign that the above picnic is getting close. Great numbers of tickets have been disposed of. A fine programme for all comera…

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Narromine. (From Our Own Correspondent) Sunday School Picnic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

The annul Church of England Sunday School picnic took plase at the local rectory grounds last Wednesday, and was a huge success. The tolling of the church bell…

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Bunglegumbie. (From Our Own Correspondent.) the School Picnic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 4

A bust air per[?]ades the scene of the school picnic. Two large, broad tables, protected by a spacious tarpaalin, the whole encloted by wire-netting, at once meets the…

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Primary School Wanted

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 2

As was mentioned in the TIMES a considerable time back there is a feeling among the parents living at Montefiores that a good deal of hardship is…

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Maryvale Public School. Annual Picnic

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 3

The annual picnic and distribution of prizes in connection with the Maryvale Public School took place on Saturday afternoon. There was a good…

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The Montefiores School Children. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 4

SIR,—I was glad to notice in the TIMES that something was being done to get a school at Montefiores for the small children. My little girl has to…

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Maryvale Public School Picnic

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 4

In addition to those ladies whose names were given as having assisted at the Maryvale Public School picnic on Saturday, others who also rendered…

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Bunglegumbie. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Annual School Picnic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 1

The above outing took place on Wednesday in ideal picnic weather, and in the presence of about three hundred people. The morning was spent in running off the…

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The Public School Concert

The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 2

The annual concert given by the pupils attending the Bourke Superior Public School was held in Fitzgerald's Hall on Friday last, October 2. The attendance…

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Teachers' Association

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Dubbo District Teachers' Association was held on Saturday last, the vice-president (Mr. E. Campling) in the chair…

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School of Arts Committee

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Wellington School of Arts was held last evening, there being present Messrs. A. G. Chiplin…

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Dubbo Public School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

THE land adjoining the public school at Dubbo was ruferred to at the meeting of the Dubbo Progressive Association on Tuesday evening, and regret was generally expressed that the…

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