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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1910

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Schools' Swimming Carnival

The Cobar Herald · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 4

The embankment at the new tank, Great Cobar, Limited, presented a gay scene on Wednesday afternoon. In addition to the…

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Baptist Sunday School Anniversary

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 April 1910 · page 2

The Wellington Baptist Sunday School Anniversary was held in the church yesterday and passed off most successfully. In the morning Pastor…

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Wrightville Public School Picnic

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 3

A meeting was held in the Council Chambers, Wrightville, on Tuesday night, when it was decided to hold the annual school picnic…

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Closing of the Cookery School. Presentation to Miss Cain

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 2

THE cookery school which for nearly three years has been carried on under the direction of the Technical Education Branch, was finally closed last week, and the apparatus returned to…

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Baptist Sunday School Anniversary. Tea and Public Meeting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 4

The Baptist Sunday School anniversary was concluded last night with a tea and public meeting held in the church. There was a good attendance at…

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Our School Column. Cobar. Captain Marryat

The Cobar Herald · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 6

Once upon a time there was a boy who said he was going to be a sailor when he grew to be a man. Four times he ran away from…

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School Exhibits-- Sewing and Fancy Work

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

The exhibits of sewing and fancy work by the girls attending the schools were considered, in the estimation of the judges, to be exceptionally good, and o[?] a matter of course gave great…

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School Gardening

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

Owing to the progress made in school gardening, the exhibits from the Willandra and Bunninyong Public Schools aroused much interest. They included collections of fodders and…

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Educational School Column. the Truancy Question

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 3

A RETURN showing the number of children between the ages of six and fourteen years who are not being thought in any school would surprise those who are unaware of the inefficiency…

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Teachers' Association

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Dubbo District Teachers' Association was held on Saturday last, Mr. E. Dash, B. A., presiding. Several letters from the head association upon…

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At the District School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 2

On Monday morning Mr. Dash, headmaster of the Dubbo District School, received a telegram from the Department of public Instruction, asking him to direct the teachers to…

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Outrage on a School Girl

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 2

DURING the lunch hour on Friday last, a stalwart man found his way into the Fort streets school ground. He made to a spot where two girls were playing apart from the other, and caught…

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At the Dubbo School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 2

In accordance with the circular issued by the Department for Public Instruction, the Dubbo school assembled on Monday morning, and were…

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School of Arts Committee

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Wellington School of Arts was held last evening, there being present—Messrs. D. French (President), G…

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School Teacher's Transfer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 4

Mr. C. W. DOUGHTON, of the Dubbo District School has received word of his appointment to the Public School at Epping, and will leave for that place by the mail train this (Friday)…

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School Improvements

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 4

Mr. G. H. TAYLOR, chairman of the School Board,is in receipt of a letter from the Under secretary for Education, informing him the that the Minister has approved of plane being prepared…

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Our School Column "The Question of Education is an Eternal Problem for Human Nature."

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 2

In the current number of the "Lone Hand" Is to be found a trenchant indictment of the State School system at present in vogue in Australia. The…

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Alterations at the District School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 2

THE fencing in of the large area of ground to the north of the old enclosure and the removal of the partition fence, have given the school a fine space, which, however, is far from being…

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A School Residence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 2

Mr. G. H. Taylor has been informed through Mr. C. H. Barton, M.L.A., that the Minister for Public Instruction has approved of plane, etc., being…

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The New Science and Arts School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 2

The new science building at the Dubbo school has now been completed, and is practically ready for use, though the equipment has yet to be…

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