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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1915

215 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 11

Mudgee High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 6

Our High School is still in the clouds (says the Mudgee "Guardian"). Notwithstanding the explicit promise of the late Minister for Education, and…

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School Display and Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 2

It will be remembered that in connection with the district school celebration of Empire Day, there was an effort to supplement the Belgian fund…

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Disloyal Germans Statement by School Teacher

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 3

Notwithstanding many protestations of the loyalty of German settlers in the Albury district, Mr. F. W. Scrimes, who conducts the Government Public School…

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District News. (From our own Correspondents). NARROMINE. School of Arts' Bazaar

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 2

The bazaar held in the Town Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday last, in aid of the funds of the School of Arts, realised a little over £30. This result…

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Schoolboy and Shirkers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 7

Driver William Robert Neave, who is believed to be Britain's youngest soldier, ran away from school in order to enlist, and he is now in Egypt. Ever since the war began…

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Collie School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 4

In answer to the complaints that the Collie Public School is an antiquated and unsuitable structure, and that the water supply is inadequate, the…

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Trangie Convent Schools

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 4

Trangie Convent Schools have now an enrolment of 109. The schools were examined this week by Father Crowe…

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High School Tor Dubbo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 1

Mr. E. Dash,. headmaster of the Dubbo District School, has handed us a letter received by him from Mr. G. Cole, hon Secretary of the Parents and…

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Dubbo High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 2

Mr. G. H. Cole, hon. secretary of the Parents and Citizens' Association, is in receipt of a communication from the Under Secretary for Education,…

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Shortage of Teachers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 4

Owing to the number of teachers who have gone to the war, the Department of Public Instruction reports that it is finding it extremely difficult to…

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Occasional Notes. (By "Wanderer.") the High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 June 1915 · page 3

At last word has come to hand that the Government or at least the Department of Public Instruction, has decided to call for tenders for the erection of…

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Another School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 June 1915 · page 1

The tender of Mr. L. Bungate, of Dubbo (£289), has been accepted for the erection of a school at Copper Hill, five, miles from Molong. This…

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The Convent Schools. the Annual Entertainment. Another Brilliant Success

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 June 1915 · page 5

The annual entertainment by the pupils of the combined Convent Schools took place in the Emire Hall last night, and teachers and children have scored…

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Von Hindenburg Sidelights on Life Unpromising Schoolboy

Western Age · Saturday 19 June 1915 · page 4

Some new lights are shed upon the personality of the now famous Field Marshal von Hindenburg in a sketch of him brought out by a Berlin publisher…

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Dubbo District School. Half-yearly Exams

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1915 · page 4

The following are the results in the order of merit of the half-yearly examinations of the High School classes at the Dubbo District School:—…

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Shortage of Teachers

Western Age · Wednesday 23 June 1915 · page 2

Elsewhere we refer to the unprotected state of Cobar at the present time owing to the scandalously inadequate strength of the local police…

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Australia Day and the Schools

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 June 1915 · page 3

Inspired by the success of the Children's Empire Day Belgian collection, the Minister for Education has decided to organise a similar effort for…

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School Teacher's Trouble

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 8

Winthorpe Mark Larkinson, a school teacher, was convicted at the Orange Quarter Sessions on a charge of wounding James Shepherd, at Orange, with…

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Tooraweenah Public School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1915 · page 6

In response to the representation of the Gilgandra School Board the Department of Public Instruction has replied:—(1) That the numbers in…

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Dubbo District School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 June 1915 · page 1

The following honor results of the quarterly examination of the primary school are arranged in order of merit: Boys…

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