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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1931

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P. & O. Essay Competition Over 10,000 Schools to Compete

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 August 1931 · page 5

Prizes amounting to £150 are being ofFered by the P. & O. Company for the best essays by Australian boys and girls in all public and private…

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School Sports

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1931 · page 1

The High School's annual sports [?]ting will be held on the Show [?]ound to-morrow (Wednesday). For [?] weeks past the various classes…

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High School Sports Started This Afternoon

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 August 1931 · page 4

When the "Dispatch" went to press this afternoon, the Dubbo High School sports were in full swing at the Show Ground, where a large crowd had…

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A Chance for Local Children P. and O. Essay Competition Over 10,000 Schools to Compete

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 27 August 1931 · page 1

Prizes amounting to £150 are being offered by the P. and O. Company for the best essays by Australian boys and girls in all…

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Day of Young at the Dubbo High School Some Sterling Performances Annual Athletic Contests Among the Students "The Spirit of the Game's the Thing !"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1931 · page 2

Wednesday was Dublin High School's sports day. On the Show Ground, hundreds of splendid youths and charming girls in their pretty school uniforms…

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Visit of Dubbo Members To School of Arts

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 August 1931 · page 2

PREVIOUSLY there have been frequent visits of members of the Wellington and Dubbo School of Arts which had the effect of creating many…

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Coolabah House Is Victorious High School Champions Young Athletes in Action at Annual Sports Mary Ritchie Collects Two Championships

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 August 1931 · page 4

One of the outstanding performers at the Dubbo High School Sports on Wednesday, was Mary Ritchie,…

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Dance at High School a Gay Gathering

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 1

What a gay scene the High School, Assembly Hall presented last night, attractively decorated with colored streamers, representing the School…

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MOGRIGUY School Match

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 4

The Mogriguy School boys' football team played the return match with Balladoran School boys on Saturday last. The scores were 5[?]to 5. For Mogriguy…

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High School Dance a Great Success

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 2

The dance held at the High School on Friday night, when prizes were presented to the successful competitors at the annual sports, was a great…

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Teachers' Federation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 1

At Saturday morning's mooting of the above branch, the Deputy Chief Inspector (Mr. A. McLachlan) delivered an address to the teachers on School…

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PERSONAL and GENERAL School Holidays

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 September 1931 · page 2

School holidays have commenced with a number of metropolitan boarding schools, and numbers of country children have returned home to…

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Sunday School Picnic

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 September 1931 · page 5

The annual Presbyterian Sunday School Picnic wiil lake place at Wrigley's Crossing on Wednesday next, September 9th…

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ANNIVERSARY Methodist Sunday School

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 2

THE above was held yesterday and proved to be one of the best that has been held, for a long while. The chief feature of the day was the…

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Cobar School of Arts Annual Meeting

Western Age · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 2

The adjourned annual meeting of the Cobar School of Arts was held on Thursday last in the School of Arts. The president (Mr. D. H. Dunlop) was…

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ANNIVERSARY Methodist Sunday School

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 1

LAST Monday night there was a very large attendance at the Methodist Churer, when the annual Sunday School prize distribution and…

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Fine Old School Part of Building Burnt Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 1

A portion of the Old Melbourne High School, in the city, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire is believed to have been…

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School of Arts Social

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 2

A dance was held in the Empire Hall last night in aid of the Wellington School of Arts, when there was a good attendance. The dance…

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'Island of Apples' Schoolboys' Opportunity Y.A.L. Xmas Tour

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 3

FOR the first time in many years, the Young Australia League is organising a party of boys to visit Tasmania. The tour will take place…

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DEBATING School of Arts Wins By 212 to 192 Points

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 September 1931 · page 1

A fairly comfortable win was awarded the School of Arts debating team on Thursday night, when it debated a team from the Methodist…

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