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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1931

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Repairs to Cobar School £40 Made Available

Western Age · Wednesday 20 May 1931 · page 2

The Hon. M. A. Davidson, Minister for Public Works has been advised by the Minister for Education that £10 has been made available for…

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School Dance

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 May 1931 · page 3

Preparations are in full swing for the juvenile fancy dress dance, to be held at Collie on Wednesday, 3rd. June. Prizes are also to be given for…

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School Repairs

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 May 1931 · page 3

The long-awaited repair gang has arrived at last, and Collie school and residence will soon boast a complete overhaul. The school repairs are…

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Teacher Transferred

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 May 1931 · page 2

Miss J. Vitnell has been transferred from Gilgandra District School to Dubbo…

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Cobar School Repairs Authorised £40 Allotted for Work

Western Age · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works (Hon. M. A. Davidson) has advised the secretary of the local A.L.P. that the Minister for Education has authorised…

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Hungry School Children

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 28 May 1931 · page 1

Many children attending the Narrabri Intermediate High School have been going to school hungvty and with out lunch. In some cases, the…

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Grand Concert and Operetta. by Convent School Pupils

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

Very unfavorable weather greeted the grand concert and operetta by the Convent School pupils on Wednesday evening last in the Wonderland…

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Musical Association of N.S.W. Teachers' Conference at Paling's

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 6
Also in The Wellington Times

In opening the Fourth Annual Con ference of music for teachers at Paling's Concert Hall last Thursday, Lady Game touched on the most…

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The Barton Cup Presentation to St. Patrick's School

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 6

ON Tuesday afternoon the pupils of St. Patrick's School and the pupil's of the secondary school, assembled in the school room for the…

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Parents & Citizens Last Night's Association Meeting Juvenile Ball Arranged Protest Against Transfer of Teachers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 6

At last night's meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association, preliminary arrangements were made for the annual juvenile b[?]…

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School Clock

The Western Herald · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 2

The Public School is now the possessor of a fine Ansonia Eight-Day Clock, chime gong, pendulum swing. The clock was heard chime on Monday…

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Musical Association of N.S.W. Teachers' Conference at Paling's

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

In opening the Fourth Annual Conference of Music Teachers at Paling's Concert Hall last Thursday, Lady Game touched on the most important…

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School Teachers Against Present Organisation. To Form Educational League. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 1

The labour section of the Teachers' Federation has decided to form an educational workers' league. Several speakers at the meeting…

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BREAK-AWAY From Teachers' Federation New Organisation Formed SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 1

The Labour section of the Teachers' Federation has formed an Educational Workers' League. Several speakers voiced their dissatisfaction with the…

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Musical Association of N.S.W. Teachers' Conference at Paling's

The Western Herald · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 2

In opening the Fourth Annual Conference of Music Teachers at Paling's Concert Hall last Thursday, Lady Game touched on the most important…

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Annual School Sports For Western Stores' Cup. Trophy Won Outright by Narromine

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 6

The annual sports meeting, between the Narromine and Trangie public school pupils, for possession of the valuable Western stores' Cup, was…

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Wellington School of Arts Monthly Meeting. Record Number of Books Issued

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 June 1931 · page 6

THE usual monthly meeting of the School of Arts committee was held in the institution on Tuesday night the President, Mr. J. A. Preston,…

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Teachers' Federation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 15 June 1931 · page 1

A meeting of the Dubbo Teachers' Federation was held on Saturday. A report of the proceedings will be published in a later issue…

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Bourke Public School. Signing of Magna Charta Dramatised

The Western Herald · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 3

Monday last being the anniversary of the signing of Magna Charta—that outstanding event in the growth of the liberties of our people, which occurred…

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