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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1939

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Full High School Local Support

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 3

The whole of Wellington and district should get behind the P. and C. Association in its endeavour to…

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Four Pence Per Child Transport For School Children Government Subsidy

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 6

The P. and C. Association has received a reply from the Department of Education to its letter regarding the amount of…

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School News for Parents and Pupils

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

The visit of Miss E. MacUae, Demonstrator in Physical Training, to the school last week has given another impetus to this part of the…

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Commercial Examinations St. Joseph Convent School Successes

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 5

Splendid passes were obtained by pupils of St. Joseph's Convent Softool in the recent Commercial Examinations held in…

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Cup For School March

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

Mr. Cecil Firth, of Coonamble, was so impressed with the march of school children fnom Gilgandra, Coonamble and Coonabarabran. which…

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Boys Set Fire to School Training Farm Trouble Wellington (N.Z.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 1

It is reported that during disturbances at the Wereoa boys' training farm near Levin, several attempts were made to burn the main building. The…

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Wants High School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 3

Wellington Parents and Citizens' Association is endeavoring to have a high school established in that town. A new building is asked for, as it is…

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Women's Page Royal Room at Kosciusko Chalet Back-to-School Parties Popular Toilets a la Queen Alexandra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 8

Even the new chalet at Kosciusko (built after the fire and opened on Saturday) has its eye on the Duke and…

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Mogriguy Boy Injured Accident at School Two Others Hurt When Horse Bolts

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 6

Master Noel Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Murphy (teacher), met with a nasty accident on Tuesday. With a number of the school boys, he was…

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High School Sport Parkes Teams at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 5

About 30 students of the Parkes Intermediate High School visited Dubbo on Saturday and met Dubbo High School teams in athletics, hockey,…

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School News for Parents and Pupils

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 5

This week the column will carry more names than usual for we have to announce the chief place getters in the various classes in the…

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Golf School Frank Munro's Initiative

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 4

Nothing [?]acceds like success. nor does anything create a greater impression than something unique and novel,…

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School of Arts Billiard Tables

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 2

Patrons of the Wellington School of Arts billiard room will be pleased to hear that the three tables at this institution were all thoroughly…

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School Notes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 3

Recently Messrs. T. H. Frost and F. L. Atkinson made a survey of the future requirements of the school gardens. Their recommendations are…

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Teachers’ College Suggested Chamber of Commerce Re- Quest Turned Down

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 5

For some considerable time the honorary Secretary of the Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce, McTntyre, has been investigating…

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Bourke Public School

The Western Herald · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 4

In the report of the half yearly examinations at the Bourke Public School in our last issue, a wrong name appeared in the Third Class…

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School of Arts Weekly Snooker Tournaments

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 July 1939 · page 2

Starting last Monday night, the School of Arts weekly one-night snooker tournaments have again been inaugurated for the winter…

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Additions to Dubbo Schools

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 6

At last the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) has taken action to provide extra accommodation at the Dubbo…

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School News for Parents and Pupils

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 1

The weekly tuckshops were inaugurated on Wednesday, June 28th. Oxley House held a highly successful "shop." and raised…

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Big School Sports To Be Held At Gilgandra Many Visiting Competitors and Supporters Expected Coonamble Intend Travelling by Special Train

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 July 1939 · page 1

This year the sccond annual meeting of The Castlereagh "Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association will be held at Gilgandra, on the Show Ground, and indications pojnt to the day being a very busy one. The date is 5th August, and…

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