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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1947

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Raaf School Hospital Use Equipment For Narromine

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 1

A suggestion for the use of hospital equipment from the RAAF station in the proposed new hospital at Narromine has been made by the…

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Bus Service for School Subsidy of 75 Per Cent

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 4

After years of agitation, Coonabarabran have at last achieved the establishment of a school bus service. It came into operation…

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Primary School Notes Sturt Wrests Lead From Evans

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 4

STURT House won the Sports Shield for the week with 15 points, close runners-up being Oxley and Mitchell with 14 points, with Evans in fourth place with 11 points. Nevertheless, Evans House…

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School Bus Service Belar Creek School To Close

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 2

At the Coonabarabran Shire Council meeting held on Tuesday the shire clerk said that a telephone message had been received from Mr. J. B. Renshaw, M.L.A., afterwards confirmed by telegram that the Minister of Education…

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School Notes

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 12

Our junior basketball team was defeated by a Convent team on Wednesday of last week when the school team lost by 11 goals to…

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Bugaldie Service and Sunday School

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 11

Permission is being sought from the Bugaldie Hall Committee to use the hall for a Protestant Sunday School and Church Service…

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Yearinan Sunday School

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 26 June 1947 · page 11

Arrangements have been finalised for the commencement of a Protestant Sunday School at Yearinan. Mrs. Chalmers has kindly…

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Weathershed for Yeoval School

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 June 1947 · page 1

The tender of Mr. R. J. Woodbridge had been accepted for the erection of a weathershed at the Yeoval public…

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School Milk Distribution

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

Fruit was not available for distribution to school children when the fresh milk supply failed but powdered milk was available if…

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Dubbo Boys Star in School Football

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 1

Included in the combined Sydney, High Schools team which, on Saturday, played the curtain-raiser to the All Blacks v Australia Rugby Union Test…

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Powdered Milk, But No Fruit Free Supply To Schools

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 4

Fruit is not available but powdered milk could be substituted for distribution to school children when fresh milk supplies fail, provided a…

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School Notes Gilgandra Intermediate High School Athletic Trials

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 2

Athletic trials are being held to select the team to compete in the Castlereagh Shield competiion against Coonamble and…

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Country People Active to Equip School with Library and Wireless

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 1

A meeting of the Eringanerin Parents and Citizens' Association was held last week for the purpose of…

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Dubbo H. School Ex-students Re-form

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 1

At a meeting held at the Dubbo High School on Friday night last, the initial steps were taken in the reformation of the Ex-stuadent's Union, a body…

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New High School Not Justified at Present

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 6

There was no justification at the present time for the replacement of the existing Dubbo High School buildings with a completely new school. The programme of additions, therefore, would continue…

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Basketball. Convent High School I. Still Leads

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 8

The results of last Saturday's competition show very little change in the position of the teams. Convent High School…

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Primary School Notes Oxley and Evans Vie for Honours

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 7

OXLEY and Evans finished the week with 15 points each, with Mitchell third (14 points) and Sturt next with 10 points. GIRL'S SOFTBALL…

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School Sports

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 5

Last Saturday afternoon the Baradine Convent school sports’ ground was the scene of two very enthusiastic games of basket-ball…

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School Hostel Land

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 3

Notices of transfers relatives to the purchase-of land from Messrs. Sanson and Terry are to hand said Mr. Gould, shire clerk, at the…

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School Notes

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 2

Of the three basketball games played on Wednesday the Currawongs were successful in gaining two…

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