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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1947

426 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 11 of 22

Gwabegar School Room

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 11

The secretary of the Parents and Citizens’ Association has received word from the Minister for Education, Mr. Heffron, through Mr…

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Worth Dubbo School Extension

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 2

Fencing of the additional land at the Worth Dubbo public school would be carried out at an early date said the member for Dubbo, (Mr. C. G…

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Primary Schools Athletic Championships

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 8

Entries will close this week for the Athletic Championships which are to he hold at No. 1 Oval on…

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Peak Hill Road School Bus

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 7

School bus service for 26 miles along the Peak Hill road to Dubbo would be subsidised provided 13 pupils were transported to Departmental secondary…

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Plans Being Prepared School Additions At Trangie

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 6

Sketch plans and the preparation of estimates for the additions at the Trangie public school are being prepared…

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Train Transport for School Vacations

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 4

Additional facilities were provided for school children travelling by train during the last two school vacations, the Minister for Transport…

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Inter School Sport Big Day on 9th August Visitors From Coonamble and Coonabarabran

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 1

From the juvenile point of view, Saturday, 9th August, should provide the biggest athletic sports yet held in…

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School Notes Now Available Gilgandra Intermediate High School Koala Circle of Jrc

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 1

The Koalas sent a knitted rug and also half a dozen scrap books (five from individual Koalas and one from the Circle as a whole) to…

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School Boy Knocked Out

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 16

While playing football at the Coonabarabran Intermediate High School on Tuesday, young Peter Dicks was accidently knocked over…

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School Notes

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 15

On Wednesday afternoon the girls enjoyed a very evenly matched game in the Senior grade. By a stroke of luck, however, the…

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Shortage of Teachers

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 7

The inspector stated that 1,000 teachers had resigned or retired during the year, while only 700 new teachers had taken their…

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High School Additions

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 1

Tenders would be culled immediately the working drawings for the home science unit at the Dubbo High School were completed by…

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Plans for New High School

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 7

Plans and specifications for new high school at Wellington were being prepared by the Government architect so…

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School Boy's Unusual Pension

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 4

Somewhere in this State is a small school boy who is about to be pensioned off—on ice cream. This boy, yet to be discovered, will…

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BASKETBALL Convent High School I. Still Leads

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 8

Last Saturday's matches leave Convent High School I. still in the lead, with High School I. two points behind…

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Primary School Notes Evans Continues Winning Sequence

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 15

EVANS House, with 15 points, carried off the week's competitions it the athletic field, closely followed by Oxley (14 points), Mitchell (12) and Sturt (8). Evans House (79 points) is…

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‘Encourages People to Have More Babies’ Councillor’s Argument for School Busses

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 5

When the Belar Creek Parents and Citizens’ Association wrote to the Coonabarabran Shire Council stating its appreciation of the school bus service and suggesting that Council meet the additional cost for running an extra four…

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Coona. School Hostel Labor League Protests Against Ministers Attitude

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 16

“I will be pleased to give attention to the request and advise you on the subject later,” wrote the Minister for…

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School Board Costs Mr. Chifley Explains Taxation Exemption

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 6

Many western organisations including some at Peak Hill, Trangie and Narromine. have made representations to the Federal authorities…

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Teacher Shortage in Victorian Schools Melbourne, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1947 · page 3

During the past mouth over 2,300 children have been turned away from Victorian public schools, owing to a shortage of teachers…

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