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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Schools

Schools, 1954

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Primary School Athletes Visit Sydney

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 2

Pupils from the primary division of the Coonabarabran Intermediate High School, returned home on…

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Woman Teacher Charged With Flogging Class Of 40 LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 1

A 25-year-old Northampton schoolmistress flogged a class of about 40 boys and girls with a three-foot long…

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School Head Is Suspended SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 1

Following allegations by parents that he had treated children harshly the Woolwich Public School…

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Garden Notes Dedicated to an Ever More Beautiful Wellington A School Garden

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 8

Due to the enterprise, enthusiasm and work of the teacher-in-charge, Mr. E. Earley, and his 44 pupils, the Nanima Aboriginal School at Apsley is full of promise. Promise so far as the young trees and shrubs are…

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P. and C. told of severe shortage of accommodation for teachers

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 6

Wellington Parents and Citizens' Association was informed last Wednesday that the shortage of suitable accommodation for teachers at W.I.H.S. is rapidly becoming acute. Mr. A. E. Davis, a teacher at the school, asked the help of the Association to…

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District Inspector Of Schools Replies To Widespread Criticism Of Official Plan for Easing Dubbo School Congestion

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 1

Severe criticism by the Dubbo High School Auxiliary, Municipal Council, the Chamber of Commerce and other public bodies, of the departmental officers' proposal to overcome the acute…

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Spain Bans Co-ed. Schools Madrid

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 4

The Spanish Government has ordered that co-educational schools shall he closed within one month…

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Letter to the Editor School Accommodation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 4

Sir,—In your report of the meeting of the Dubbo Educational Association, held last Friday, there appears to be some…

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Sunday School Anniversary

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 5

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School will mark the anniversary of its formation next Sunday…

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Huge Rise in U.s. Adult School Classes at Night New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 4

To get the "educated slant" on how to buy that lamp at an auction sale, how to repartition the upstairs, how to see Europe on a budget—how to live more effectively—thousands of New Yorkers are…

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Impressive ceremony at School unit Passing-out Parade Parade was first held in Wellington

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 1

Watched by students and staff of W.I.H.S., members of the Wellington unit of school cadets last Thursday took part in a passing out parade and consecration and presentation of flag. The parade was the first of its kind ever held in Wellington…

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Another School Room Wanted

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 3

At the meeting of the Baradine Parents and Citizens’ Association last week, it was decided to apply to the…

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Two-up School Raided

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 2

Officers of the Coonabarabran Police Station raided a “two up school” in the vicinity of Coonabarabran at the…

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Motors & Motorists No Passing Parked School Buses in U.s

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 2

Motorists in the United States were not allowed to pass a stationary school bus from either direction. Junior Farmer…

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New Headmaster Appointed for W'ton High School

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 12

The new headmaster at Wellington High School next year will be Mr. F. Evans, B.Sc, at present deputy-headmaster at Dubbo High School. Mr. Evans was Maths Master…

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Break Up Function Coolah Central School

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 4

There was a large attendance at the monthly meeting of the Coolah Parents and Citizen Association…

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Intermediate High School Speech Night

The Western Herald · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 1

Rev. L. McDonald, President of the Bourke Parents & Citizens' Association fittingly summed up…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School

The Western Herald · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 8

The Annual Christmas Tree will be held on Saturday, llth December, not as previously advertised on the 8th…

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Convent School Exams

The Western Herald · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 9

The following are the results of the Newton Business College Book-Keeping examinations held recently at the…

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School Team In Bid For Place In B'ball Semi-Finals

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 8

Struggling for a place in the semi finals, the School basketball team caused an upset by defeating Panthers in the eighth match of the season at the Showground pavilion…

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