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Schools, 1914

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Wagga Grammar School

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 3

In taking leave of his pupils yesterday. Mr. G. E. Clark, B.A., handed out prizes won at the recent examinations. Reference was made to a list…

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Wagga Grammar School. Distribution of Prizes. Presentation to the Retiring Principal

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

The annual distribution of prizes took place at the Wagga Grammar School yesterday, when the successful scholars were presented with their honors, as in…

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School Prize Days

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

The presentation of prizes and exhibition of school work takes place at the Wagga Primary School tomorrow (Wednesday), when parents and friends…

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Teachers for Country Schools

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

An examination of six candidates for qualification as teachers of small country schools, was held at the Wagga Primary School during the…

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School Vacation

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 4

All the Public Schools will break-up on Friday, December 18, for the Christmas vacation. It is usual to give schools in the eastern districts…

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Mowing Down German School Boys

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

That Germany has been driven to desperate resorts to bring recruits forward to the fighting line was plainly shown in the fighting for Calais…

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Wagga Primary School. Presentation, of Prizes

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 3

Speech day at the Wagga Primary School was held yesterday morning, in conjunction with an exhibition of school work. The function was…

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Classification of Schools

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 2

Incidental to the prize day gathering at the Wagga Primary School yesterday, the speeches at one time turned to the classification of this…

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Another German Ruse. Children Placed in School with Machine Guns. Deaf Mute Helps the French Paris

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 3

The Germans at Vermilles collected many women and children in a school, wherein was placed a machine gun. The French commander was in a…

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Wagga Primary School Exhibition and Presentation

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4

The specious and shady grounds of the Gurwood Street School made an ideal site for the annula function which usually attends the breaking-up of…

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The Present War. Splendid Essay of Wagga. Schoolboy

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4

The following splendid essay upon the war and the causes leading up to it shows the excellent grasp the rising generation has gained of the unsettled…

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Prize Day at St. Joseph's Convent School

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

The annual concert, distribution of prizes, and display of work in connection with St. Joseph's Convent School at Hillston took place on Friday, the…

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Public Schools' Concert

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

A successful concert, the programme of which was contributed by the scholars of the Hillston and Naradhun Public Schools, was held in the Club House Hall on…

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Convent School

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

A very pleasant surprise was given to the pupils of St. Columba's by the Sisters in a most charming way. At the late Convent concert, amongst…

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De La Salle School. Interesting Entertainment

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

Last night the boys of the above school gave a fairly full house an agreeable surprise in their first annual entertainment in the break-up…

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Acetylene Gas Explosion. Schoolboy's. Death at Lind Field. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

An explosion of an acetylene gas generator in the grounds of the Lindfield public school was responsible for Keith Walker, aged 12, receiving…

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Christian Brothers School. Prize Day at Oddfellows' Hall

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 3

The Oddfellows Hall was, on account of its central position and because of its ample space affording accommodation to the large gathering…

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Speech Days. Wagga High School Function. Aim of Secondary Education. Speech by Mr. A. M. Armstrong

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 3

The annual Speech Day and presentation of prizes at the Wagga High School took place yesterday morning. The Mayor (Ald. F. J. M'Donough)…

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North Wagga Public School

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 3

The annual concert aud distribution of prizes in connection with the above School took place in the Sunday School Hall on Thursday night, and…

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Primary School Christmas Tree

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 4

Yesterday the little children of the kindergarten and first classes of the Primary School, in Gurwood-street, royally enjoyed themselves in the…

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