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Riverina · Schools

Schools, 1916

329 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 17

Convent School, Stockinbingal

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2

The Sisters have been notified by the Sydney College of Music that one of their pupils, Miss Glady's Penrose, has been awarded the College…

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Education. Country Schools. Ministerial Statement. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 3

Replying to a deputation the Minister for Education (Mr.Griffith) said that his department was in difficulty owing to the [?] development of…

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Correspondence. Leeton School Successes. [To the Editor.]

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 2

Sir,—I am sure the people of Leeton are highly gratified at the recent successes obtained by pupils of the public school. Twenty-five…

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The Leeton School. Mr. Dickson's Big Success

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 1

Leeton is proud of its school. Mind, not proud of its school buildings—which are a disgrace to the place—but of the teaching staff and…

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Slot Machines in Schools

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 4

The Minister for Education has intimated that arrangements have been made for the installation of penny-in-the-slot machines in various school…

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Leeton Public School

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1916 · page 2

Owing to repeated complaints made by the parents, pupils, and teachers as to the accommodation at the Leeton school a representative party of…

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Official Correspondence. Provisional School for Stanbridge

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. P. McGarry forwards the following for publication:— Department of Education, Sydney, February 21. 1916 Sir,—In reply to your representations…

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Agricultural Education Need for High School at Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

At the Leeton school on Friday evening last, when Mr. W. J. Quodling was making a presentation to the headmaster (Mr…

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Honoring a Teacher. Parents' Presents to Mr. Dickson

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 2

The parents of the pupils attending the Leeton School who were successful at the late school examinations honored Mr. J. T. Dickson…

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Leeton School Buildings

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 4

The parents of the pupils attending the Leeton public school—at least the majority of them—can be safely classed as the most…

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Wagga Public School Teachers' Association

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above Association was held in the Public School, Wagga, on March 11. The annual report disclosed that meetings had been…

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Our Cookery School. Casserole Cookery

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 2

A very satisfactory method of cooking is slow stewing in those earthenware pans commonly called casseroles…

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The B.m.a. Mr. Griffith Declares War. the School Clinics. "Medical Men From China."

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 3

Speaking at a Ministerial meeting on Monday night Mr. Griffith (Minister for Education) outlined his proposed school clinic and expressed his…

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State Parliament. Insanitary Country Schools. Pastures Boards' Prose[?]tions. Liquor Referendum Bill. Reduction of Members' Salaries. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 3

In the Assembly, Dr. Arthur asked the Minister for Works, in view of the fact that the expenditure on public works for the current year would…

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Coolamon District Teachers’ Association

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 3

The annual meeting of the above was held on Saturday last, when Mr. Derham presided over an attendance of seven. The-following officers were elected for…

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High School Agriculture

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 4

On Friday afternoon, March 17, the boys of the agriculture class were taken over the Murrumbidgee Co-operative flour mill and the various…

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School Children Patriots. Victorians Raise £60,000. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 4

The Victorian State Schools have raised £60,000 for patriotic purposes…

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B.M.A. and Schools. Raising Doctors' Salaries. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 4

The Minister for Education has been authorised by the Cabinet to enter into communication with the Public Service Board with a view to…

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The Teacher's Discomforture

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 3

In a village school not fifty miles from Melbourne the first standard was being examined in arithmetic. Teacher: "Ben, what is one and…

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Outlay on Schools. B.m.a.'s Suggestion. Minister Issues Challenge. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 4

The Minister for Education, Mr. Griffith, referring to the British Medical Asociation's suggestion that the Government, instead of spending…

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