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Schools, 1920

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Items of News. Swimming School at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 2

The vacation swimming school with commence at Wagga on Monday next. The teachers in charge will be Mr. E. L. Maguire and Miss E. Acton, who…

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District Doings. Bethungra. St Joseph's Convent School

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 3

The annual break-up and distribution, of prizes of the above took place on Thursday, 18th inst., in the Convent grounds, when a very pleasant…

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Vacation Swimming School

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 2

The benefit accruing to the young people of Wagga from the swimming school conducted by instructors from the Department of Public Instruction…

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"When We Are Married." Schoolboys with Quaint Ideas. By a Schoolmaster

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 4

Composition lessons in modern schools are, in order to bring the thinking powers and the imagination of the children into full play, varied as much…

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School Teachers. 800 Enlistments. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 3

A responsible official in the Department of Education states that, as 800 school teachers had gone to the war, it had become necessary to engage about…

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Schoolboy Drowned. a Deewhy Happening. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 1

George Back, a schoolboy, aged eleven years, was drowned while surfing at De[?]why yesterday. The body has not been recovered…

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Not Enough School

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 3

Robert Williams, not sending a child to school as required, fined 5/, and 6/ costs…

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School of Arts Books

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

Subscribers to the Wagga School of Arts are requested to return, not later than to-day, all books they have in hand, in order to facilitate the work…

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School of Journalism

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

Robert Bell, a New Zealand newspaper proprietor, has offered £3000 for the foundation of a school of journalism…

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Sinn Fein Untrained Army Prepares for Rising. Elusive Leaders Elude Capture. Vain Search for Military Schools. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

The Dublin correspondent of the "Daily Mail," says that the main strength of the Sinn Fein army, comprising 150,000 men, lies in the South…

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High School for Albury

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

A notification has been received from the Education Department stating that a High School, with a special staff, would be established in Albury when…

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Tenders Accepted. Public School Work. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 2

Tenders were accepted to-day as follow, for construction work in connection with the public schols:— Brocklesby: Sanitary…

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St. Margaret's Hostel. Home for High School Girls

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

St. Margaret's Hostel, Wagga, is within a few minutes' walk of Wagga High School. It is an ideal home for girls attending that institution from…

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From Pupil-teacher to Baronet

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

At the age of forty-six, Sir Alexander Black, of Hull, is a baronet, and one of the largest trawler owners in the world…

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Items of News. New School at Grassmere

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., Minister for Works and Railways, has been making representations to the Minister for Education on the…

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Items of News. Coolamon School Changes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 2

At the opening of the Coolamon public school on Monday morning, the following alterations of the teaching staff took effect: Miss Ross, from Bourke to…

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News in Brief. New School at Grassmere

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., Minister for Works and Railways, has been making representations to the Minister for Education on the…

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Changes in School Staffs

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2

With the opening of the schools on Monday, after the Christmas vacation, a number of changes in the teaching staffs were notified. At the…

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Items of News. Junee School Shaff

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

The Junee Public school staff, which was worked short-handed during 1919, has been brought up to the efficiency standard by the appointment of Miss…

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Girls' High School. Historic Building Sold. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1920 · page 1

The Sydney Girls' High School which was built by Governor Macquarie, was bought at auction. to-day by David Limited, for £124,000…

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