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Schools, 1926

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School Changes

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 2

The following are the changes in the Cootamundra High School, Primary School and Infants' Department: Miss Logan has gone to…

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Rural School Reorganisation Removals and Appointments

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 3

All the Wagga schools resume to-day after the long Christmas and New Year vacation. The whole of the Wagga District Rural School,…

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Rural School System Comprehensive Scheme of Expansion

The Daily Express · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

The Rural School system of the State is being re-organised. In a speech at the Public School Teachers’ Federation annual…

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Wagga High School Entrance Exam. Results, Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

The Department of E[?]cation announces that the following [?] who passed the recent High School Entrance Examination, are now…

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After the Holidays All Public Schools Resume Work To-day High School Entrance Exam. Results Issued Important Amendment and Expansion of the Rural School System

The Daily Express · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

All Public Schools will to-day resume studies, after the Christmas [?]as and Summer vacation. An impression that gained some…

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Teachers Who Marry Must Remain in Service

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

Why he had tightened up the administration and compelled teachers on marriage to serve the term of their bonds is explained by the Director of…

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The Schools In and Out Notes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

The schools opened again yesterday after the long vacation. There will be no more holidays till Easter. The additions at the Wagga District…

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Do They Go to School?

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 3

Do little birdies go to school Amid the trees so green and cool, And bit by bit learn how to fly From branch to branch, from tree to…

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School Exams. Williams Business College

The Daily Express · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

Following are the results of the annual examinations in connection with the Wagga branch of the W[?]ms Business Colloge for 1925:—…

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Serious Charge Schoolmaster Pleads Guilty Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 1

Henry Stafford Champion, a School teacher, to-day pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions, to assaulting small boys. He formerly was a school…

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Goitre Among Schoolgirls Extraordinary Increase Auckland (N.z.)

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 1

The increase in the number of goitre among school girls is causing great concern. The percentage in some districts is abnormally high, and,…

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CORRESPONDENCE (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our Correspondents.) School Initiations To the Editor "The Daily Advertiser"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

Sir,—At every school it is the custom to "initiate" new pupils. Frequently these initiations are not organised in any way, and give the…

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Teacher Convicted Charges of Assault Hypocritical Churchman Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

At the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday. Henry Stafford Champion (45), school teacher, pleaded guilty to two charges of having assaulted small boys,…

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Our New Teacher

Ariah Park News · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 4

Judging by reports, our new headmaster is a real "live wire," and a man who knows the teaching profession from beginning to…

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High School “Initiation” Ceremonies

The Daily Express · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. M. Mackinnon Headmaster of Wagga High School writes:— “At every school it is the custom to initiate new public. Frequently…

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Overcrowoed School

The Daily Express · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 2

Pending the completion of the new building and the alterations at the District Rural School in Gurwood Street the accommodation is…

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Goitre Prevalent New Zealand School Girls Overstudy Suspected Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 1

Ane increase in the number of cases of goitre (an enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck) among school girls is…

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Corbie Hill School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

The new Corbie Hill school was opened on Monday last and opportunity was taken to mark the importance of the event. The opening…

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High School Water Supply

The Daily Express · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

Mr. M. Mack[?]anon, Principal of the Wagga High School, wrote, complained of the weak water supply in the locality of the school. Alderman…

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