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Riverina · Schools

Schools, 1929

807 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 41

Basic Wage Teachers' Federation to Hold Conference Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 2

The council of the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation, at its meeting on Saturday, decided on the motion of Mr. A. C. Paddison, to issue invitations to…

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Lockhart School of Arts. the Picture Lease

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 4

A meeting of the Committee of the Lockhart School of Arts was held on Monday. Present: Dr. Drummond (President), Messrs. T. H…

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Head of the River Racing Under Difficulties Indomitable Spirit of the Public School Boy

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 3

The church of England Grammar School crews rowed under difficulties in the regatta on Saturday. The [?] of the church boys was particularly in…

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Teacher Strangled Assailant Attempts Suicide German's Confession Strasbourg

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 1

The finding in the wood of the body of an English teacher, Eva Brand [?]ed to the disclosure of a remarkable story. A young blacksmith, Charles Bantz,…

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Grammar School Old Girls' Union

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 4

At a committee meeting of the Grammar School Old Girls' Union it was derided to hold the annual ball in the Wonderland Theatre, on May 30,…

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Visit to Rural School Schoolmate of Principal

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 2

The Acting Premier, Mr. Buttenshaw, visited the District Rural School at noon yesterday. He was met by the principal, Mr. F. W. Alldis, and…

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Suicide of Schoolboy at Bondi Hotel Bullet Wound in Head Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 2

How a schoolooy, Stanley Salmon, aged 15 years, engaged a room at the Bondi Hotel under an assumed name and then committed suicide was…

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Correspondence the Small Schools (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 3

Dear Mr. Editor—Unfortunately, quite a number of children in the more aparsely selcted districts suffer by reason of the policy of the Education…

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Give Them Schools Gundagai District Children Are NEGLECTED.(To the Editor.)

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 May 1929 · page 2

Dear Mr. Editor,—Unfortunately quite a number of children in the more sparsely settled districts suffer by reason of the policy of the Education…

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Need for More Schools. Mr. Head Advocates Amendment of Regulations

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

Mr. Kea. Hoad, M.L.A writes as follows on the above subject.— "Unfortunately quite a number of children in the more sparsely settled…

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Wagga Teachers College

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

The Government archit[?]ts, Messrs Sma[?], Mostyn, and Sletter, inspected Hillside Estate on Willans Hill yesterday with a view to preparing initial…

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Amusements Christian Brothers' Past Pupils

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 5

At a committee meeting of the Christian Brothers' last Pupils' Association it was reported that arrangements for the dance and euchre social…

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Items of News Retaining Wall at High School

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 2

Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., advises that the Minister for Education has approved of tenders being called for the erection of the retaining wall at the…

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'Bus Fare Increased Children Walk to School Beery

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1929 · page 2

As a protest against the action of a 'bus driver who conveyed school children from Bomaderry railway station to the Nowra high school in raising the…

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A Notable Character. Mr. Arthur Dempsey— One of the old School

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

An Incident worth mentioning in Mr. Arthur Dempsey's memory occurred just after Limbing Pitt broke out about 1863. Tom Slater and…

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Vice-Royalty in Riverina. Shire, Schools and Citizens Display Their Loyalty. Cordial Welcome to the Distinguished Visitors

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 4

It is twenty-three years since Lockhart was visited by a Governor of the State. The representative of the King on that occasion was Sir Harry Rawson, an admiral "brave and bold." Lockhart was then the terminus of the branch line, and the Vice-Regal party remained for the…

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Address From Convent School

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 4

On behalf of the Convent School, Hazel Lorking, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan. Lorking, was deputed by the Sisters to ask His Excellency to…

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Presentation to Schoolmaster

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 4

The pupils of the Public School at Yerong arranged a pleasant afternoon's concert in the schoolroom to mark the occasion of the depacture of the…

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A Married Schoolgirl

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 7

Vienna, that capital of unfortunate post-war topsy-turvy Austria, has just created a new record in her long history. Since last week she claims to be…

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Historic Picture for Rural School

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 May 1929 · page 4

A copy of Sir William Longstaff's famous painting, "Menin Cate at Midnight," has been presented to the Wagga District Rural School by…

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