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Riverina · Schools

Schools, 1931

602 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 31

School Theft Accountant Held Up in Office Elderly Man Attacked Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 4

An abazingly cool thott war carried out tins afternoon by two armed and masked men at the offices of Meesrs. J. T. Pocken and Sons, a tia…

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Schools Inspector Visit to Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 11

Induced to visit Wagga by consecutive excellent reports sent in by the District Inspector of Schools (Mr T. A. White), the Chief Inspector,…

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Tennis. South Wagga School Courts Officially Opened

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1931 · page 4

A very pleasant afternoon was spent at the South Wagga Public School on Wednesday when the new tennis courts which have been erected by the…

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Grassmere School Concert. an Excellent First Effort

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 2

In Miss Keogh, Grassmere School children have a teacher with a choice spirit. Pledged by State regulation to give her score or more…

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Red Flag Flown at School Incident at Broken Hill Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 2

Looking through a window of his classroom at the High School on Friday a teacher was amazed to see a red flag bearing the Communist symbols,…

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Instruction by Correspondence Work of Blackfriars School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 4

The children of the outback, where there are no schools are not forgoten in the N.S.W. educational system. They have the opportunity of…

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Public Schools De Luxe How They Do It in America Result of Competitive Spirit

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 2

The public schools of America are subject to local control, which Mr. Harkness (Chief Inspector of schools in N.S.W.) says has its reaction on…

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Teachers Fly

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 2

Three of the Cootamundra teachers had flights yesterday with Captain Pittendrigh—Messrs. Alberts, Carter, and Higgins. The latter two…

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Successful Leeton Pupils in Conservatorium Music Examinations

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 2

The following Leeton pupils were successful in the recent theory of music examinations conducted by the State Conservatorium on behalf of…

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School Safety Patrols

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 6

The Brisbane School Safety Patrol movement has received commendation on all sides, and the scheme has proved to popular in the metropolis that…

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School Gardening Competition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 1

In July a school gardening competition was inaugurated among the schools affiliated with the Leeton and District Federation of Parents and…

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School News. (Contributed)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 4

The final monthly tea[?] for sixth class [?] was held last week. Owing to the approach of the Primary Final test, this examination caused…

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School Damaged Man Charged with Arson

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 November 1931 · page 9

At Wagga Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. I. Beavers, J.P., Christopher Arthur Beckett (40) was charged with having maliciously set…

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Tuition For Bee-Keepers Summer School at Hawkesbury

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 November 1931 · page 20

Those interested in bee-keeping are advised that arrangements are being made for the usual summer school in apiculture to be held at…

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Sparre Cup Competition High School Win Outright Dudauman on First Innings

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 November 1931 · page 4

A feature of Saturday's play in the Sparre Cup competition was the High School's outright victory over the Diggers. Dudauman had a first innings'…

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The Schools Primary Final Test to Be Held To-day

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 4

To-day (Tuesday) 63,000 boys and girls throughout New South Wales will sit for the primary final examination…

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Menace of Communism in School Education How Sovietism Moulds the Child Mind

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 6

The Director of Education, Mr. Ross Thomas sounded a note of warning at Leeton on Thursday night with respect to the danger of Communism…

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"Dangers of Idleness" Boys and Girls Leaving School Swelling Ranks of Unem­ployed Army

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 3

The great problem which confronts educationalists to-day is what to do with our boys and girls who have completed their ordinary school…

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British School Children Steady Health Improvement T.B. Death Rate Declines London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 1

In the annual report on the health of the school child, Sir George Newman, chief medical officer of the Board of Education, records a steady and…

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Continue Bus Subsidy! Deputation to Minister a Vital Question to L.i.h.s. Pupils

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 4

Leeton is an unorthodox town. Conventional usage doesn't matter, expediency counts for a lot. Mr. McGirr (Minister for Local Government)…

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