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Riverina · Schools

Schools, 1931

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Matong Teacher at Napier and Hastings

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 3

Miss L. Veitch, of the Matong Public School, returned on Monday after having spent the Christmas vacation in Napier and Hastings (N.Z.). "All…

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Dart Hill School Mr. E. J. Connors Farewelled

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 3

A pleasant evening was spent at the residence of Mr. R. R. Whitechruch, Strainmore, on Monday, the friends of Mr. E. J. Connors and members of…

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Leeton's Summer Show Wamoon School Wins District Exhibit Pavilion Exhibits and Ring Events Only

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

A hot day, tempered slightly by a quiet breeze was the weather that prevailed on Wednesday last when the Leeton Show Society held the second half of its Sixteenth Annual Show, the previous half, which was for the stock sections, being held in October…

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Schoolboy Howlers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 5

Our forefathers are not living as long as they did. The Papal Bull was really a cow that was kept at the Vatican to…

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Music Teachers' Conference

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

The Musical Association of .. ew South Wales announces the Fourth An mini Conference of the Music Teachers of the State, to the held in…

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St Joseph's Convent School, Adelong

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 5

Miss Veletta purcell has achieved another great success in ber commercial studies. At an examination in connection with the Southern Cross…

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Congestion at High School

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 4

Owing to the additions at the Wagga High School not being completed there is a considerable amount of congestion. The enrolment at the school is…

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North Wagga School

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 2

The annual meeting of the North Wagga Public School Parents and Citizens' Association was held on Thursday night. The president, in his…

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Manual Training. Public School to be Served

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 3

Mr. K. Hoad, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Minister for Education, re manual training at the…

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School Success a "Little! School Well Taught

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 3

Edwardstown, a few miles from Gundagai, has a schoolmaster and a mere handful of scholars—but that little school is evidently well taught…

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Slackness in School Exhibits (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 4

Sir,—May I be permitted to ex­press an opinion re the "slackness exhibited" in the schoolwork section of the recent show. The report says…

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Russia Arming 15,000,000 Reservists Appeal to Soviet Schools Geneva

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 5

In view of the ultimate effect upon the Disarmament Conference to be held in February next year, the secretariat of the League of Nations is very…

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Rural School Parents and Citizens' Association

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 2

A meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association of the Wagga District Rural School was held last night When the president (Mr. Hugh Oaten)…

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The Bad Boy of the School

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 1

Young Jack he was a naughty boy, Of Federal Normal School, oh; He very often, "hopped the wag," And disobeyed the rules oh…

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Separate High School for Leeton Matter for Urgent Public Attention Enrolment Figures Gives This Town Prior Claim

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 2

The Leeton Parents and Citizens' Association at its meeting on Wednesday night resolved to seek the co-operation of other organised bodies in our town and district in a determined effort to secure for Leeton a separate high school. Unless this matter…

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Leeton Parents and Citizens Association Request for Shorthand Teacher

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 5

In addition to the resolutions re a separate high school dealt with in a separate article in this issue, the following matters were dealt with at…

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School of Arts Note (By the Publicity Officer.)

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 2

The billiard to tournament on Tuesday night was [?] Charly and [?] [?] [?]…

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Wagga Teachers Proposal to Forgo Wage Refund

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1931 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Federation of Teachers of the Wagga district on Saturday, Mr. W. J. Stevenson, headmaster at North Wagga,…

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Stanbridge School Residence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 2

After two years agitation the P. and C. Federation, through Mr. M. M. Flannery M.L.A., (who has also put in his usual good work), has been…

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Conquering Difficulties. a Fine Address, to Teachers. Restoring Australian Character by Way of the Schools

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1931 · page 6

Mr. T. A. White, Inspector of Schools, gave an address to teachers of the Wagga district on Saturday, which was fail of interest and was…

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