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Schools, 1936

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Schoolboy Cooked

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 6

When he fell heavily while playing at the Gurwood-street School yesterday morning Keith Palmer, aged 15 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Palmer,…

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Inter-school Debate: L.i.h.s. V Y.a.h.s

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 4

THE assembly hall of the Leeton Intermediate High School was filled on Monday night, when an inter-school debate between the local school and Yanco Agricultural High School was held for the Milthorpe Shield. A bus load of students from the Yanco…

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School Class Reductions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 3

Representations were made recent­ly to the Education Department by the P. and C. Association, relative to the reduction of the number of…

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A Good Idea School Debate Incident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 3

When Mr. Inspector O. Gardiner (adjudicator) declared the inter-school debate between Yanco Agric­ultural High and Leeton…

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Old Schooldays Recalled

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1936 · page 8

In Junee this week a visitor from Sydney. Mrs. Lucas, recalled (as Miss Moore) her teaching days in Junee 52 years ago. Of her pupils in those…

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Raising of School Age Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 4

bit Francis Anderson, at the Education conference to-day, urged that the, school leaving age should be raised. "If the hours are to be ultimately…

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International Correspondence, Schools

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 5

An interesting exhibit in the [?] smith hall is that of the students work displayed on the I.C.S. stand. This world wide organisation…

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School Exhibits Neatness, Accuracy and Diligence Shown

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 2

It is good for the prying man of business to go back to school even in memory and the adult who overlooks the school displays both competitive…

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Wagga High School Ex-Students Annual Re-union Dinner

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 7

There was an attendance of about 80 members, and members of kindred bodies, at the annual re-union dinner of the Wagga High School Ex-students…

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Redlands School Picnic and Dance

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 1

The special annual school picnic and dance conducted under the [?] the [?] and [?] Association was held on Mr.M [?]…

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High School Ex-Students

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 August 1936 · page 3

About 80 members attended the annual re-union dinner of the Wagga High School Ex-students Association at the Masonic Hall on Tuesday…

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Cranbrook School Entrance Scholarships

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 2

The council oF Cranbrook School offers five entrance scholarships, each valued at £60 per annum, to boys of distinct merit who enter the school as…

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Items of News Transfer of Teachers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 2

The following school teachers have been transferred: Miss M. Mitchell, from Wagga to Adelong; Miss I. Keenon, from Central Wagga to South W…

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Fairbridge Farm School for New South Wales

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 2

From the mace of suggestions as to the best means of promoting migration from Britain to Australia, it is pleasing to learn that definite action has been taken in one important direction. The encouragement of the migration of young people from the overcrowded areas of Britain…

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Football Combined Schools Win Des Ball Shield Scouts Defeated 16-13

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 31 August 1936 · page 3

'The Combined Schools turned the tables on the Scouts last Saturday afternoon, when they won the challenge match for the Des Ball Shield…

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School of Arts

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1936 · page 2

The School of Arts building is to have its face painted—before the show if possible. This was the decision of the committee last night…

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New Convent School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 September 1936 · page 4

JUDGING from the appearance of the building, so far as it has progressed, the new convent school at Leeton will be a very…

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Yanco Agricultural High School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 September 1936 · page 2

The tender of Mr. R. T. Gillies, in the sum of £1396, has been accepted for the erection of two residences for the field staff officers at the Yanco…

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Two Schoolboys Injured

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1936 · page 4

The Wagga District Ambulance was called yesterday afternoon to attend two accident cases in which schoolboys were concerned. John Harvey, aged…

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Cranbrook School Entrance Scholarships

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1936 · page 7

The council of Cranbrook School, Edgecliff (Sydney), offers five entrance scholarships, each valued at £60 per annum, to boys of distinct merit who…

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