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Schools, 1939

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Empire Day District Celebrations at Tarcutta Meeting Held at School

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 3

Empire Day was celebrated at the Tarcutta school and a. large number of visitors attended. Outside the school the pupils, led by Jack Bye,…

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Junee Council Fortnightly Meeting Remarks on R.A.A.F. School Site Playground Exempted From Rates

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 3

The Mayor (Aid. R. G. Weaver) presided over a full attendance at aldermen at the fortnightly meeting of the Junee Municipal Council on Tuesday…

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Empire Day Addresses at Schools Fireworks at Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 6

The Mayor and Mayoress (Ald. and Mrs. H. E. Gissing) on Wednesday attended various schools in Wagga, when addresses were…

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Bubal School Old Bots' Social Club

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 7

The Rural School Old Boys' Social i Club will hold a plain and fancy dress ball in aid of the Wagga Base Hospital and Ambulance on June 27 in…

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Gurwood-street School Mothers' Club

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 4

The social "afternoon" held at the Gurwood-street school last Thursday afternoon proved a most enjoyable function. Competitions and the usual…

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Hurdle Schooling at Wagga Prospects of Good Fields

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 8

If the number of horses at present being schooled over the brush hurdles at Wagga can be taken as a guide, the hurdle race Included on the programme…

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Picture Films in Queensland Schools

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 4

The Queensland Labor Government has decided to establish a film it brary as part of its plans for development of visual education in…

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Schools Reopening

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 4

State schools have reopened and to-day the Convent schools will resume after the mid-winter vacation. The Christian Brothers' High School will…

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School Curriculum Suggested Radical Changes Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 1

Reference to recommendations carried out at a headmasters' conference at Melbourne in which 30 of Australia's non-State schools were represented, was…

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L.i.h.s. Empire Day Addresses Contributed by Various Classes of the School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 4

AS reported in our last issue, the Leeton intermediate High School's Empire Day Celebrations were held in the Roxy Theatre on Wednesday morning, and took the form of addresses delivered by the…

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Five Teachers in Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 2

Five of the Tumut Intermediate High School teachers were involved in a car accident on Gilmore road. They were out for a spin, being driven by…

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More Schooling Hurdle Racing Comeback at Wagga Winter Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 8

Hurdle racing, which has been at a very low ebb In thi, district for some considerable time, appears to have a definitely brighter outlook than…

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American History Teaching in Schools Urged Better Understanding With Australia SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) promised a deputation from the British-American Co-operation Movement that he would go into…

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Ragged School

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 8

During the 19th century institutions were founded for the moral reclamation and Christian instruction of the juvenile and adult poor in England, which…

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Women Teachers No Marriage Ban in Argentina

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 7

"Meanwhile, I see from the press that one of the South American Republics, namely, Argentina, has just passed a bill in its Chamber of…

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Explosion at a School Baberton (Ohio)

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 1

A gas explosion at a school injured at least 49 children, six critically. The injured were trapped when the walls of the building collapsed. Eighty…

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Rural School Old Boys

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

The Rural School Old Boys' Social Club will hold a plain and fancy dress ball in aid of the Wagga Base Hospital and District Ambulance in the…

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License Fees to Be Paid by Schools Only Blind Persons Exempt Sweating in Industry Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 9

senator M'Bride, representing the Postmaster-General, announced in the House of Representatives to-day that the Government would not approve of…

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Midgeon School Empire Day Celebration and Picnic

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 6

On Wednesday, 24th May, Empire Day was celebrated at the Midgeon School by the holding of a small but quiet ceremony at the school. The…

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Explosion in School 49 Children Hurt in U.S.A. BABERTON (Ohio)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 1

A terrific explosion in a school to-day injured 39 children, six of them critically. The injured were trapped when the walls of the building…

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