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Schools, 1940

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Winter Schools for Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Major Reid) has announced that it it proposed to hold the usual winter schools at the Hawkesbury Agricultural…

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French in Schools German Advocated Instead Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 1

Professor W. A. Osborne. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Melbourne University, considered the learning of French in schools a waste of time. He…

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School Teachers Visit Griffith For Conference and Sport

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 4

THE Griffith-Leeton Teachers' Confederation met at Griffith on Saturday last, 25 teachers attending from Leeton…

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Air Force Training School

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 4

Narromine has been selected as the site for an elementary flying training school under the Empire Air Scheme, the Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn)…

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Atheism and Communism Teachers' Training College SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 1

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummnod), referring to the Investigation into the charges made by Father Forrest that the principles of…

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Juvenile Ball Leeton I.h. School

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 5

The annual juvenile ball of the Leeton intermediate High School, held at the Dotmitories Hall on Friday night, was a great success and resulted in a…

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Book Talk Wagga School of Arts Recent Additions to Library

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 3

The following books have recently been added to the Wagga School of Arts library:- "Autobiography of a Cad." by A. G…

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Schoolboy Breaks Arm

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 2

When playing with other children at the Wagga High School yesterday, Robert. White, aged 13 years, of 148 Tarcutta-street. Wagga, fell backwards…

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WAGGA R.A.A.F. School Contract for Pipes Let to Monier Pipe Works Factory to be Established in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 5

It was announced yesterday that Monier Pipe Works had secured the contract for the manufacture of all large reinforced concrete pipes for the…

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School Holidays Railway Excursion Rates Allowed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) said to-day that some excursion facilities for parents, teachers and scholars would be…

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Hurdle Schooling Several Recruits at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 6

Although hurdle racing in the coun-try has been at a very low ebb for some time past, at the moment there appears to be renewed interest in that…

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Christian Brothers' High School

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 4

The annual entertainment of the Wagga Christian Brothers' High School will be held in the Wonderland Theatre to-morrow at 8 pm. Three hundred…

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Primary Schools Attendances Decrease by 36,000

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 3

At the end of last year pupils at­tending primary schools in New South Wales were 36,000 fewer than in 1931. but the attendance at…

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Narandera High School Play Night Good Effort by Pupils

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

On Tuesday evening last, the Narrandera Intermediate High School held its second annual play night, in the Criterion Hall, which was filled to…

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St. Joseph's School Term Examination

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 5

Following is the list of places gained by pupils in connection with the term examinations held at St. Joseph's School…

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Wamoon School Celebrates Silver Jubilee To-night Ball to Mark Occasion

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

The 25th anniversary or the founding of the Wamoon school is to be celebrated at the Silver Jubilee Ball which is to take place in the…

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School Notes (Contributed.) Term Examinations

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 4

Although the half-yearly examinations will not be held till towards the end of June, a term test in each subject is being given in each class,…

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Methul School Revue “Garden Op Smiles.”

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

A crowded house witnessed the concert given by the Methul school children and visiting artists in the Methul Hall on 19th April…

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Christian Brothers High School Annual Concert Large Attendance Enjoys Excellent Programme

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 2

The Wonderland Theatre was hardly large enough to accommodate the crowd which last night attended the Christian Brothers' High School…

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Combined Schools Concert

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 4

The combined schools of Wagga, both public and private, will give a concert at the Wonderland Theatre on Tuesday night. The function represents the…

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