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Schools, 1940

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Flying School at Forest Hill Local Labor? Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

Although the Department of the Interior has requested the successful contractors at the R.A.A.F. Flying School at Forest Hill to employ local…

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Wireless Operators New School Opens on

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

The Minister: for Mr (Mr. J. V. Fairbairn) stated yesterday that the first of the series of training courses for wireless operators at Melbourne…

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School Radio Licenses Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

The Postmaster-General (Mr. Harrison) said to-day that free school radio licenses would be considered…

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R.A.A.F. Flying School Works at Forest Hill Will Local Labor Be Engaged? Department Cannot Insist

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

Although the Department of the Interior has requested the successful contractors at the R.A.A.F. Flying School at Forest Hill to employ local…

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Wireless Operators New School Commences on

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

The Minister for Air (Mr. J. V. Fairbairn) stated yesterday that the first of the series of training courses for wireless operators at Melbourne…

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Why Not One Here? Riverina and S.A. Favoured for Flying Schools Large Number to Be Established

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

RIVERINA and part of South Australia are likely to be favored for the establishment of flying training schools which is to…

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Will Be Used by School-children

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 5

When school recommences pupils of the L.I.H.S. will no doubt be pleased to find a brand new drinking fountain on the corner of the Band Hall…

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Leaving Certificate Tumut Intermediate High School

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

Results of the recent Leaving Certificate Examination were released on Wednesday. Seven of the eleven candidates who sat at the Tumut…

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The Schools Progress in 1939

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 1

The promotion of physical education and extensions in school libraries. in agricultural teaching and art appreciation were prominent…

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Leaving Certificates First-class Honors Yanco Schoolboy Heads Agriculture Section Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 4

The Education Department to-night issued a list of candidates who had gained first-class honors in the leaving certificate examinations. The list was…

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Swimming Leeton Schoolboy Wins Keiran Memorial Neville Bloomfield's Success at State Championship Carnival

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 2

ONCE again Neville Bloomfield brought Leeton into prominence at a State Championship Carnival, when, on Saturday, night last he won the 330 yards "B. B. Keiran Memorial Scratch Race in the splendid time of 4 min 9 1/5 secs…

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Book Talk Additions to School of Arts Library

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 2

"Broken Pledges," by Philip Gibbs (Hutchinson).—Is as up to the minute as a full-length novel could possibly be. It does not tell us much that,…

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Grail Summer School Opens

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1940 · page 6

Sixty-five girls from New South Wales and Queensland are attending the Grail Summer School. The school opened on Saturday at the movement's…

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Political Science Summer School at Canberra Opens Next Week

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 2

The Australian Institute of Political Science will hold its eighth summer school at Canberra during the Anniversary Day week-end from…

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R.A.A.F. School Scheme of Works Approved Tenders Under Consideration

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 4

In view of the lengthy delay which has occurred since the closing of tenders for the erection of buildings at the Forest Hill aerodrome for the…

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School Bursaries Awar 3 to Riverina Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 4

The Bursary Endowment Board announced to-day that it had awarded bursaries admitting to secondary courses of instruction to the following…

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Items of News R.a.a.f. School at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 4

The Wagga Municipal Council, in reply to an inquiry as to the date when accommodation for the married personnel of the Royal Australian Air…

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History of the R.A.A.F. Force Started With Four Pupils and a Box-Kite Strenuous Efforts Ahead

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 8

It is not without significance that the Australian wedge-tailed eagle has been adopted as the central device of the Royal Australian Air Force emblem to-day. The force has grown from fledgling beginning to aquiline…

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Wagga Flying School Successful Tenderers Announced Many Buildings to Be Erected State Government and Municipal Council to Help Federal Government CANBERRA

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 6

The successful tenderers for the main constructional work at the new R.A.A.F. stations at Wagga and Townsville were announced to-day by the Minister for the Interior (Senator Foll)…

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Forged Certificates Allegations Against Teacher Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1940 · page 6

Seven charges relating to forged share certificates were preferred against Harry Rube Quiney aged 23 years, a teacher at the Centra] Police…

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