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Riverina · Schools

Schools, 1949

823 stories in Riverina's papers · page 38 of 42

Youth of Today Defended by Headmaster at Wagga High School Speech Day

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1949 · page 2

At the annual speech day and prize-giving at Wagga High School yesterday afternoon, the principal of the school (Mr. T. R. Mason) told a large audience of pupils, relatives and friends that he did not agree with the criticism that the youth of today compares unfavorably with the youth of past generations…

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Teachers from Britain

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Fifty-nine, British teachers from schools in, England, Scotland and Wales will start next January a year's…

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Christ Church Sunday School Prize-giving

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 2

Next Saturday evening at 7 p.m. the parents and friends of Christ Church Sunday School are invited to attend the…

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Convent School Fete Concludes To-night

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 1

THE annual Convent School Fete concludes this evening, with the principal attraction being the concert by the Convent School pupils…

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Jury Say Caning of Boy Justified Claim For £200 Damages From Tullibigeal School Teacher Fails

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 3

If a school teacher struck a chid on the head or about the stomach with a cane it would be brutality but a normal…

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Folk Dancing Highlight Of L.H.S. Fancy Fair £130 Raised for School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 2

A folk dancing display by the girls of the high school, proved a highlight of the First Annual Fancy Fair of the Leeton High…

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Leeton High School Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Leeton High School Council was held on Tuesday night last, when an addition to making final…

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Junior Farmers' Notes Leadership School Students Entertained by Junior Farmers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 3

Corbie Hill Junior Farmer Club entertained the tutorial staff and students of the Yanco Leadership School at a social evening in…

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Young Pole Ends His Own Life. Was Disappointed With His Work as Teacher

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 6

"I am a man without any worth and a stain in a Polish community". This sentence was written by…

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Concert by Gundagai Convent School Pupils Splendid Entertainment Offered By Yonngsters

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 6

A brilliant prelude to the conclusion of the annual Convent School Fete on Monday evening last, was the concert programme…

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Successful Annual Convent School Fete OVER £800 Will Be Cleared by Effort Big Crowd Attends Final Night Of Entertainment

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 6

ENTRUSTED with the big ask of constructing a new Convent School at Gundagai, the parishoners of St. Patrick’s have for the past three years organised a fete to raise funds to enable a start to be made on the building. Last week end the annual fete was conducted,…

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Speech Day at Y.A.H.S. Saturday, December 10

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

The public of Leeton and district are cordially invited to attend the annual Speech Day and Prize Giving function at Yanco Agricultural High…

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Increased Rates for Subsidised School Teachers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: State Cabinet today approved the payment of increased subsidy rates to teachers of subsidised schools. The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said the Minister…

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Police Raid Sydney Baccarat School Several Graziers Amongst Those Arrested

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — Several graziers, a bookmaker, and a night club proprietor were among 43 persons arrested early this morning when detectives of the C.I.B. Vice Squad raided the Bourke Bridge…

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Banquet Ends Leadership School at Yanco Farm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 4

Students drawn from the M.I.A. and parts of Riverina made after-dinner speeches at a farewell banquet marking the close of this year's Leadership School at Yanco Experiment Farm. More than 100 guests were present. The school was organised by the M.I.A. District Council of Extension…

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Big Raid on Alleged Baccarat School. Time How Occupied in Early Morning Charge

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: Several graziers, a bookmaker and a night Club proprietor were arrested early this morning when detectives of the…

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Land for South Wagga School

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 2

The Member for Wagga (Mr. E. H. Graham) has been advised by the Minister for Education that an area of one acre one…

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Y.A.H.S. Speech Day Next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 2

The annual Speech Day and presentation of prizes will take place at Yanco Agricultural High School on Saturday afternoon at 2.30 p.m. The…

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Bright Singing and Colourful Dancing in Pantomime Staged by Marion's Pupils

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 4

The Pantomime staged on the Roxy Theatre stage on Monday night, last week, by the Marion School of Dancing, was an…

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St. Joseph's School Commercial Results incorporated Phonographic Society of Australia College TYPEWRITING and Shorthand Examinations

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 2

Senior Shorthand Typist: Dillon, Shirley, Distinction Pass, 92 per cent. SHORTHAND THEORY GRADE Senior Advanced Grade: Dillon…

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