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Riverina · Schools

Schools, 1950

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Hypnotism Forbidden at School

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 October 1950 · page 1

LONDON. Tuesday (A. A. F.): A hypnotist lecturing to 200 boys at Eton College last night was forbidden by the school…

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Yerong Creek P. and C. to Purchase Urgent Requirements for School

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 October 1950 · page 6

It was decided at a special meeting of the Yerong Creek Public School Parents and' Citizens' Association a few days ago to transfer £20 from the Projector Fond for the purchase of urgent school needs…

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Ganmurra Public School

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1950 · page 2

At the request of the local member (Mr. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.), the Minister for Education has approved of the…

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District Teachers Visit College; Fine Display of Educational Methods

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1950 · page 4

Each year students of Wagga College visit the schools and learn how to teach, but last Friday the process was, reversed. Teachers visited the college to inspect displays and to confer with the lecturers on modem educational methods…

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Chess Notes Schoolboys' High Standard of Chess

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 6

The match played between the Leeton High Hobbies Chess Club and members of the local club at the school on Saturday night…

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Wagga Eisteddfod Coolamon Central School’s Success

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 1

Six choirs and groups from the Coolamon Central School competed! at the Wagga Eisteddfod, on Thursday, 12th inst., with…

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Yerong Creek School (To the Editor, "The Advertiser")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1950 · page 2

Sir.— There appeared in "Advertiser" of October 18, un the heading "Yerong Creet and C. to purchase urgent…

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U.S. Schoolboy Shoots Parents

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.): A brooding 14-year-old schoolboy at Ealatsaz[?] (Michigan) killed his father and mother…

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Batlow Central School Back-to-School Re-Union

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 9

Over 70 ex-pupils and visitors attended Batlow Central School on Wednesday last to view an exhibition of pupils' work and to renew…

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Batlow Central School

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 6

Neglected, among the grass and weeds of the local schoolground, lies an important landmark in the history of Batlow town. A plain stone, bearing the simple inscription "PUBLIC SCHOOL, ERECTED 1883," bears mute testimony to the beginning of…

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South Wagga School Rebuilding

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 2

Writing for the South Wagga Parents and Citizens' Association recently, the president (Mr. W. B. Snowdon) drew the…

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Junee's School Overcrowded Council Backs Move For Accommodation

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 2

The Junee Municipal Council: will support representations by the Parents and Citizens' Association pointing out to the…

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Narrandera High School Internal Intermediate Certificate Exam. 1950

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 1

The final internal intermediate Certificate Examination of the Narrandera High School will begin on Monday, 6th November. A complete…

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Infants' School Club

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Narrandera infants' School Club was held on Wednesday. 11th October, there being present Miss Fe[?]ston…

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Programme for All Farmers and Womenfolk Field Day and School

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 6

Both farmers and womenfolk are catered for by Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales in a programme which includes a leadership school…

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Junior Road Safety Clubs in Wagga Schools

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1950 · page 2

During the week Wagga branch of the Road Safety Council formed junior clubs in three Wagga schools—Wagga High, Mt. Erin…

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Bright Concert by St. Andrew's Sunday School

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1950 · page 2

The annual concert presented last night to a crowded hall by the pupils of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School was a…

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Gundagai Pupils Successful in Music Examinations

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 3

At the examinations conduct ed this year by the N.S.W. Con servatorium of Music, the following pupils of the Gundagai…

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The Sunday School

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 4

Down through the years the Church has sought to care for the spiritual welfare of the children of the congregation mindful of the Lord…

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Violinist, Pianist and to be Heard Here Tomorrow School of Arts Concert

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 2

What promises to be an interesting and enjoyable recital will be given for the Wagga School of Arts Music Club by Geza Bachmann (violinist), Frank Lisle (bass), and George Humphrey (pianist) at St…

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