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Southern Highlands · Schools

Schools, 1939

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"Girls' School."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 2

When hearts are young and June moonlight bathes a magnolia-scented campus at graduation time, is it any wonder that young girls become…

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Intermediate Exam. Results at Local Schools

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

The remits of the Intermediate Certificate Examination were announced this week. Many candidate from Ideal schools were successful in…

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World-wide Notes. Open-air Schools of Paris

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 1

In the schools of Paris and other large cities the statistics show that there are on the average 15 per cent, affected with tuberculosis, and…

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Brief Mention. High School

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 2

Bowral High School will resume on Wednesday next, instead of on Tuesday, the Premier having granted the students an extra day's holiday. New…

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Examination Reform Internal Tests in Schools

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 2

A reform examination system, which would substitute internal school examinations for the existing intermediate…

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Teachers Tranferred. Changes in Local Schools' Staffs

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 2

The following is a complete list to date of transfers of teachers of Public Schools effected during the Christmas vacation:—…

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Higher School Leaving Age Suggested

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 2

A higher school leaving age and increased attendance at technical and commercial schools were urged as solutions to the problem of…

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Tales of the Old Days. and Other Australianities. the Old Time School Inspector

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

The ancient school inspector. Who that was a boy or girl forty or fifty years ago is ever likely to forget him. Who, among the long retired ranks…

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Brief Mention. Primary School P.C.A.

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Bowral Primary School P.C.A. will be held in the Parish Hall on Wednesday night. The election of officers and…

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Bowral School of Arts. Loan Proposal

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 2

At the Bowral School of Arts on Thursday morning, Mr. B. C. Hughes, Inspector of Local Government Accounts, held an inquiry into the…

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Primary School P.C.A. a Successful Year

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 3

The annual report of the Bowral Primary School P.C.A. presented at the annual meeting in the Pariah Hall disclosed that the Association had…

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School of Arts. Method of Control

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night the Department of Education wrote that the Council had not given any assurance that if…

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Teachers' Federation Mr. Harkness' Visit

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 2

The meeting of the Berrima branch of the Teachers' Federation was held at Bowral on Saturday when the Acting-Director of…

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Outrageous Suggestion. Bowral Council and School of Arts

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 March 1939 · page 2

At last meeting of Bowral School of Arts the outrageous suggestion was seriously made that the library and reading room should be handed over…

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Brief Mention. Schools for Farmers

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

The usual winter school in dairy farming and poultry farming win be held at Hawkesbury College from June 27 to July 7. Particulars may…

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Dairy Science Schools, 1939

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 4

Persons wishing to attend departmental dairy science schools during the winter months should make written…

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Winter School for Farmers At Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

It is proposed to hold the usual winter schools Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, from 27th Juge to 7th July. The…

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Minister Grants Approval. Council and School of Arts

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 2

Bowral Council was recently asked by the Department of Education to give an assurance that if the Council took over the School of Arts the…

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High School Pupils. Travelling Expenses

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

The Mail has been advised by Mr. Jeff Bate, M.L.A., that as a result of his representations to the Minister for Education on behalf of the…

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School Fete. Mr. Bate Speaks on Education

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

A successful fete in aid of the funds of Bowral Primary School P.C.A., was held in the School of Arts, Bowral, on Thursday, afternoon and…

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