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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1912

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Teacher's Transfer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 2

Miss Elworthy, who has been a member of teaching staff of Kurri Superior Public School for several years will be leaving shortly, she having effected an exchange…

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Antiquated School Buildings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 4

Maitland seems to find it a hard matter to get simple justice with regard to school buildings. We had to battle away for years to get our technical students out of the…

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Moke Schoolboy "Howlers."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 15

The Salic law is that you must take, everything with a grain of salt. Julius Caesar was renewed for his great strength. He threw a bridge across the…

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Public Schools Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 14

The seventeenth annual meeting of the Newcastle District Public Schools' Association was held in the lecture hall of the Newcastle School of Arts on Saturday. Mr…

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A School Song

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 2

Alan F. Wilson contribute The [?]ing spirited lines to "Pegasus," the [?] of Geelong College: Now Loud and long let us raise our [?]…

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Defence and the Schools. Recommendations Adopted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 4

The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) has arrived at a number of decisions respecting the conference of State Direction of Education and Commonwealth Military Advisers, held in…

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Teachers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

A meeting of the Singleton District [?] Association was held on Saturday [?] chair being occupied by Mr. J. Du[?] The only business before the members [?]…

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High School Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 7

The second mulch was provided. by the old bays of the Maitland High School residing in Sydney and the present pupils of the school. Each team had the assistance of a…

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A Schoolboy Scientist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 7

Once of the greatest honours which have been conferred on a schoolboy by any famous scientific body for at least two generations is the recent Fellowship of the Royal…

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West Maitland School of Arts. Committee Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 7

The usual fortnightly meeting of the committee was held in the committee was held in the committee room of the institution last evening. The president (mr. J. M'Lsuchlin) occupied the chair,…

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Public School Buildings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 4

Major Nicholson, M.L.A., forwarded the following telegram ktrhis afternoon to the Minister Public Instruction (Mr. Carmic[?]):—"Great indignation here [?] Sun[?]or Public School. When…

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Dungog School of Arts

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above was held on Monday night last, present being: Messrs R. L. Fitzgerald (President), A…

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Late for School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

We noticed in the newspapers recently complaints by the inspectors attached to the Public Instruction Department, giving…

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Cessnock School of Arts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 14

The half-yearly meeting of members of the Cessnock School of Arts was hold last week, at which the president (Mr. S. Snape) presided. The report of the secretary…

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Defence and the Schools. Recommendations Adopted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 12

The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) has arrived at a number of decisions respecting the conference of State Directors of Education and Commonwealth Military Advisers, held in…

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Schools' Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 7

Kurri Kurri defeated Abermain in the Maitland District Schools' football competition on Friday by 63 points to nil. Tries were scored by W. Hindmarsh (G) D. Brown…

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State School Cruelties. Shocking Disclosures Stanthony (Idaho), Aug. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 August 1912 · page 2

Stories of shocking curelties practised at a State industrial school were told at an investigation this week, Charles Portridge said that the marks of the lash were visible for…

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School of Arts Trustee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1912 · page 6

The late Mr. William Bowman, of B[?]lmoral was president and trustee of the School of Aria for many years, but since bis death, which occurred a considerable time ago, the latter position was…

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