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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1916

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School Boys' Farewell. Father Forde's Departure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 8

The pupils of the Marist Brothers' School, West Maitland, entertained the Rev. Father Fordo at a juvenile conversazione in the boys' school on Wednesday prior to his…

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East Maitland Public School. Arbor Day

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 10

Last Friday afternoon a large number of parents and citizens assembled at the local public school, at the invitations of Mr, M. Lee, head master, Miss Eames, mistress of…

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New School of Arts. at Abermain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 10

The residents of Abermain, after agitating for many years, have at last seen, the completion of a School of Arts. The building was formally opened on Saturday afternoon…

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Frightfulness Turkish Atrocities. Protest from German Teachers

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 4

London, Wednesday.-Professor Gracter and Dr. Niepage, German teachers of Armenian children in Aleppo, protested to the German Foreign Office in…

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Scone Public School

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 2

Sir,—I think it will go without contradiction that one of the chief assets of a town or district is an up-to-date school with a capable…

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Doctors in Schools. Government's Intentions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1916 · page 1

The Minister for Education (Mr Griffith) says 76,800 school children were medically examined last year, and 45,000 were found to be suffering from…

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School Strike in Dublin. Political Badges Prohibited. Juvenile Rioters. (Australian Cable Association.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 August 1916 · page 2

Children in Dublin refused to attend school because they were prohibited wearing political badges. They attempted to bring out the children from…

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Inculcating Loyalty. Amongst School Children

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 3

The Victorian Minister of Education (Mr. Lawson) states that replies from the conductors of State schools to the circular asking them to in[?] loyal observances slow a…

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Girls' High School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 4

Lieut. Col. Nicholson, M.L.A., has received a communication from the Under-Secretary of the Department of Education (Mr. P. Board) dated August 30th, which states:…

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School Complaints. Advice to Parents

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 8

AFTER complimenting the great majority of parents, who, he says, recognise that the care dud training of their children in the Public Schools are entrusted…

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School Opticians

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Griffith) stated yesterday that no authority has been given to anyone to visit schools and supply glasses for defective sight. The…

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Medical Inspection of Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 9

In reporting to the Minister for Education on the medical inspection of schools, Dr. C. S. Willis, Principal Medical Officer, states that, during 1916, 80,627 children were…

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Public Schools. Requests by Parents and Citizens' Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 September 1916 · page 9

The President of the Council of the Parents and Citizens' Association (Mr. Eldridge) headed a deputation to Mr. Grirfith, the Minister for Education…

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Country High Schools. School Farms to Be Established

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 September 1916 · page 2

In, declaring the Mudgee High School officially opened on Saturday last. Mr. Griffth, Minister for Education, said it was the twenty-second High School now in operation in New…

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Captain-chaplain Ward Farewelled by Schoolboys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 3

Another interesting function was held by the pupils of the Marist Brothers' School, West Maitland last evening in connection with the farewell given to Captain-Champlain…

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Teachers' Association. Interesting Address

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 7

The quarterly meeting of the Maitland District Teachers' Association was held in the Superior Public School. West Maitland on Saturday. Mr. Inspector Finney…

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Dairy Science School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

The school which was to be held at Dungog on the 11th inst., has been postponed. A school will be held for one week from September…

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The Kayuga School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 6

The raising of the status of the Kayuga public school is a tribute to the zeal and capability of the teacher, Mr. E. F. Conn, who has proved himself a successful…

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Plain Needlework. School Children

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1916 · page 4

Open to girls not exceeding 15 years age: Combinations, Lexie Ward, [?] sole, Belle Gardiner. Buttonhole work [?] calico, tweed, and flannel, Mary Turn[?]…

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Cessnock District News. School of Arts Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the Cessnock School of Arts Committee was held on Wednesday evening. Present: Messrs. Biggers (president), Lee, Everett, Kirk,…

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