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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1917

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School Attendance. Minister Gratified

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 2

The attendance of pupils at the high schools and district schools during 1916 has been gratifying, according to some figures made available by Mr. James Minister for…

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Cessnock Public School. Classrooms Overcrowded. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 5

A recent issue of the "Educational Gazette" places the Cessnock Superior Public School in the third division of first-class schools, which is the same classification as…

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Allynbrook Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 4

The following pupils of Allynbrook Public School passed the Qualifying Certificate Examination held in November last:—Maurice James Bird, Jeanne Victoria A. Hancock…

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School of Arts Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 2

All members of the School of Arts are reminded that the special general meeting of subscribers for receiving the resignations of the…

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West Maitland Trades Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4

The 1917 session of the west Maitland Trades school will begin on the 26th instant, and enrolmonts will be accepted from the 19th instant onwards, Organised courses of sup…

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St. Joseph's School Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 4

A bout 100 children of St. Joseph's school, East Maitland, yesterday journeyed to Newcastle for their annual picnic They were under the care of the Rev. Fathers…

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Successful Largs Scholars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 4

Mr. Gallop, teacher of the Largs public school, has been notified that two of his pupils, Misses Lily and Edna Percy, have in competitive examination for the…

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Dungog School ef Arts

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 7

At the School of Arts on Monday night, a special meeting was called to consider the question of appointing some one to take the place of Mr…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 2

A special general meeting of the members of the School of Arts, called for the purpose of receiving the resignations of the outgoing…

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Public School Examinations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 2

Amongst the successful students in the recent public school examinations are two well-known natives of Muswellbrook. Master…

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School Examinations. Bursary Awards. Northern Results

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 3

The Bursary Endowament Board have awarded the following bursaries tenable at secondary schools upon the result of the qualifying certificate examination. These…

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Muswellbrook Letter. School of Arts. Muswelibrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 3

A special general meeting of the members of the School of Arts, called for the purpose of receiving the resignations of the outgoing officers and committee, and…

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Public School Examination

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 3

Two natives of Muswellbrook were successful in the recent examinations:—Master Bernard George Fleming, fifth son of Alderman D. Fleming, passed the…

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School Attendance. Minister Gratified

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 7

The attendance of pupils at the high schools and district schools during 1916 has been gratifying, according to some figures made available by Mr. James, Minister for…

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Flag Presented to School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

Messrs. J. G. Godfrey and Co., of Last Maitland have written to Mr. J. Lackey, secretary of the East Maitland Public School Parents and Citizens' Association informing…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 2

The nominations for the positions of officers and committee to form the new management of the School of Arts are as…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 2

Up to the present 20 members have been nominated for election as Committee men, to succeed the present members, who are holding…

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Muswellbrook Letter. School Examinations and Education. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 2

I rave before me Lord Avesbury's comments on education in a series of papers on "The Pleasures of Life," and the wise words. in which he expresses fine thought are truly…

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Aviation School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 8

When the State Aviation School at Rid-mond was first proposed a committee of control was appointed to make the necessary arrangements and supervise the [?]…

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Aviation School. Students Making Headway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 3

The work of the original committee of con-trol having been completed, the State Avia-tion School at Richmond has been placed under the control of the Minister for…

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