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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1924

1,066 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 54

Domestic Science Pupils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 December 1924 · page 4

A meeting of ex-pupils of the West Maitland Domestic Science School was held in the Girls' School last evening. It was decided to tender a…

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School Tragedy. Headmaster Granted Pension. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1924 · page 5

An echo of the tragedy at the Walkine school last year, when a maniac entered the school and fired several shots, killing two of the…

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School Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 1

A good deal of sickness is about at present, especially among the younger children. Molly Hall has had to undergo an operation for ear-trouble…

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December Excursion Trains. School Vacations and Test Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 8

An important alteration has been made in the arrangements recently announced by the Railway Department for the December cheap…

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December Excursion Trains School Vacations and Test Cricket

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 7

An important alteration has been made in the arrangements recently announced by the Railway Department for the December cheap…

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School of Arts

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 7

The finishing touches are being put to the new School of Arts building, which is to be formally opened to-morrow week, December 13. During…

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Neath School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 7

On his way back from Cessnock end Paxton on Monday afternoon the Minister for Education (Mr. Bruntnell) called at the Neath…

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Teachers' Salaries. Highest in Australia. Premier's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 3

on George Fuller made a statement on the question of teachers' salaries. "A correspondent in the press to…

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School Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 2

A grand school concert will be held in the Large School of Arts on Wednesday, "December 10. The musical play Slave of the Lamp." or…

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School Tragedy. Headmaster Granted Pension. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 1

An echo of the tragedy at the Walkino school last year, when a maniac entered the school and fired several shots, killing two of the…

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School Required. East Cessnock Request. Minister of Education's Visit. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 16

Mr. Bruntnell, Minister for Education, arrived in Cessnock this morning from Newcastle, en route to Paxton, to open a new public school. He…

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St. Ethel's School. Annual Fair. Parents and Citizens' Association Effort

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 16

The annual fair promoted by the Parents and Citizens' Association of St. Ethel's Public School was opened in the schol grounds on Saturday…

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New Infants' School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 7

Replying to a request for an infants' school at South Cessnock, Mr. Bruntnell said he would give the matter sympathetic consideration…

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Paxton School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 7

On arrival at Paxton, Mr. W. H. James, president of the Progress Association, extended a welcome to the Minister and to the Parliamentary…

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New School. Opened at Paxton. Deputations to Minister

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 7

Mr. A. Bruntnell, Minister for Education, visited Cessnock district Monday and opened the new school at Daxton…

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BRITAIN v. Egypt. Schools Normal. the Cabinet Resignations. London. Dec. 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Cairo correspondent reports that as a result of the advice given by Zaghlul Pasha to a deputation of medical students, who visited…

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Excursion Trains. School Vacations and Test Cricket

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 6

An important alteration has been made in the arrangements recently announced by the Railway Department for the December cheap…

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St. Clair School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 6

Mr.W. Cameron, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Under-Secretary Department of Education:— "With reference to your…

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Over a Cliff. Schoolgirl Striously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1924 · page 6

Gwendbline Smith, 15, a schoolgirl, presiding a Waverley fell over a precipico jagged-edged and almost perpendicular at Waverley on Saturday…

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The Schools. Speech by Archbishop Kelly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1924 · page 3

Speaking at the opening of a new school which has been opened on top of St. Francis Xaviours Church at Ultimo Archbishop Kelly said they…

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