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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1925

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Miranda School. "Conditions a Disgrace." Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 5

The Health Inspector to the Sutherland Shire Council last night submitted a report on the Miranda school, where conditions, he said…

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Closing Schools. Thursday or Friday ? SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 5

The Minister for Education said he would give consideration to a suggestion that schools in the country should be closed on Thursday instead of…

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Kurri-kurri School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 4

The committee of the Kurri Kurri School of Arts has accepted the tender of Messrs. J. C. Davis and Sons for the erection of the School of Arts…

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School Children Inspect Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 2

Throughout yesterday afternoon, hundreds of schoolchildren passed throughing exhibition, the keenest iterest being displayed in the various exhibits…

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Forty Schools Closed. Shortage of Teachers Responsible

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. [?] in opening the new Public School at Willougliby on Saturday made reference to the shortage of…

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School Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 3

Mr. J. H. Connor, formerly headmaster of the local school, is on a visit to Muswellbrook. He visited the school, yesterday and expressed his…

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Sunday School Social

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 4

A very successful social was held in the Parish Hall, Denman, in aid of funds for the Sunday School. There was only a small attendance…

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Ill-nourished School Children

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 4

A woman doctor examining pupils at the Taree primary school, was surprised to find some children under-nourished in such a prosperous distric[?]…

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Wards River. Sunday School Anniversary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 2

The Sunday School anniversary took place last Sunday night week. This event had eagerly been looked forward to by the children for some…

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Liquor for School Girls

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 5

In a special article on prohibition in the London "Morning Post," Sir Maurice Low writes:— "A despatch from Boston tells of…

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School Holidays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 4

The Minister for Education informed Mr. Goodin that arrangements for the closing of the schools for the Christmas holidays had been made…

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Miranda School. "Conditions a Disgrace." Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 5

The Health Inspector to the Sutherland Shire Council last night submitted a report on the Miranda school, where conditions, he said,…

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Schoolboy Tourists. England to Australia. London, Nov. 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 12

Colonel Stanley, of the Church Army, in collaboration with the agents-general is arranging to despatch a contingent of schoolboys to…

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School Students. Long Hours From Home. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Booth drew the attention of the Minister for Education to the fact that students at West Wallsend, attending the…

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Closing Schools. Thursday or Friday? Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 8

The Minister for Education said he would give consideration to a suggestion that schools in the country should he closed on Thursday instead of…

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Christmas Vacation for Schools

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 6

The Minister for Education has definitely decided that all the department's schools within the metropolitan inspectors' districts shall close for…

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High School Entertainment

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 6

The annual entertainment by pupils of the Convent High School, Singleton, will be given in the Strand Theatre on Thursday evening next, 10th December…

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Public School Concert

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 2

The concert by pupils or Dungog Public School will take place to-night (Tuesday) in Victoria hall. An excellent programme has been…

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Sugarloaf School Concert

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 2

A school concert will be held at Sugarloaf on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m…

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Abermain School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 December 1925 · page 4

Mr. Booth asked Mr. Mutch, Minister for Education, in the Legislative Assembly, if his attention had been drawn to the unhealthy conditions…

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