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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1925

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Fire at School of Arts Electric Wire Fuses

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 2

A fire broke out in the School of Arts on Friday evening at about 8 o'clock, through the fusing of electric wires between the roof and the…

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Local and General. Largs Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 4

The members for Maitland have been informed by the Education Department that tenders have been called for the teacher's residence,…

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School. Teachers' Federation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Singleton branch of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation was held in the Intermediate…

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Small Arms School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 4

Lieut. A. W. Riordan, Adjutant 35th Battalion, West Maitland, and Warrant-Officer A. J. Gardiner,, of the same battalion, will leave for the…

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Newcastle Show Judging the Exhibits. The Schools' Display. NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 4

Conditions throughout the district having been favourable, and with, an excellent entry the committee of the Newcastle Agricultural,…

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School Band Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

The result of the School band contest was as follows:—Mayfield, 187 point, [?] Adamstown, [?] points, [?] Hamilton, [?] points [?] Cook's…

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District Rural School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

District rural schools in the Upper Hunter and beyond are receiving, as they ought to do hearty co-operation from parents and citizens. At Scene,…

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School Notes Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

A cricket match was played last Friday between public school and convent boys, resulting in a win for the former. For the winners K…

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High School Entrance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

George Stallard, son of Mr. F. Stallard, of East Maitland, has been notified that he was successful in the recent examination for entrance to…

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Student Teachers. Salaries Complaint

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 4

Complaints about their present salaries and conditions of employment generally were made by members of the Public Schools Ex-student…

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School Girls' Training in Domestic Science

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 2

The long list of examination passes in the Domestic Science School course, published during the week, affords striking evidence of the number of girls in this…

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Domestic Science. Cessnock School Results

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 6

The results of the domestic science examination held last December are announced. This examination marks the completion of a two-year’s course…

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Mr. W. G. Melville. Death of Former School Teacher

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 3

Mr. William G. Melville, who was associated with the early public schools of the Newcastle district, died at his home, Chesterfield-parade,…

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School Teachers' Federation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Singleton branch of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation was held in the Intermediate…

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High School Enrolment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 4

The enrolment at the Maitland Boys' High School this week reached, 29, an increase of 50 on that at the end of last year. Boys are still…

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Schoolboy 'Howlers'

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 11

Much of the contents of the average school magazine is scarcely increasing, if even intelligible, to anyone except the present or old boy…

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The Schools. Correspondence Scheme. Between England and Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

The first batch of replies from English schoolchildren, under the juvenile correspondence service scheme inaugurated last year by the…

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Horseshoe Bend School. Parents and Citizen's Associations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 9

The fourth annual meeting of the Horseshoe Bend Parents and Citizens' Association was held in the school on the 17th inst. The president (Mr…

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Local and General. Transfer of School Teachers."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 4

The following changes in the Stall of the Boys Department, W. Maitland S.P. School, took place, during last week Mr. H. Carr transferred to…

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Overtaxed Nature. Boys Listening-in. School Wireless

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

Authority was given last year by the Education Committee of the London County Council, as an experiment, for the use of wireless sets in…

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