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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1926

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Hospital-School of Arts Ball

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 2

A, meeting of ladies to make, preparations for the forthcoming combined ball for the Scott Memorial Hospital and the Soldiery' Memorial…

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Cessnock High School. Agitation For Extension Of Scope

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 2

Principal among the matters to be dealt with at the next meeting of the South Cessnock Progress Association is the urgent need for…

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The Pension of a Great Schoolmaster

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 6

An article in "Education," the organ of N.S.W. School Teachers' Federation, is righteously condemnatory of the parsimonious pension granted to Mr…

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Drift From High Schools. Reference at Teachers' Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 16

Speaking at the annual conference of the Secondary School Teachers' Association in Sydney, Mr. S. H. Smith, Director of Education, said…

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Examinations. Method of Marking. Secondary Teachers' Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 6

Dissatisfaction at methods now adopted in marking intermediate and leaving certificate examination papers was expressed at Tuesday's…

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Education. Minister Quotes Figures. School Attendances

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 14

Mr. Mutch, Minister for Education, in opening the annual conference of the Secondary Teachers' Association of New South Wales, said the pupils…

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Proposed High Schools. Minister to Visit Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 11

Mr. J. M. Baddoley, Minister for Labour and Industry, has been in touch with the Education Department for some time, with the object of…

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Brown Muir School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 4

A very pleasant afternoon was spent at the Brown Muir provisional school, and the sum of £2/11/6 realised towards the establishment of…

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Request for Primary School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 6

Mr T. D. Mutch, Minister, for Education, writes as follows to Mr W. Bennett,- M.L.A.':—"Sir,—I am in receipt of the further personal…

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School Teacher Retires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 4

Miss M. McNamara, of West Maitland, has retired from the Education Department, after 29 years' service. For some time her health had not…

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School of Arts. the Annual Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 3

The annual dance, in aid of the West Maitland School of Arts, was held in the institute hall ast evening, when there was a fair…

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Influenza. New Zealand Schools Closed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 6

Thirteen schools have been closed in Canterbury (N.Z.) on account of an influenza epidemic. More schools are expected to close shortly…

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Abermain School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 4

Extensive alterations and improvements have been carried out to the Abermain School of Arts. The work includes a new room of brick, which…

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Teachers' Association

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Association was held on Saturday morning, June 10, in the Clarence Town Public School. Mr. G. R…

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"Two-up School" Raided a Big Haul

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 2

In a raid by 80 police on an alleged two-up school at Fisherman's Bend on Sunday 156 men were rounded up and handecuffed. According to…

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The High School Public Meeting To Be Arranged. Getting Ready for Mr. Mutch

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 5

The matter of the High School was dismissed by the South Cessnock 'Progress Association at its meeting last night…

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Two-up School Raided

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 4

One of the latest open-air raids ever carried out by the police in Melbourne, and it is thought in Australia, resulted in 156 men being arrested at…

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Proposed Bellbird School of Arts

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 4

Great interest, is being evinced in the proposed School of Arts building at Bellbird. At a committee meeting held recently, in the Bellbird…

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West End Supports High School Move

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 4

Mr. Garrett, representative from the West End Progress Association was present at the meeting of the South Cessnock Progress Association last…

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School at Beckford Estate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1926 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary Department of Education:—"With reference to your…

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