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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1926

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Assault Charges. School Teacher Convicted

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 9

Henry Stafford Champion (45), school teacher, pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions to two charges of assault…

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Six Years. for Assault on Schoolboys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 7

Henry Stafford Champion, aged 46, a schoolmaster from the Newcastle district, was in Sydney sentenced to six years' imprisonment on…

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District News Letters Singleton Teachers Transferred

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 10

The following teachers transferred to Singleton:—Primary. —Boys: Mr. A. Partridge, from Gungal; girls, miss Waghorn, from…

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High School Passes. Entrance to Taree School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 16

The following pupils have qualified for entrance to the Taree High School:— Allan, Clarence AR. (Lansdowne)…

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High Schools. Insufficient Accommodation in Sydney. Mt. Mutch's Proposal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 16

An important announcement regarding the accommodation of the children who competed successfully in the examinations for entrance to…

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Eight Arrests. Alleged Two-up School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 16

There was a wild scatter in a lane leading to the river near the South Brisbane Baths on Sunday afternoon. when the police raided what was…

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High School Entrance

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

A further list of candidates who successfully passed the examination for entrance to the High Schools in the northern area was issued by the…

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School Teachers. No Shortage of Higher-paid Heads. Federation Protest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 2

The New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation is opposed to the services of any teacher being retained after he or she has attained the age…

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Local and General School Teacher Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

Mrs Alena McDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. M'Donald, of High-street, West Maitland, who was recently appointed to the teaching…

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Maitland District Teachers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Maitland District Teachers' Association was held at the West Maitland Superior Public Schools, on Saturday…

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St. Alban's Sunday School Presentation of Prizes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 5

The annual distribution of prizes in connection with St. Alban's Sunday School took place in the schoolroom on Sunday last, 7th inst…

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Teachers' College. Northern Scholarships Awarded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 6

The Education Department announces that the following students from Newcastle, Maitland, Taree, Singleton and Gosford areas have…

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Assault on Schoolboys Six Years' Imprisonment

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 1

Henry Stafford Champion, aged 46, a schoolmaster from the Newcastle district, was in Sydney sentenced to six years' improsonment on two charges of…

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Cricket. Marist Bros. V. High School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 7

The Marist Brothers and Maitland High Schools met in the first round of the districts high schools' cricket competition. The match is at a very…

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Teachers' College Scholarship

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

The following students have been awarded scholarships at the Teachers' College, subject to the regulations regarding. physical fitness, etc.:-Ena…

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School Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 4

The death of Mr. Ken. Anderson cast a gloom over the whole school, Mrs. Henderson has always been one of the most active workers in…

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Trades School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 4

The 1926 sessions of the West Maitland Trades School will open on March 1, but enrolments will be accepted from February 22. Details of…

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New Presbyterian School Hall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 4

On Saturday, 20th instant, the ceremony of laying the foundation stones of the new school hall of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church will…

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Schools' Column. the New Curriculum. Reorganisation of Rural Schools

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

The Department is keenly desirous that, under the new organisation, the Rural Schools will work themselves surely and…

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N.s.w. P.s. Teachers' Federation Singleton Branch. Annual Meeting

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 4

The annual meeting of the local branch of the Teachers' Federation took place on Saturday last, Mr A. W. MacDonell presiding…

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