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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1927

1,318 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 66

Schools' Column. Visit of Mr. Mutch

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 5

The arrangements for the reception of Mr. T. D. Mutch, Minister for Education, have been finalised. Mr. Mutch arrives to-morrow (Wednesday…

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Aberdeen School of Arts. an Appeal

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 3

Sir,—As there are many folk about the Aberdeen district taking your paper, and as we are anxious to make the forthcoming "All Nations Fair" as…

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School Children Grow Peanuts

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 2

Great success has been achieved by the pupils of the Collector Public School, near Goulburh, in the growing of peanuts. The seed was planted as…

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Stanford Merthyr Infants' School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 7

On behalf of the Parents and Citizens' Association of Stantford Merthyr, Mr. George Booth, M.L.A., recently interviewed the Under…

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Snow Sports. Full Swing at Koscuisko. School Pupils to Tour Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 5

The Tourist Bureau reports that advice has been received from Koscuisko to the effect that heavy snow has fallen and snow sports are in…

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Thornton and Tenambit school

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1927 · page 4

Mr. W. F.O; Hearn, M.L.A., has again interviewed the Under secretary of Education regarding the above school He was informed that…

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Films for Schools. Continental Experiments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 3

An article in "The Times Educational Supplement," entitled "Films for Young People: What Other Countries are Doing," begins with an…

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School Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 4

While playing football yesterday for Marist Bros.'school, Patrick Bray, aged 14, residing in Eigin-street, West Maitland, trod on the…

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'The Magpie' High School Boys' Chef D' Eoeuvre

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 8

We received recently the first issue for this year of "The Magpie," the magazine of the Maitland Boys' High School, and find it is as bright…

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Kurri School Continental

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 4

The continental in aid of the Kurri Kurri school funds was concluded in the Royal Theatre on Tuesday night, and the financial…

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Parents and Citizens West Maitland Committee. New School Builldings. Deputation to Wait on Mr. Mutch

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 8

The first monthly meeting of the newly-formed committee of the West Maitland Parents and Citizens' Association was held last night. Mr…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Kurri School Appointment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 4

Mr. F. Bayliss, of Newtown Junior Technical School, has been appointed first assistant at Kurri Kurri School, in succession to Mr. A. E. Jinns, who…

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Kurri School. Obsolete Condition of Boys' Department

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 7

At the official opening of the Kurri school continental in the Royal Theatrc, Mr. J. If Henry, Principal, when introducing Mr. George Booth,…

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Village Horror School Dynamited, Thirty-three Bodies Found [?]Lleged Maniac's Work. Vancouver, May 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 5

A message from Lansing (Michigan) states that the bodies of twenty children were taken from the wreckage of a…

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High School Football. First Grade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 9

The first grade fixture, Maitland High y Marist Brothers' High School on the Show Ground yesterday, resulted in a draw, 9 all. Maitland…

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Williamtown Public School

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 1

Mr. Vincent, M.L.A., is advised as follows:— "I desire to advise you that I have given directions for improvements to be effected…

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The Singleton Argus THURSDAY, 19th MAT, 1927. LOCAL & General News Thee Planting in School Grounds

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 2

At a meeting of the Singleton Teachers' Agricultural Horticultural and Nature Study Club, held on Saturday last, it was decided to award a…

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A Teacher's Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 May 1927 · page 2

Mr John Surtees, late headmaster of the North Rothbury Public School, who only retired recently after long service in the Education Department, died…

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Wireless in Schools. a Victorian Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 3

Proposals are under consideration fo rthe inauguration of a supplementary system of education by means of wireless for rural schools in Victoria…

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South Cessnock Infants' School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1927 · page 4

In an interview with the Under-Secretary for Education, Mr. Booth M.L.A., directed attention to the South Cessnock infants' school. He…

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