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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1927

1,318 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 66

Lochinvar. School of Arts Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 5

Mr. J. Burns, stationmaster at Lochinvar, is still an Inmate at Maitland Hospital. We are pleased to hear he is on the road to recovery…

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Denman. Yarrawa School Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 8

The Yarrawa provisional school held their annual picnic under the auspices of the Parents and Citizens' Association on Saturday, There was…

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Bathurst Fires. Public School Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 8

The Public School at Walbrook, in the Oberon district, together with school material, valued in all at about £500, was totally destroyed by…

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Schools and Classes Prussian Methods

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 2

At the conference of High School teachers in Sydney on Tuesday Mr J. Baxendale, Fort-street Boys' High School, declared that schools and…

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"Blighting Influence." Examinations in Schools. High School Teacher's Straight Talk. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 8

Mr. F. McMullcn, addressing the Secondary Teachers' Conference, very strongly denounced the examination system in State schools…

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Schools and Classes. Prussian Methods

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 1
Also in The Scone Advocate

At the conference of High (School teachers in Sydney on Tuesday, Mr J. Baxendale, Fort-street Boys' High School, declared that schools and…

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Teachers Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 4

Included in transfers of public school teachers are the following: —Miss D. Wiles, N[?]llo to Wellington; Mr. M. Robson, West Wallsend…

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School of Arts Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 2

A prize of £2/2/- will be given for the best juvenile fancy set (judged by voting) at the forthcoming School of Arts ball. There will also…

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Public School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 4

Extensive repairs and additions are at present in progress at the local school. Because of these, the Education Department have…

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High School Pupils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 5

Mr, G, Booth, M.L.A., has arranged for a deputation from public bodies on the coalfields to meet the Minister for Education, Mr. W…

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Rhodes Scholars. Dinner at Oxford. London, June 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 13

There were 160 guests at the annual "Rhodes dinner," held at Oxford, including ten former Australian Rhodes scholars, three former New Zealand…

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School Teacher Promoted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 4

Mr. A. Cunningham, who has been attached to the staff of the West Maitland Superior Public School for the past seven years, has been…

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"Blighting Influence" Examinations in Schools. High School Teacher's Straight Talk. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 6

Mr. F. McMullen, addressing the Secondary Teachers' Conference, strongly denounced the examination system in State schools…

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West Maitland Infants' School Jubilee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 4

All interested in the West Maitland Infants' School jubilee are. invited to attend a meeting to be held in the schoolroom on Monday, July…

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West Maitland School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., who Interviewed the Minister of Education, Mr. W. Davies, regarding the [?] Maitland school, was…

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School Children's Effort

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 4

Mr. J. Mitchell, schoolmaster of Aberglasslyn, on behalf of the Aberglasslyn, school children, handed to Superintendent H.E. Guy, this…

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Child Welfare. Parramatta Industrial School. Minister's Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 9

"As a private member I took a very active interest in the concerns of the Child Welfare Department, both on behalf of my constituents and…

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Cessnock Teachers. Syllabus for Debating Society

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 9

Cessnock Teachers' Debating Society met in the School of Arts for the object of drawing up a syllabus for the remainder of the present…

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Lochinvar. School of Arts Dance

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1927 · page 3

Mr. J. Burns, stationmaster at Lochinvar, is still an inmate at Maitlant Hospital. We are pleased to hear he is on the road to recovery…

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