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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1927

1,318 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 66

Lawn Tennis. School Girls' Championship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 9

The Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association included a school boys' and school girls' singles championship in its championship meeting…

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Cricket. High School Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 9

The second grade match in the High Schools competition between Newcastle and Maitland was concluded on Wednesday, and resulted…

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Muswellbrook Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 3

Muswellbrook District Rural School has now an enrollment and attendance of 500 children, an increase of 50 during the present year…

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Buchanan School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 4

Mr.G. Booth, M.L.A., has been informed, in answer to his representations regarding the condition of the teacher's residence and school at…

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School Championships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

The following players will be required on Friday at 3.30 p.m.—Allan, Willis, Ross, Eric Maidens. Jack Macrow, J. Gow, Colin Smith,…

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Official Correspondence Chichester Public School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

Chichester has been without a teacher for some time and in response to representations Hon. W. Bennett, has received the following…

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The Candidates. Mrs. Hyndes' committee: Miss Mabel McTAGGART. Mr. Fry's committee: Miss Leila Rennie. Mr. Parkinson's (amalgamated) committee: Miss Winnie Devine. School Children and Boy Scouts. Interest in Baths' Movement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 1

The baths' movement finds supporters in every home in the town. The mere mention of baths brings new supporters. The movement is infections; it is…

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Rural School Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 2

The sixth class of the Rural School played the Convent boys cricket last Friday, and resulted in a win for the latter by 58 runs. Top scores for the…

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Kayuga's Public School. Need for New Building

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 3

Mr. Campling, inspector of schools, recently visited Kayuga in connection with the agitation for a new school and residence. Evidence was taken for and…

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Sunday School Picnic

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

Recollections of old folk carry them back to their school—Sunday Day or otherwise picnics. It is an old established and excellent practice…

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Gresford School of Arts

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

A special general meeting of members was held on Tuesday, for the purpose of declaring the position of the deceased trustees vacant. This…

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Removal of School at Quorrobolong

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 4

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has interviewed the Under Secretary for Education with reference to the question of the removal of the school at Quorrobolong…

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Schoolboy Drowned In Waterhole at Kearsley

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 11

Another tragedy in which a child was the victim occurred at Kearsley late on Wednesday afternoon, when James Lawton, a schoolboy,…

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Repairs to School Work at Buchanan

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 4

As the result of representations to the late Minister for Health, Mr. Booth, M.L.A., has been successful iu his efforts in having repairs…

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Muswellbrook Public School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 7

Muswellbrook District Rural School has now an enrolment and attendance of 500 children, an increase of 50 during the present year…

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'The Magpie' Boys' High School Magazine Chirps Again

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 11

"The Magpie" is again abroad in Maitland, and its chatter is as pleasant as of yore. No, we are not referring to our feathered favourites…

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Denman. School Examinations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 5

The Bursary and High Schools Entrance examinations were held on Friday. Eight pupils sat at the local school. The candidates were Duggan…

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High-school Examination

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 9

Eleven candidates including one bursar, sat for the High School and Bursary examinations at the local centre. The candidates came from…

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One on the Teacher

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 6

At the Maitland school during the week, the pupils "put one over" on their teacher. He had received a present from them as a mark of…

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Gresford. School of Arts Meetings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 9

A special general meeting of members of the Gresford School of Arts was hold on Tuesday for the purpose of declaring the positions of…

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