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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1928

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Children Smoked Burning of Kurrajong School. Coroner's Remarks. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 5

The Coroner returned on open verdict at the inquest concerning the fire which destroyed the Public School at East Kurrajong…

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Teachers Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

Mr, M. Geddes, of the staff of the Maitland Boys' High School, has been transferred to Canterbury High. His place at Maitland has been taken by…

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Teachers' Federation. Annual Meeting of Singleton Branch

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Singleton branch of the Teachers' Federation was held in the girls' school, Hunter-street. Mr. A. W. McDonell…

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Schoolboy Drowned Stockton Beach Fatility

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

Stockton Beach was the scene of another fatality on Wednesday afternoon, when William Keith Wallace,aged seven years, a schoolboy, who…

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Jumped From Through Train School Girl's Mistake. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2

Peggy Williams, aged 14, who attends school at Chatswood, boarded a through train at Lindfield by mistake. When it did not stop at Chatswood, the…

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N.s.w. Teachers Federation Singleton Branch

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Singleton branch of the Teachers' Federation was held in the Girls' School, Hunter-street, Singleton, oh Saturday, 18th instant…

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Schoolboys to Tour Tasmania

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2

Under the auspices of the Young Australia League a party of 100 boys will tour Tasmania during the schools' Easter vacation. The tour is open to any…

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Denman Memorial School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 2

Our Demnan correspondent writes:— One of the big functions in the lifetime of Denman takes place on Friday'…

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Mulbring School of Arts Trustees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. Smith, the Director of Education, has informed Mr. Booth, M.L.A., that when the meetings required by the School of Arts…

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Teachers' College, Armidale

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 8

The sincerity of the Government in its pre-election promises is proved to some extent by the establishment this year of a Teachers' Training College…

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Aberdeen Memorial School of Arts

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 8

It is with the object of freeing this fine building from its financial embarrassment that the recent successful "Back to Aberdeen Week" celebrations were held…

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Teachers Transferred

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 5

Mr. J. O’Brien, of the staff of Cessnock Primary School has been transferred to McIroy, and Mr. G. Mac[?] of West Cessnock to Bellbird…

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West Cessnock School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 8

In reply to his representations regaining new weathershed and lavatorles at West Cessnock School, Mr. J. M. Baddeley has now been advised by the…

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Official Opening Infants' School at West End

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 9

A very pleasant function was held at West Cessnock on Wednesday last, when the new Infants' School building was officially…

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Quorrobolong Public School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 3

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has been informed by Mr. S. H. Smith, Under Secretary for Education, that a new site of two acres has been…

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South Cessnock School Hygienic Drinking Fountain Move by Parents and Citizens

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 9

The South Cessnock Parents and Citizens' Association, ever solicitous for the welfare of the children, contend that the drinking facilities at…

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Ellalong Public School Additions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 8

In connection with his representations at the Ellalong Public School, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., has now been informed that the Minister for…

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School Holidays the Proposed Alterations. Teachers' Protest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 9

The proposal of the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) to make alterations in school holidays, was discussed at a meeting of the…

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Sunday School Teaching. "Religion Like Opium."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 11

Speaking at a meeting of the council of the Methodist Young People's Deportment, the director (the Rev. W. W. Roger) said that tens of…

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Schoolboy Drowned Stockton Beach Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 5

Stockton Beach was the scene of another fatality on Wednesday afternoon, when William Keith Wallace, aged seven years, a schoolboy, who…

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