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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1928

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Homeville School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Henrn, M.L.A., interviewed the Under-Secretary of Education in connection with improvements and extensions to the…

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Teachers Moved

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 4

A list of transfers and appointments of public school teachers, issued by the Education Department, includes the following:—First…

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East End School Getting Ready for the Opening

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 6

Parents and citizens rolled up in full force to the residence of Mr.Jim Kennedy on Tuesday night to a meeting presided over by Mr.Joe…

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School Column. Address to Teachers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 8

A large group of teachers assembled on the evening of April 25 to hear an address on Art Work, delivered by Miss R. A. Robinson, a…

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School Forestry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 6

The development of Australia, the growth of its towns and cities, and the expansion of its rural population, with the consequential opening…

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School Column. Miss McKENZIE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 11

In fulfilment of her promise to keep her many friends informed of her movements as a member of the Scottish Delegation, a second letter has…

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Boys' High School the Library

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 9

It seems a pity that Maitland, the second oldest High School in the State, has not yet been able to secure satisfactory library space. The…

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Transfer of Teacher

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 3

Miss Marr, first assistant at Singleton Infants' School during the past 15 months, has been transferred to the position of first assistant at…

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Teachers Protest. Against August Examinations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 14

At the monthly council meeting of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Association, held in Sydney on Saturday morning, it was…

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Holidays for Schools the New System

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 6

Replying to a deputation from the Teachers' Federation on Thursday,the Minister for Education (Mr Drummond) declared his intention of…

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Rugby Union. Sydney Grammar School Wins

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 May 1928 · page 2

Sydnoy Grammar School defeated the Armidale School in the Great Public Schools' match at Armidale on Saturday, by 11 points to 3. A…

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Cartridge Explodes. Schoolboy Injured in Strange Circumstances. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 5

While a 12-year-old schoolboy, Mervyn Heitman, of Maryborough, was sitting in a room with a number of others, he…

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Beresfield Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Education that the additions and improvements required by the public…

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East End School Social Evenings and Euchre Parties

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 4

The sixth series of social evenings and euchre parties, in connection with the opening of the East End School, was held on Saturday night…

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East Cessnock School Official Opening on

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 5

A letter from the Minister for Education gives information that the East End School will be officially opened this Saturday afternoon at [?]…

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Kurri Public School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 4

Mr. George Booth, M.L.A., has been informed in answer to his personal representations relative to the new buildings renovations, etc., to…

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High School on Coalfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Booth asked the Minister for Education whether, in view of the very great urgency, he would have a sum…

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Struck by Car. School Boy Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 4

While crossing the road at North Sydney, this morning, John Houston, 15, a High School boy, was knocked down by a motor car. He was…

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Teachers Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 6

The Education Department has notified the following transfers of teachers:—Mr. K. Finch, Coff's Harbour to Gloucester; Miss L. Mouatt…

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Cartridge Explodes Schoolboy Injured in Strange Circumstances

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 2

While a 12-year-old schoolboy, Mervyn Heitman, of Maryborough, was sitting in a room with a number of others, he rubbed a cartridgo shell on…

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