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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1928

1,410 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 71

School Sports

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1928 · page 3

On Wednesday the Hamilton School pupils visited Raymond Terrace School and played a series of games. The day was a very good one for the outing, and was…

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Butterfly Fair in Methodist School Hail

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 September 1928 · page 2

A Butterfly Fair, organised by the Methodist Ladies' Church Aid Society, was opened in the school hall at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, in the presence of a large…

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Boys' High School Sports Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the School Union was held on Tuesday. No definite decision was arrived at as to whether a new tuck shop should be…

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School Children at South Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Booth asked Mr. Drummond, the Minister for Minister for Education, if it was a fact that school children on the…

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Weston School; £4000 Additions. Ready in Four Months

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 4

"With its back disrespectfully," (as our contributor, "Wilga" would say) [?]o Weston, the additions to the local public school on the hill north of the…

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Masquerade Ball On Behalf of School Children East End Effort

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 9

The East End Parents and Citizens' Association are organising a plain and fancy masquerade ball, to be held in the Parish Hall on…

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Bega Mystery School Teacher Shot. Died Almost Immediately. Bega

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 7

The police are inquiring into mysterious circumstances surrounding the shooting of a shcool teacher named Mulholland, at Wolumba, 18 miles…

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Federal Elections School Teachers As Returning Officers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 5
Also in Singleton Argus

Mr. Kelly asked the Minister for Education in the legislative Assembly yesterday whether he was aware that a large number of school…

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The Teachers' College Camp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 4

Not the least important and one of the most popular activities of the Teachers' Training College, Sydney, is that connected with the College…

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School Column. Australians in Keith and Inverness

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 4

A letter, lately received from Miss McKenzie, gives a further budget of news of the activities of the Scottish Delegation and the writer's own…

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Maitland District Teachers' Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the above was held in the girls' school, West Maitland on Saturday last. After completing the formal…

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School Gardens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 4

The boys' school has received a supply of shrubs from the Director of the Botanical Gardens. Dr. Darnell Smith. The consignment…

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Congregational Sunday School Examinations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 6

The results of the annual examination held under the auspices of the Young People's Department of the Congregational Union of New South…

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School Additions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 6

The Under-Secretary to the Department of Education has written to Mr. W.F. O'Hearn, M.L.A. with reference to his personal enquiries…

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School's Hospital Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 6

In connection with the annual schools' hospital day, Rothbury Public School held a "tuck day" last Tuesday, and was successful in…

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Teacher Farewelled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 6

Mr. Claude Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Edwards, of West Maitland, who has been teaching on the North Coast for several years,…

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Marshwood Public School. Dalwood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 6

The children of the Marshwood School held a tuck day amongst themselves on the 14th instant on behalf of an annual appeal made to…

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Non-sectarian. State School System. Minister's Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 5

"The statement that the system of education in New South Wales in free. secular, and compulsory is not correct," said the minister for…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 13

The committee of the School of Arts has realised for some time the necessity for enlarging the hall, and the recent ball again bore out this…

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