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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1928

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East Maitland Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 6

With regard to a request from the East Maitland Parents and Citizens' Assocnation, that electric light be Installed in the infants' classroom of…

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Annual Hospital Day, Public School, Seaham

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 2

On Thursday, 20th September, an effort in aid of the above movement was carried out at the Public School, Seaham under the auspices of the Parents' and Citizens'…

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School Agriculture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

Mr. Ernest Breakwell, principal of Yanco Agricultural High School, has been appointed organiser of School Agriculture and Laisson Officer…

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Boys' High School a Busy Term

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

School re-opened on Monday, for what promises to be a particularly busy term, Already the 3rd and 5tb year classes are busy with the final…

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Schools' Hospital Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 4

Mr. Mannall, secretary of the Maitland Hospital, informed the committee at its meeting last night, that the following amounts have…

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Old School Hill Squabbles. Abermain Parties in Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

The Old School Hill, Abermain, could not be recommended as an ideal spot to erect a rest home. According to evidence told in the…

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Methodist Sunday School Concert and Coronation Ceremony

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 5

A very enjoyable entertainment was given in the Methodist School Hall on Tuesday night last, when a number of Sunday School scholars presented…

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Keasrsley Public School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 5

The Parents and Citizens' Association, Kearsley, and the teaching staff, have been responsible for many improvements and…

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East Greta School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 6

Representations were made to-day to Mr. W.F. O'Hearn., in connecting with the supply of water for the East Greta School. It was…

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Sunday School Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 6

The annual picnic of the west Maitland Congregational Sunday School was held to-day. The church grounds presented a scene of bustle…

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Horseshoe Bend School Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 8

The following awards were made in the cooking competitions:—Iced sponge, Miss Stacker. Rainbow cake, Miss. Vitnell…

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School Column. Welcome to New Headmaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 4

We wish to take this opportunity of welcoming Mr. J. N. Peek to West Maitland. He replaces Mr. F. Ravenscroft, who has been made an…

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Girl Assaulted. Two Boys Sent to Industrial School. Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 7

In the Criminal Court Yesterday, two boys were found guilty of assault on a fourteen year-old girl. The police evidence was that one…

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Early School Football Records

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 9

Mr. Jones' request for information, contained in this column last Saturday, met with a very prompt response from Mr. G. Fry. who was…

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School Column. Religious Instruction

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 9

A fine service, tendered in a most unobstrusive manner, is given to this community in the religious instruction by visiting clergy and their…

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Tender Accepted. Alterations to Girls' High School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 9

The Department of Education has accepted the tender of Mr. M. Audet, of West Maitland, for alterations, etc., to the West Maitland Girls' High…

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Health Week. School Medical Officer's Suggestions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 1

Next week is Health Week and Dr. Harvey Sutton, principal medical officer to the Education Department, suggests that in all schools…

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Adventurous Boys Make Off with Teacher's Motor Car. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 3

A twelve-year-old boy and a brother of nine years stole their teacher's motor car at Spring Gully School yesterday, and set out for a trip to…

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Motion of Protest Teachers and Politics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 3

At the last monthly meeting of the Wingham Parents and Citizens' Association strong exception was taken to the fact that headmasters of…

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Methodist Sunday School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 October 1928 · page 4

The anniversary of the West Maitland Methodist Sunday School was celebrated by special services in the church yesterday. The church was…

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