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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1928

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Boys' High School a Busy Term

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 14

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

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Methodist Church Sunday School Anniversary. Excellent Programme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 16

There was an excellent attendance at the anniversary concert held in the Methodist Memorial Hall on Monday. The hall was packed to…

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School Column. Welcome to New Headmaster

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 11

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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Teachers Award Question in Assembly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Connell questioned Mr. Drummond Minister for Education, regarding the expiration of the Teachers Award…

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Motion of Protest Teachers and Politics

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 13

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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Health and Baby Welfare Week, 1928. Health of the Child at School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 6

"Every child has the right to have a well-trained healthy body as well as a well-trained mind," says Dr. Harvey Sutton, Principal Medical…

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Wage Claims Teachers' Federation. Dissatisfied with Conciliation Committee. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 5

Considerable dissatisfaction is said to exist among members of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation, because of the slow way in which…

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School Holidays

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 5

The impression seems to be held by many that the alteration in school holidays was decided upon by the Minister for Education without due…

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St. Mary's Sunday School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 October 1928 · page 4

Services in commemoration of the anniversary of St. Mary's Sunday School were held in St. Mary's Church yesterday, and all were well…

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Double Drowning Fatality. School Teacher's Sacrifice. Muswellbrook Family Bereaved

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 7

The report of a school teacher's sacrifice, which cost him his life, comes from Taree. Mr. Charles Evenden (45), a school…

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Methodist Church East Maitland Sunday School. Anniversary Celebration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 6

The East Maitland Methodist Sunday School Anniversary was held last Sunday. The preacher was the Rev. E. H. Rickard of Waratah. There…

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Sunday School Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 6
Also in Singleton Argus

The annual picnic of All Saints Sunday School was held on Saturday, when some 150 children had a most enjoyable day's outing. The picnic…

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St. Ethel's School Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 4

The annual fair, conducted by the St. Ethel's Parents and Citizens' Association, will be held in the Catholic Hall grounds, High-street, on Friday,…

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Thefts at School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 5

A stranger who called at the infants' department of the North Sydney Public School was so well dressed, so affable, and so nicely…

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Schools' Spelling Contest Kearsley Defeats Teralba

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 5

The respective fifth grades of pupils of the Kearsley and Teralba public schools fought out a well-contested spelling bout last Friday…

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Conveyance for Kurri Kurri School Children

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 5

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., interviewed Mr. D. H. Drummond, Minister for Education, on behalf of the Parents and Citizens'…

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Transfers of School Teachers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 October 1928 · page 4

The following public school teachers have received notices of transfer:—Assistants, etc.: Mr. H. Lee, West Maitland to Plattsburg; Mr. H…

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School Teacher Retiring

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 October 1928 · page 4

Mr. F. G. Grainger, who has been in the teaching service of the Education Department for 45 years, will enter upon nine months' leave next…

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A Record Entry. School Examinations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1928 · page 7

To-morrow, 52,000 boys and girls will be examined in Public schools throughout the State for the "Permit to Enrol." Of these 21,000 will…

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