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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1928

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Surfing Tragedy School Teacher Drowned at Ballina

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1928 · page 6

Miss Lila Heggarty, sewing mistress at Lismore District Rural School, and whose parents reside at Singleton, lost her life while surfing…

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Mrs. Bates' Pupils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 4

Mrs. Bates' pupils will appear at the Catholic Hall, on Tuesday, November 18. As this is the sixth annual production, little introduction…

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Schoolboy Killed. Collided with Motor Lorry. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 5

Jack Barlow, 13, was fatally injured to-day in a collision between his bicycle and a motor lorry, while on his way to school. He was…

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Education Increasing School Population

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 2

The difficulty, of, providing adequate accommodation for the rapidly increasing school population was emphasised by Mr B. C. Harkness, Assistant…

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School Teachers' Transfers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 6

The Education Department has notified the following list of transfers for teachers:— Mr. L. Hill, Sandgate to Harsfield; relieving assistants, Miss…

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Expelling Schoolboys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 9

The announcement of disciplinary "removals" from two public schools comes at an appropriate moment (writes "A Schoolmaster" in the…

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Letter to the Editor. the Schools Column

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 October 1928 · page 8

Sir,—I would like to commend the schools' column that regularly appears in the "Mercury" to all the folk having the welfare of the young…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting. Rates on Church Lands—new Sub-station—looking Tor Money—new School Site

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there were present: —Aldermen J. C. Humphries (Mayor),…

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School Examination

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 4

To-day 17,850 boys and girls competed in the examination for entrance to high school, or for bursaries tenable at secondary schools…

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Millfield School Additions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 4

Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., has been informed by Mr. Drummond, the Minister for Education, that he has given instructions for the…

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Education. Increasing School Population

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 3

The difficulty of providing adequate accommodation for the rapidly increasing school population was emphasised by Mr. E. B. Harkness, Assistant…

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Travelling Facilities for School Children

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 6

In order to meet the requirements of the large number of coalfields school children who attend the Maitland High Schools, the…

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School Column. (West Maitland Public School.) Teachers' Meeting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1928 · page 11

A well-attended meeting composed of teachers from the Maitland inspectorate assembled in the Domestic Science School, West Maitland…

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Surfing Tragedy School Teacher Drowned at Ballina

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1928 · page 12

Miss Lila Heggarty, sewing mistress at Lismore District Rural School, and whose parents reside at Singleton, lost her life while surfing…

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School Column. Presentation of Kerr Shield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1928 · page 3

On Wednesday, a very pleasing function took place at Kerr's emporium, when the Kerr shield was presented to the winning schools in…

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Bursary and High School Candidates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1928 · page 10

Seven candidates for the bursary and High School exams. sat at the Lochinvar Public School on Friday…

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The School Choir

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1928 · page 16

The recently formed School Choir made its third appearance in public last Saturday, when it was one of the contestants in the juvenile choral…

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Boys' High School Careers for Boys—the Navy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1928 · page 16

Boys wishing to become officers in the Royal Australian Navy must be of British parentage, and must be 13 years of age in the year in…

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Schoolboy Killed. Collided with Motor Lorry. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1928 · page 3

Jack Barlow, 13, was fatally injured to-day in a collision between his bicycle and a motor lorry, while on his way to school. He was…

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Civic Pride. New Subject for Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 October 1928 · page 3

The conference of the Technical Schools Association at Echuca, Victoria, considered a motion that the Education Department be asked to…

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