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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1929

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Empire Tour. English Schoolboys Arrive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 3

Arising out of a sUggestion by the Secretary for the Dominions, that facilities should be glven to young Englishmen to visit distant portions…

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Teachers' Transfers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 4

Included in a list of teachers transfers issued by the Department of Education, are the following:— Teachers: Mr. G. Akhurst,…

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Seaham School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 7

The extension to the Seaham School of Arts is nearing completion, and will be officially opened on April 18. The hall will have twenty-five…

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Teacher Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 7

Mr. R. M. Fry, instructor in horticulture, at the Muswellbrook Rural School, has been transferred to Richmond, and having proved…

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Mullet Schools

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 2

The huge schools of sea mullet which are on the move at this time of the year to spawn, are now on the move and large catches are reported from Nelsons Bay and…

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School Holidays

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 4

"A number of petitions, alleged from school children, are being received in respect of the alteration of the school holidays" said Mr. Drummond (Minister for…

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Some Genuine Schoolboy Howlers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 4

The emu is a big bird. It lays a big egg. If you cat an emu egg for breakfast it will tire you out. The boy put benzine on the fire. The…

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Rates As Subsidy. School of Arts Request. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 4

Kurri School of Arts committee last night applied to Kearsley Shire Council to subsidise the institution to the extent of rates due to the council, a sum…

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The Schools Technical and Domestic Science. Monthly News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 3

The school commenced the year well. The total enrolment at the end of March was 1217. Of this number 462 are in secondary…

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Pindimar Public School Provision of Bridge Over Creek

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 1

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been informed as follows:—I have had under consideration your personal representations on…

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School Wanted at Walcha Kurri Unemployed Request

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 5

Acting on the request of member of the Kurri Kurri men who are employed on the road work at Walcha-road, Mr. Booth, M.L.A., has…

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Homeville School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 6

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has again brought under the notice of the Minister of Education, Mr. Drummond, the urgent necessity for…

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Boys' High School the High School Course. Mechanics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 5

The study of mechanics commences in the fourth year of the High School course, and, in most schools, is considered an alternative…

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School News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 5

The editor wishes to announce that the first issue of the "Magpie" 10. 1929, will be published during thl month. Old boys who wish to…

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Boys' High School School Course. Arithmetic

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 11

The arithmetic course in our High Schools is spread over a period of three years—until the intermediate examination is passed—and…

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Teacher Transferred

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 1

Mr. R. M. Fry, instructor in horticulture, at the Muswellbrook Rural School, has been transferred to Richmond, and, having proved…

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Lost in the Bush. Missing Teacher Returns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 16

After having been lost in the bush [?]n Mt. Buffalo (Vic.) for 41 hours, Miss Donbavand, an English school teacher, was found on Monday…

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Seaham School of Arts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 8

The extension to the Seaham School or Arts is nearing completion, and will be officially opened on April 18. The hall will have twenty-five…

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Empire Tour. English Schoolboys Arrive

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 16

Arising out of a suggestion by the Secretary for the Dominions, that facilities should be given to young Englishmen to visit distant portions…

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English Schoolboys. Coming to Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 9

Forty-four English schoolboys, who represent the great English Public schools, and have spent several weeks touring New Zealand, left for…

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