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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1929

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Teacher's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. Edward Alfred Conn, 47, a school teacher at Cessnock, who was spending a holiday in Sydney, died suddenly at Manly on Monday night…

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Stuck in Mud. Schoolboy Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 4

Walter George Banks, 9, of River-street, Earlwood, was drowned in Cook's River, near Earlwood, on Wednesday…

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The Boys High School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

The Under-Secretary to the Department of Education has written to Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., as follows regarding the classification of…

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Sad Fatality at Aberdeen Hay Press Falls on School-boy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

"Ruunymede," Blairmore, Aberdeen, the property of Mr. W. H. Bluford, was the scene of a tragic and sad fatality on Wednesday morning last…

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Co-op. Summer School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

The second annual Co-operative Summer School will be held at Newport, N.S.W., on January 14 to 21, 1929…

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School Teachers New Year Changes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 6

The Education Department has issued another big list of transfers for the New Year, including the following:—…

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British Schoolboys Embark on Empire Tour, London, Jan. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 13

Waterloo Station was the scene of an enthusiastic demonstration when 45 schoolboys, equipped with fishing rods, musical instruments, and a…

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School Charges

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 3

The headmaster fo the Muswllbrook Public (District Rural) School, Mr. D. Burgess, has received official notification to the effect that he has…

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LOCAL & GENERAL High School Teachers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. Davies, headmaster of the Wollongong District School, has been appointed to Hurstville. Mr. Mason, of Wollongong High School, goes to…

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Fatal Dive. Teacher Breaks His Neck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 7

Eric Simon, a teacher at the Toowong (Q.) State School, who was holidaying at Currumbin, dived into Shallow water on Monday and broke…

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School Boy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

Charles O'Brien, aged 13, of Church-street, West Maitland, sustained an incised wound to the ball of the right foot, severing an…

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Teachers' Transfers. Another Big List

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

The Department of Education has announced a number of transfers of teachers, including the following:— Mr. D. Edmunds, the Branch to…

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School Examinations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 4

At the examinations held by the Department of Education towards the end of last year, 87,702 pupils presented themselves. The first…

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Missing Schoolgirl Located at Hay

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 3

Although she denies that she is the missing schoolgirl, police are convinced that a girl located at Hay is Catherine Dyke, aged 13, whose disappearance on…

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School Examination Results

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

It was stated by the Department of Education yesterday that leaving certificate examination results will probably be available for publication on…

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Teacher Transferred

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 2

The latest list issued by the Department of Education advises the transfer of Miss L. Ward from Bexhill to Singleton Infants…

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Teachers' Examinations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 6

In view of the alteration in the school vacations, the department has decided that the teachers' examinations shall begin this year during…

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School Examination Results

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

It was stated by the Department of Education on Tuesday that leaving certificate examination results will probably be available for publication on…

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Singular Coincidence. How Three Schoolmates Became Ministers of the Crown

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

Fifty-six years ago or thereabouts, Carruthers, Waddell, and Moore first met as boys at Metcalf's High School Goulburn…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

A meeting of the School of Arts committee decided to co-operate with t eh soldiers' memorial committee in the erection of a memorial institution…

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