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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1929

1,379 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 69

Schools' Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 2

The Sydney branch of the P.S.A.A.A. will take a team to South Maitland coalfield to-morrow, to play a Kurri Kurri and Weston…

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Girls' High School. Annual Field Day. Additional Results

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

As a result of the athletic contests at the annual field day of the Maitland Girls' High School, the Class Shield, awarded to the class gaining…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

The following books have been added to the library of the West Maitland School of Arts:—Kenya Dawn, Nora K. Strange; The Far…

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Dungog School of Arts Committee Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the above was held on Monday night, there being present Messrs. R. L. Fitzgerald (President). E. A…

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School Sport

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

A party of boys and girls from the Bulladelah public school journeyed to Stroud on Saturday the 13th inst. to return games of football and…

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School of Arts Ball Getting Ready

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 2

Mrs. J. K. Mackay, organiser of the School of Arts Ball called together those interested in the project. There was a very pleasing…

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Raising School Age New English Legislation. London

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 8

The Minister for Education announced in the House of Commons that legislation would be brought down, raising life school age to 15, from April…

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Larrikins Attack Schoolboys Police Outdistanced

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

A party of larrikins who visited the Redfern Oval on Wednesday afternoon made a concerted attack upon schoolboy footballers from the…

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Arbor Day West End Infants' School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

Arbor Day wax celebrated at the West Cessnock Infants School yesterday. Trees wore planted by the pupils under Hie direction of…

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Rhodes Scholars. Reception at Westminster. by Dominions' Secretary. London, July 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 13

Westminister Hall presented a most animated scene this afternoon, when Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Dominions, and Mrs…

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School Games

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 7

St Paul's met St. Mary's on the Maitland Park this afternoon, and at half-time there were no score…

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School Age. Action in Britain. to Be Raised to Fifteen London, July 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 3

The Minister for Education, Sir C. P. Trevelyan, announced in the House of Commons that the Government had carefully considered the most suitable…

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Boys' High School Democracy in the School. 3.—The Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 3

As the prefect system is designed to stimulate and direct qualities of leadership, and an the library develops the bread outlook, promotes a…

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Boys' High School Self-government in the School. the LIBRARY.—(Continued.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 11

With the organisation of the library we are more concerned, for this is another instance of the ways in which boys are being trained in…

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Two-up School. Raided by Police at Adamstown. Scouts Eluded. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

Complaints, received by the police, of men playing two-up on the rifle range at Adamstowon, led to a raid yesterday morning. Eleven men…

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Students' Rag at Hobart Teachers' College

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 14

Students at the Hobart Teachers College indulged in a "rag" on 10th inst., at the expense of first-year pupils, who are not likely to…

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Education Board. Teachers in Opposition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 16

Opposition to the proposed board to control education in New South Wales was expressed at a meeting of the Teachers' Federation on…

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Soup Kitchens. for Cessnock Schools Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 16

As the result of an agitation by Cessnock Relief Committee, local Parents and Citizens Associations have agreed to take stops to set up…

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School of Arts. Meeting at Lochinvar

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 7

The report read at the 23rd annual meeting of the Lochinvar School of Arts revealed the finances of the institution to be in a sound condition…

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Retiring. Two School Inspectors. New Appointment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1929 · page 9

Two metropolitan inspectors, Mr. W. E. James, M.A., of Mosman district, and Mr. F. J. Lynch, M.A., of Burwood district, will retire next month from…

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