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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1929

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Empire Day in the Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 6

The Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) has decided that next year Empire Day shall be celebrated in schools throughout New…

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High School and Bursary Exams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 October 1929 · page 5

At the High School and Bursary exams, eleven candidates presented themselves, eight of whom were candidates for bursaries, from the…

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School Pupils. Fine Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 11

The "Kind Deeds' committee of the local public school continues to perform good work. The committee, which is elected quarterly,…

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High School Entrance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 1

Twenty-eight pupils sat for the High School and Bursary Examinations, held at the Rural School on Friday last. Of the number, six sat for the Bursary…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 4

The following new books have been added to the West Maitland School of Arts:—Moslem Jane, Norma Norimer; The Double Cross,…

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School Column Monthly Notes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 4

The notes for the school for the month of October are as follows:—A few wrecks back the 6A class, had a tuck shop. The money…

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Fine District Rural School Exhibit

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 8

The exhibit from the District Rural School comprised both an exhibit of work which had been produced at the school, and an actual working exhibit…

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Cessnock Public School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 4

The committee looking alter the soup kitchen at Cessnock Public School, Aberdare, realising the risks to the health of the children during…

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Soup at Kearsley School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 November 1929 · page 7

In reply to his personal representations regarding the distribution of soup at the Kearsley Public School, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., has now…

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Amusements. Mrs. A. W. Bates' Pupils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 6

Under the distinguished patronage of the Bishops of Maitland and of Newcastle Mrs. A, W. Bates pupils will present their seventh annual…

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Maitland High School. Historical Records. (1) Dr. John Fraser

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 9

We can trace the history of our school back to 1864 when a certain Mr. John Fraser, B.A. (later Dr. John Fraser, B.A., L.L.D., F.R.S.), opened…

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High School. the Lower Hunter Valley

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 11

It is very easy to overrate the importance of a district, and, in considering the importance of the Lower Hunter Valley, the question must be…

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History of Maitland High School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 11

A series of articles of special interest to old boys will begin in this column next week, when Mr. R. P. Whitehouse, himself an old boy, and…

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Lockers Ransacked. School Hall Burgled. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 14

Thieves, who broke into Christ Church School Hall. North Sydney, during the week-end, ransacked the lockers, and stole jewellery and other…

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Schoolboy Killed Struck by Motor Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 9

Arthur Angus [?]ton, aged 17, a schoolboy, of Waverley, was fatally injured in Oxford-street, Woollahra, on Thursday afternoon…

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A Rebate. Rates on School of Arts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 9

Cessnock Municipal Council acceded to the request of the local School of Arts for a rebate of £25 in the annual rates of the…

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High School and Bursary Exams

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 1

At the High School and bursary exams, eleven candidates presented themselves, eight of whom wore candidates for bursaries, from the…

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Bursary and High School Examinations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 8

Fourteen candidates sat for the bursary and High School entrance examination at the Denman Public School. Mesdames A. L. Day, and B…

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School Concert

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 7

The children from the Sunday Schools of All Saints' and St. Luke's Churches gave a concert in All Saints' Parish Hall, which proved…

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High School and Bursary Exam

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 3

The High School and bursary examinations took place on Friday at the Gresford centre. There were sixteen candidates, who came from…

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