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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1930

1,030 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 52

Boys' High School. Sport As a Prime Factor in Education. (A. S. Madew, B.A., Sportsmaster)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1930 · page 4

Waterloo may or may not have been won on the playing fields of Eton, but it is on the playing fields of to-day that the education of youth…

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Branxton School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 June 1930 · page 6

The late Mr. R. C. Mackenzie being a trustee of Branxton School of Arts, the committee, and the monthly meeting, carried a motion of…

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E[?] Greta School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 4

A deputation from the recently-formed Parents and Citizens' Association walled on Mr. O'Hoarn, M.L.A., in connection with the…

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Boxing. Contest at School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 4

Local boxing fans will be interested to learn that a boxing contest is to be staged in the School of Arts Hall West Maitland on Friday night when…

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School Children Snub the "Sax"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 2

With a wane in the popularity of saxophones, directors of music in American public schools report that youngsters are turning from that…

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Alison Teacher's Residence

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 1

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been informed as follows by the Director of Education:— "I have had under consideration…

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School of Arts Cup

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 4

At the termination of the Charity Cup competition, the Cessnock Rughy League Has decided to play a knockout competition in aid of the School…

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Teachers' Appointments and Tranfers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 4

Included in the latest list of school teachers' transfers and appointments issued by the Department of Education, are the following: Teachers…

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Shelter for Sufferers. Town Hall and Schools Available

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 5

The Mayor of West Maitland (Alderman R.L. Pender) made the Town Hall available for people who have been forced to leave their homes…

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School Children Snub the "Sax."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 4

With a wane in the popularity of saxophones, directors of music in American public schools report that youngsters are turning from that…

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Parents and Citizens' Association. Debating Society's Funds. to Be Presented to School. Visitors From Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 3

A meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night, but owing to the wet weather there was only a small attendance. Rev. C. Stretch presided, and…

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The Schools. Study of European History

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 3

Many teachers of history in the High and secondary schools are uncertain as to the period of European history to he studied for this year's…

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Rural and High Schools. Higher Standard Probable

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 3

During his visit to Albury, the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) said that one of the principal worries of the Education…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 4

The following new books have been added to the library of the West Maitland School of Arts:—Mistral, Max Brand; Rice, Louise Jordan…

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School Not Closed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 4

The Public School in Elgin and Church streets has been used for a few refugees, but instruction is going on as usual. Rumours are current…

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Schoolboys' Opportunity Christmas Vacation Tour. to Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 8

The Young Australia League is launching a proposal for a party of 150 boys, drawn from the City and Country districts in New South Wales…

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School Leaving Age

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 5

Estimating there were 15,000 boys and girls working in Victoria who were under 16 years of age, Rev. Horton H. Williams, secretary of the Methodist…

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Chemicals Explode. Schoolboy Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 3

When chemicals he was experimenting with exploded, Lloyd Horsfall, 13½, a St. Peter's College student, was critically injured in the…

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St. Ethel's School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 2

The public school at St. Ethel's is still a sorry sight to-day, although the water is now out of the buildings, the main rooms having bad about…

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Schoolmaster Retires

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 June 1930 · page 4

Mr, J. J. Kelly, headmaster of the Vaucluse Public School, will retire early next month, after having been 52 years in the service of the…

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