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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1930

1,030 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 52

Forty Dead Cholera at Mission School Writhed in Agony Calcutta, Dec. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 1

Forty one boys of the London Mission Barding-house at Erode in Coimbatere, South India, are dead, and 45 are precariously ill,…

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Country Teachers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 6

The Minister for Education (Mr. Davies) stated that, where the only excursion train from any country centre runs during…

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School Work Technical and Domestic Science Interesting Exhibition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 7

An exhibition of school work by pupils of tho Junior Technical, Commercial and Domestic Science Sohools, was opened by the Mayor of West…

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P. and C. Meeting School Concert Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 4

A special meeting of the E.M.P. and C. Assn was held at the public School on Thursday evening last to consider matters in connection with…

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School Picnic At Miller's. Forest Happy Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 4

The annual picnic of the Miller's Forest Public School, one of the Chief events of the year, and cagerly looked forward to by both young and…

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ScHOOL CRICKET

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 8

Martindale V. Muswallbrook at Martindale—First innings 32 (J. Lewis 11). Second innings,'19 (J.lewis 6). Muswellcrook, first…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 4

The committee held its usual monthly meeting on Tuesday. Arrangements were made for some miner imporvements, and holding the…

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For First Time Combined Schools Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 8

For the first time in the history of the primary schools of Maitland a combined sports meeting will be held on Friday next, on the Show…

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Convent High School Entertainment

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 2

The annual entertainment by pupils of the Convent High School, Singleton, will be given in the hall of the Mechanics' Intitute to-morrow…

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Speech Night Cessnock High School Young People's Evening Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 6

The evening eagerly awaited by the pupils of Cessnock Intermediate High School, the annual speech night, took place at…

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Bathing Tragedy Teacher and Pupil Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 5

While pupils of the Komako school, 26 miles from Palmerston North (N.Z.), were bathinh in a river a nine-year-old boy., vernon…

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Happy Festival East Maitland Congregational Sunday School Prizes Presented

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 4

The 14th anniversary of the East Maitland Congregational Sunday School, celebrated on Sunday hit proved the most successful yet held,…

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Convent High School Annual Entertainment by Pupils

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 6

Delightful music and song, bright dialogue, attractive displays and charming sketches, with beautiful and picturesque costumes, combined to make the annual entertainment by pupils of the Convent of Mercy High School an unqualified success. It was held last…

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Public Schools Primary Final Examination Successful Pupils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 4

The following boys have passed the primary final examination, held on November 4 last, qualifying them for admission to a super-primary…

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Teachers' Conference

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 1

Messrs. T. Sloanc (Muswellbrook District Rural School) and P. Forsyth (Rumbo Public School) will represent the Muswellbrook branch at the…

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School Holidays

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 1

Schools will close on Thursday next for the Christmas vacation…

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Has Democracy Failed? Forcible Speech by Schoolmaster

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 6

At the annual prize-giving of, Scots College, at the Presbyterian Assembly Hall, the principal (Mr. J. Bee, M.A. B.Sc.) uttered an indictment, of…

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School For Flight Springs. Government Accedes to Request

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 8

After repeated requests, the residents of the Flight Springs district have at last been successful in their endeavours to obtain a provisional…

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Convent School Picnic

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 5

On Saturday last the Convent School children held their annual picnic at Abbott's Ford. The spot and the day were ideal for picnicking, and…

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School of Arts

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 2

The condition of the School of Arts through the ravages of the pestilent white ant is causing the committee a deal of concern. Some of the blocks…

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