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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1931

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New School Minister to Decide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Minister for Education, Mr. Davies, in reply to a letter that was sent to him by the…

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Paterson School Prizes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 12

The annual distribution of prizes of the public school, Paterson, was held in the School of Arts. Mr. C. O'Connor had arranged a…

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School Examination

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 12

At the primary final examination passes were gained by Sylvester Hoffman and Victor Bendelch. The Bursary results have yet to be finalised…

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Mother of Murdered School Girl Screams in the Coroners Court Pathetic Scene Story at Inquest McMAHON for Trial Melbourne, Tues

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 4

The inquest concerning the death of Mena Griffiths, the 12-year-old school girl, whoso outraged and…

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Women Teachers Sixty Dismissed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

More than sixty married women teachers received their dismissal nations during the week-end, in accordance with the decision of the…

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Married Women Teachers Many Dismissals at Week-end

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

More than sixty married women teachers received their dismissal notices during the week-end, in accordance with the decision of the…

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School Transfers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. Fry, formerly of the Muswellbrook Rural School staff, has received notice of his transfer to Griffiths, in the Murrumbidgee irrigation area. Mr…

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St. Alban's Sunday. School Annual Prize-Giving

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

The annual prize-giving at St. Alban's Sunday School took place in the school room. There was a good attendance of parents and friends. The…

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The Pre-school Child Advice for Parents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 4

"Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a child's education begins a hundred years before he is born. Certainly it begins long before he enters school…

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School of Mullet at Tweed Heads Attacked .By Porpoises. Fishermen Get Fine Haul

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 1

Visitors to Kirra Beach this week witnessed an interesting sight, when five large porpoises were seen off the beach, apparently shepherding a big…

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Primary Final Pupils' English

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 7

According to one of the examiners, the composition in the English paper of the primary final examination showed sound teaching of principles…

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The Schools Intermediate Exam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 7

The examination results published this week indieative of the growing extent to which a pass at he "Intermediate" is sought by pupils of…

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State Schools—saluting the Flag

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

The Minister for Education (Mr. Davies) has issued a minute to the effect that in future the saluting of the flag on Monday morning in the…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the School of Arts committee was held at the institution on Monday night, when there were present:—Messrs. A. V…

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New Year's Eve Dance. Merriwa School of Arts Benefit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

The annual euchre party and dance, held at the School of Arts in aid of the institution on New Year's Eve, proved highly successful. The…

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Sunday School Prize Distributions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

There was a large attendance on the occasion of the annual prize-distribution in connection with Holy Trinity Sunday School of the pupils…

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Women's Section. Helpful Hints for Housewives the Pre-school Child. [No. 2.] (Notes from Muswellbrook Health Centre)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 8

(Continuing her article for parents on the subject of the "Pre-School Child," the Assistant-Director of Maternal and Baby Welfare (Dr. Sandford Morgan)…

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High School Snobbery

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

Snobbishness is a trait which, should be rigorously suppressed, particularly when it manifests itself amongst the public educational institutions of the…

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Schoolboy Drowned Body Found in Four Feet of Water

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

A schoolboy, William Norman Rynun, aged 12 years, of Mimosa-road, Banks town, whilst bathing with, his, brother, Harold Rynan, aged 14 years, and other…

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The Pre-school Child Advise for Parents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 8

Continuing her article for parents on the subject of the "Pre-School Child," the Assistant Director of Maternal and Baby Welfare (Dr…

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