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Schools, 1936

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Old School History in Outline Superior Public

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1936 · page 5

Sixty-two years ago the then Colonial Secretary, the late Sir Henry Parkes, one of the Commonwealth's greatest advocates of…

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School Notes Junior Technical Roman Education

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1936 · page 4

Roman education was vastly different from that of Greece. Dr. P. R. Cole states, "among the Romans there was little evidence…

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School Cricket Umpire Appointments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1936 · page 9

The following umpires have been appointed for the Primary Schools competition matches on Friday, 25th inst: Homeville v. Marist Bros., St…

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Sport Results Boys' High School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1936 · page 9

The finals of the Junior and senior tennis championships, conducted by the Maitland Boys' High School, were played westerday afternoon. The final…

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Won Shield E.M. Sunday School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1936 · page 10

Rev. A. G. A. Taylor, former pastor of the West Maitland and East Maitland Congregational churches, was in touch by phone this afternoon with…

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Aberdeen Section Parents and Citizens' Association. Piano Bought for School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 5

A general meeting of the Aberdeen Parents and Citizens' Association was held in the school on Monday night. There was a good attendance, and the…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 10

The new supper room and adjoining rooms are now complete and the fittings being assembled ready for the opening next Monday evening…

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Schoolboy Howlers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 8

The chief animals of Australia are the kangaroo, the larkspur, the boomeragn and the peccadillo. The use of copper is to boil clothes…

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School Notes Accident to School Pupil

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 2

Neville Jones, sixth class, met with a painful accident on Tuesday whilst playing in the grounds during lunch hour. Neville, wrestling with…

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Local and General News Intermediate High School Affairs

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 6

Mr Malcolm Brown, M.L.A., has just received the following letter from the Acting Minister for Education:—"In response to your further personal…

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Catholic Schools Safety of Religion Value to State Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1936 · page 1

Speaking at the annual conference of the Australasian Holy Catholic Guild to-day, Monsignor King said that Catholic schools, maintained at…

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Infants' School Euchre Party and Frolic Horseshoe Bend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1936 · page 6

A euchre party and frolic held in St. Paul's Parish Hall in aid of the Horseshoe Bend Infants' School, proved successful. Mr…

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Teachers' Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 September 1936 · page 7

The Teachers' Federation bus decided to erect a club house in Philip-street, Sydney, at a cost of about £50,000. It is stated that the…

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Trouble in Reformatory School Mistress Bound and Gagged. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) PARIS

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 September 1936 · page 1

While "the mistress was escorting girls, whose ages ranged from 14 to 18 years, to the dormitory at a reformatory school at Boulogne, they bound and…

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Plane Crashes at Bradley's Head Schoolchildren Have Narrow Escape

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 September 1936 · page 2

Pilot James Corlett and a large number of school children had harrow escapes from serious injury when a Moth plane crashed in Rawson Park,…

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Maintenance of Catholic Schools "Bulwark for Safety of Religion."

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 September 1936 · page 1

Speaking at the annual conference of the Australasian Holy Catholic Guild in Sydney on Saturday, Monsignor King said that Catholic schools, maintained…

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Music Week Opens. Special Services at Churches. School Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 September 1936 · page 2

Music Week was opened on Sunday evening, when special services were held at St. Alban's Church, St. John's Church, and the…

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Hit by Truck Schoolboy Killed BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 September 1936 · page 6

Arthur Bruce Wilson, 7, was killed instantly at Hawthorne when he was struck by a motor truck. He left the school grounds to go to a nearby park,…

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Vacy Public School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1936 · page 2

In response to his personal representations on behalf of the Vacy Agricultural Bureau, the Hon Secretary, of which is Mr. G. A. Horn, relative…

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Inter-Schools' Carnival. at Willow Tree

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1936 · page 2

Willow Tree District Schools' Association held its fifth annual athletic meeting at Willow Tree sports ground on Saturday, in the presence of a…

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