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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1937

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School Vacation Change Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 5

The Minister for Education, Mr, D, H, Drummond, announced to- day that owing to the coronation falling during the autumn school vacation, he…

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Convent School Passes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 2

Five pupils of St. Joseph's Convent School, Dungog, sat for the bursary and prize examination held towards the close of the 1936 school year in…

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Bursary Awards Successful Candidates in Northern Schools

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 2

Subject to the fulfilment of the prescribed conditions the Bursary Endowment Board has awarded a number of bursaries admitting pupils to…

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Bursaries. Muswellbrook Scholars

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

Two pupils of the Muowellbrook District Rural School, John Edward Beer and Thelma Hellier have been awarded bursaries, tenable at Maitland…

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Likely Jumper Spearbine Schooled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 9

Thirteen jumpers turned out for Schooling practice at Rand wick yesterday morning one of the best exhibitions being given by Spearbine, who…

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High School Needs Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

At a meeting of Cessnock Municipal Council last night Alderman Brown and Lovett were selected to meet Mr. E. S. Spooner on a deputation in…

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Support for New School Appeals Chamber of Commerce to Co-operate

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 2

Support for the Singleton Parents & Citizens' Association in the endeavour to have a new Inter. High School building erected as…

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School Examinations Competitive Feature Deplored Teacher's Critical View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 6

Expressing the view that the present school examination system needs reforming, and voicing a plea for simpler examinations without the competitive factor, Mr. G. A. Cantello, of the Education Department, addressed the annual…

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'Bus Accident Teacher Killed SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 2

Li[?] Downer a school teacher was killed when the bus in which she was returning from Rook wood Cometory got out of control in Went[?]…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 29th. JANUARY, 1987. District Rural School. Request for Languages Course Refused by Department

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

The majority of parents of children attending the District Rural School will be disappointed to learn that their request for the inclusion of a foreign…

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Gosforth School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 7

Mr. A. Howarth, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. D. H. Drummond, Minister for Education: "I refer to your personal…

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School Vacation Altered

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) announced on Friday that as the Coronation will fall during the autumn school vacation, he has…

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Canberra Grammar School

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

The Canberra Grammar School is the first public school in the English sense of the term, to be established in the Federal Capital Territory of…

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Local and General News Painting and Repairs to Oak Park School

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 6

Mr. Malcolm Brown, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Education that, in response to his personal representations relative to the need…

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Insufficiency of Accommodation Cessnock High School Problem

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

The inadequacy of the accommodation provided for students in the new High School building formed the subject of…

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RECITAL Miss' Hunter's Pupils Mechanics' Institute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 5

A very happy function took place at the Mechanics' institute East Maitland, when the talented pupils of Miss Eunice Hunter presented a well-varied…

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Social Life in Sydney Turning Out Miss 1937—Suitably Caparisoned—Floodlit Grounds for Garden Party—Country Families Married—Enjoying Bondi after Brisbane—School Holidays in a Motor Car—A Popular Engagement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 5

Although the holiday recess is not yet over, the wardrobe of the Modern miss and her, brother requires so much attending to that many mothers have…

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GRETA School Successes GRETA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 8

Masters Jack Proudfoot and Frank Holland, who recently passed the Leaving examination, are receiving congratulations, are receiving…

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Train Hits Tram Schoolboy Injured SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 6

A train engine drawing a number of empty coal trucks collided with a tram at Beauchamp-road intersection, Botany…

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Schools Closed Paralysis Epidemic Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 6

Owing to the Infantile paralysis epidemic, only one New Zealand school reopened to-day, the customary resumption date after tho holidays. It is…

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