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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1938

1,241 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 63

Schools Display Large Crowd Expected the Rehearsals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 4

The following conversation was overheard at the local picture show early this week:— "Are you going to the school…

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Record School Entries

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

Over 900 entries were sent in by the schools. The judges were faced with a mighty task in selecting the best of the exhibits. The…

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School Concert. Bright Entertainment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

Although organised within a fortnight, the concert given by the Convent School at the School of Arts on Tuesday evening was regarded as a…

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The Day! District Schools Display Enthusiasm Grows

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 6

Time is fleeting. The day is approaching. Enthusiasm is increasing. Precision in physical movement is improving wonderfully…

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School Notes. My Holiday to Fiji

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

I left Sydney on Thursday, 25th November. The Heads were very pretty; we saw land for a few hours and ocean, ocean until we rounded…

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?Aunt Mary's Baking Powder Cooking Competition Proceeds to Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

Mrs. R. Davidson, representing Tillock and Co., manufacturers of Aunt Mary's Baking Powder, is in Scone to make arrangements for one of…

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Local and General News Repairs to Be Effected to Ceiling at School

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

Mr Malcolm Brown, M.L.A., has been advised by the officer-in-charge of the building branch of the Department of Education that the…

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Official Opening of New High School Fete and Dance to Be Held

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 3

Cessnock High School Parents and Citizens' Association met on Wednesday night to consider the recommendations…

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Motor Collision School Teacher Injured SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 2

Ronald Frankham, 24, of Melbourne-street, Aberdare, a school teacher at Lemington, near Singleton, suffered a fractured left collarbone, when a…

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HOMEVILLE School Mothers' Club Annual Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Homeville Mothers' Club was held at the school yesterday afternoon. To comply with the request of the…

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New High School Opening at Cessnock CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 4

An Invitation has been extended to the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) to open the new Cessnock High School on May 4…

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Sudden Death Cessnock School Teacher CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

The death occurred suddenly on Saturday night, at the age of 46, of Mr. L. V. Hall, who had been English master at Cessnock High School for…

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Schools Display Only Two Days To Go Final Rehearsal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

Only two days to go! The display will be a thing of the past by Wednesday evening, but it will live in the memories of the…

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School Soccer Coalfields Competition UNDER 14 Games Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 7

At a meeting of the Cessnock Caledonia Soccer Club last night it was stated that seven teams had been entered from the schools in the…

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Singleton District PARENTS-CITIZENS The Singleton School Monthly Meeting Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

Mr. J. W. B. Waterhouse presided, and Mesdames T. Shand, Moore, W. Walker, Atkinson, W. A. Low, H. Winsor, J. Roberts, Roach, and K…

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Schools' Display Everything is Ready Day of Days

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 6

What does the word "Display" spell? Delightful, Instructive, Satisfying, Patriotic, Lively, Arresting, Youthful. Yes, the display…

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The Late Mr. L. V. Hall, M.a. a High School Student's Tribute

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 2

It is with a feeling of greatest regret that I say farewell to the late Mr. L. V. Hall, my English master. His sad passing has…

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Winter School Hawkesbury College Dates Chosen Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 1

The Minister for Mines, Forests and Agriculture,. Mr. Vincent, stated to-day that it was proposed to hold the annual winter…

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BERESFIELD Switching-on of Light at Public School Beresfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 2

Another step in the progress of Beresfield Public School was marked by the installation of the electric light recently. The ceremony of switching…

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1800 CHILDREN Anniversary Display District Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 7

The schools of the Maitland district to-day played their part in. the celebration of Australia's 150th anniversary…

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