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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1939

1,368 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 69

School Repairs Minister's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 5

The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, said that "extravagant charges" of neglect of the proper maintenance of schools and…

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Hit with Swing Schoolboy Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 5

Max Hamilton (10), of George-street , East Maitland, was playing in the children's recreation area on the West Maitland Park this afternoon when a…

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School of Arts Books Being Sold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 4

As advertised in thin issue, the sale of books, furniture, etc., by the West Maitland School of Arts, is now open to the general public. This will give a…

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School Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 2

Last week, the children of the District Rural School at Scone received a gracious and charming letter from the world famous Viennese soprano,…

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Our Schools "Compare Favourably with Abroad."

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 2

Mr. G. Ross-Thomas, Director of Education, on his return to Sydney last week after a trip abroad, says that after making investigations he…

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BRANXTON School of Arts Social BRANXTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 2

The entertainment committee of the Branxton School of Arts provided an excellent night's enjoyment for the large crowd of nearly 300 who…

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Kerr Cup Primary School Draw

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 6

The Kerr Cup Rugby League competition conducted by Maitland branch of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association will commence on…

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MR. R. WHITEHOUSE Maitland to Lithgow High School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 6

Mr. R. P. Whitehouse, M.A., assistant master at Maitland Boys' High-School for over eleven years., hag been transferred to Lithgow High…

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School Notes Back to Work

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 3

All departments of the school resumed to-day. Mr F. Treharne, B.A., Supervisor of Music, visited the school last week…

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Mothers' Club School Requirements SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 2

Mrs. J. Roberts presided and 14 members were present at the monthly meeting of the Mothers' Club held yesterday…

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Fatal Motor Accident on Neath Hill 13-year-old Schoolboy Victim. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 1

Echoes of the tragic motor accident which occurred recently on Neath Hill, and in which Samuel Reay, 13, of…

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Relieving Teacher

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 1

Mr. D. H. Monigal, the special relief officer of the Education Department attached to the Maitland Inspectorate, has…

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Cessnock Teachers' Club Dance

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 3

The Club will hold its first dance of the year at the Parish Hall on Wednesday next, 19th April. The dance is an…

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Kurri to Have High School Minister's Decision

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 5

The request of the Kurri Kurri Parents and Citizens' Association for third-year super-primary classes at Kurri Kurri…

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University Tutorial Classes. School of Arts Venture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 2

A public meeting will be held at the School of Arts supper room on Tuesday evening next, at 7.30 o'clock, for the purpose of considering the…

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School Children Care in War Time SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 7

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) today made an announcement regarding the organisation which is being set up for the care of school…

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New School Petition to Premier SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 2

The petition urging the Premier to make funds available for the building of a new high school in Singleton will be presented personally. The Mayor…

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Study Circle Economising in Expression Primary School Aid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 3

There are two broad ways of studying a sentence. What are they? First we think of a sentence as a whole and find out its subject and predicate (analysis). It may be composed…

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Kurri School Super-Primary Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 7

In a letter to Wr. G. Booth. M.L.A., the Minister for Education states that careful consideration was given to representations made on behalf of the…

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Pilots' School Newcastle Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 6

A committee appointed by the State Cabinet has recommended the Federal Government to spend £50,000 on providing a school for pilots engineers,…

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