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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1939

1,368 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 69

Sewering of Cessnock School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 8

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Education. (Mr. D. H. Drummond) that the acceptance of a tender for the…

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Kurri Presbyterian Sunday School. Anniversary Tea and Concert

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 7

Children attending the Kurri Kurri Presbyterian Sunday School were entertained in a planner after their own hearts on Monday last when they…

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School of Arts Request to Council to Take Over Main Hall. Special Meeting's Decision

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 1

AT a special general meeting of members of the School of Arts held on Monday night, it was decided to ask the Council to take over the main hall for a peiod and on terms to to be mutually agreed upon. There was an attendance of 14…

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Study Circle Figurative Language Primary School Aid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 9

Does the heading "Figurative Language" sound difficult? By the term we mean the use of words in a way different from their ordinary every day use…

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SWIMMING Fewer School Children Attend SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 3

Allegations to the effect that many children of the Singleton Intermediate High School were being discouraged from swimming at the Singleton…

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School Grounds

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 5

The question of having a function to commemorate the completion of the new extensions to the school-ground wau discussed. It was stated…

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School Children Prohibited From Attending Baths Discussion at Municipal Council

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 6

During consideration of a letter at the Municipal Council meeting last night from Singleton Amateur Swimming Club, in…

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School Cricket Primary Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 11

West Maitland, 101 (R. Humbles 60, J. Rampling 20) defeated Marist Brothers, 79 (J. Ruan 21, R. Bellamy 18) in the primary schools' cricket…

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Xmas Concert South Singleton Infants' School SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 3

Arrangements for a concert to be held in St. Luke's Hall on December 7 and a Xmas tree and picnic for the children at South Singleton Infants'…

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MUSWELLBROOK School Of Arts Problem Retaining Hall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 9

MUSWELLBROOK, Saturday. For many years the School of Arts main hall proved an unprofitable proposition for the…

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School Notes Vacation Swimming School. (Contributed.)

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 October 1939 · page 4

A Christmas vacation swimming school is being arranged for Singleton. Children, especially those from the country, should apply for…

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School Athletics Trophies Presented

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 3

At a meeting yesterday afternoon, presided over, by the headmaster of the West Maitland Junior Technical School, Mr. M. G. Hobden, trophies…

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Fell From Cycle Schoolboy Injured DUNGOG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 8

When he fell from a bicycle at Dungog to-day, Robert Copus (7), of Chapman-street, Dungog, received a nasty incised wound above the left…

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Local and General. Forbesdale Public School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 2

Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following' intimation from the Director of Education: "I refer to your personal representations…

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Sunday Schools Congregational Concern SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 9

Concern was expressed at the Congregational Union at the decline in attendances at Sunday School. Reports were presented showing that…

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Singleton District 'A Mare's Nest' Teaching Children To Swim Teacher in Reply Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 3

"His allegation is an unqualified mare's nest," said Mr. M. C. I. Levy, headmaster of Singleton Intermediate High School, referring to statements…

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Howarth Cup Primary School Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 16

The following umpires are asked to attend the West Maitland Park on Friday afternoon for the third round of the Howarth Cup:—…

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Sunday School Anniversary West End Congregational Church

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 10

Last Sunday, at the West Cessnock. Congregational Church, the Sunday School celebrated its seventeenth…

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Cycle Tracks for School Children

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 9

The recent decision of the Cessnock Municipal Council to construct cycle tracks on each side of Aberdare-road for the use of children…

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Weston School Incident Immunisation Complaint Echoes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 9

Echoes of the complaint made by the health inspector (Mr. J. G. McGllvray), that the headmaster at Weston school…

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