Girl with a Voice Gladys Moncrieff's Start During School Days
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 December 1939 · page 4
When she returned recently from New Zealand, Gladys Moncrieff, beloved Australian singer, announced that she had retired from the stage and would concentrate on radio and concert work. Although probably no other living Australian artist has received so much…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 December 1939 · page 2
The following additional pupils will enter on first year work at the Rural School:—Fay Meadows, Ellen Roberts,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the High School District Passes
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1939 · page 3
The names of pupils who during the year have completed the sixth-class primary work and have become eligible for a secondary course have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Entrance to Maitland Boys' High School
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1939 · page 3
The following boys have qualified to be enrolled at Maitland Boys' High School, and should present themselves for enrolment on, or immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Exams Criticism of New System Fears Expressed Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 1
Rev. Brother Louis, of St. Joseph's College, Hunter's, Hill, said to-day that the first years of the new examination system will mean periods of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hobbies Display Exhibition at School Boys' Work
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 7
The cleverness of boys in making useful models was displayed at the Maitland Boys' High School, when the Hobbits Club held its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →School Cricket Selecting Team to Meet Newcastle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 2
The following boys are requested to report to Mr. A. Pout on West Maitland Park at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 6, for cricket practice and final…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 10
A good crowd attended the weekly dance in the School of Arts. Mr. S. Adamson made a capable M.C. Delightful music was supplied by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Singleton Parents and Citizens' Association Up-to-date Library and Good Pictures Wanted for New School
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 December 1939 · page 3
The monthly meeting of the Singleton Parents and Citizens' Association was held on Monday night at the Intermediate High School, York Street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →History of R.A.A.F. Started With Four Pupils and Box Kite Strenuous Work Ahead
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 24
It is not without significance that the Australian wedge-tailed eagle has been adopted as the central device of the Royal Australian Air Force emblem to-day. The force has grown from fledgling beginning to aquiline strength…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 20
En Avant! En Avant! En Avant! We'll carry this motto along. On the red fields of Flanders, on Palestine hills…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 24
Methods by which aero clubs and flying training schools throughout Australia could be used for the preliminary training…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 24
Nearly seventy years have elapsed since the traditions of Catholic secondary education were founded in Maitland at the Sacred Heart College—"the old college," as the ex-students call it with wistful reverence—on Campbell's Hill. In the new school…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 20
A. HORADAM…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 14
The history of West Maitland Public School dates back from the year 1872, when the school was applied for. A formal application was made to the Council of Education on June 4 of that year, and it was signed on behalf of the local committee…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 3
Mr. H. Pollack was welcomed as n new member of the committee of Singleton and District Patriotic and War Fund at a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Proud Record Maitland Girls' High School Important Development
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 17
The story of the Maitland Girls' High School is written across a period of 56 years, and, although much that is given below may not be new to some of our readers, the recital of it will surely bring a glow of pride to the Maitlanders of yesteryear…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 10
The following umpires are asked to officiate at the interdistrict schools' matches on Saturday next, 9th last.— Secondary schools, on Association…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Premier's Reply to Teachers Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 9
The Premier (Mr. A. Mair) said that he had instructed the Under Secretary of the Department to reply to the request of the Teachers'…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Catholic Ball Scaham School Of Arts a Large Crowd
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1939 · page 5
The Catholic Ball held In the Seaham School of Aris, was largely attended, visitors being present from all surrounding districts, and…
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