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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1942

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Home from N.E.S. School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 8

Ald. C. E. Wall, our Chief Warden, went back to school for a few weeks recently, when he attended a course of lectures on A.R.P. in Sydney…

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Hinton School

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Howarth, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Education that repairs to the Hinton school residence and…

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Application for Exemption for Country Teachers Position As Bad in City As Country

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 1

The man-power authorities had been asked by the State Government to release teachers from small schools in the country from…

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Holiday for Schools

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 3

His Royal Highness, the Duke of York, before departing from Sydney, expressed the hope that every school in N.S.W. may be given an extra…

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Primary Schools Competition

Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 April 1942 · page 5

The Primary Schools football Competition conducted by the Maitland branch of the Public Schools Amateur Arthle[?]…

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National Emergency Services School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 2

Mr. Howard Pascoe, Overseer to Wallarobba Shire road staff, hasgone to Newcastle to attend a training school under the auspices pf N.E.S…

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Schoolgirl Injured

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 2

When she fell from the end of the verandall at her home about 7.45 this morning, Gwen Curtis, 13, of Rochleigh-street,…

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Secondary Schools’ Football Competition Opening

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 3

Four schools will be represented in the secondary schools’ football competition this year— West Maitland Junior Technical,…

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Kurri Public School Swimming—super-primary Girls

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 4

During the summer months weekly swimming classes were held at Cessnock baths, an average of 80 girls under there teachers attending. Two…

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“Exploiting Parents” Some Private Schools

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Wednesday. — The Minister for Education, Mr. Evatt, said in the Legislative Assembly to-day fie had evidence…

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Anzac Day in Schools

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

The Education Department announces that, if headmasters wish Anzac Day may be commemorated in schools on Friday…

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Camp for Schoolgirls National Fitness Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 2

An Ideal way to spend holidays during the May vacation will be a national fitness camp for schoolgirls between the ages,…

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Lochinvar School of Arts Successful Dance

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 2

The annual dance and euchre, in aid of the Lochinvar School of Arts, held last night was the most successful function held for…

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School Exam Dates

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Leaving Certificate examination this year will begin on November 17, and the intermediate on…

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Primary School Football St. Ethel’s Remains Unbeaten

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 6

The second series of the Rugby League competition conducted by the P.S.A.A.A. was played on the West Maitland Park last Friday…

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After School Session for "Turned Out Nice Again"

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 2

An after school session will be screened of George Formby's latest film, "Turned Out Nice Again," screening at the Strand on Tuesday,…

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"One Teacher" Schools Teachers Released From Military Duties. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Education, Mr. Evntt, said in the Legislative Assembly to-day that the manpower authorities had agreed that those school…

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One Teacher Schools Release From Call-Up

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday—The Minister for Education. Mr. Evatt, said in the Legislative Assembly today that manpower authorities…

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Fifth Columnists Busy on North Coast Says Copf's Harbour School Principal

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 2

Mr. R. F. Hodge, Principal of Coff's Harbour High School, writes as follows in Coff's Harbour "Advocate": "The wave of panic, almost of…

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