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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1942

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Catholic Schools Re-opening

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

The Catholic schools of the diocese of West Maitland will reopen after the mid-summer vacation on Tuesday next, February…

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Wallalong School

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 5

The Minister for Education, Mr. Clive Evatt, has advised Mr. Arthur Howarth, M.L.A., that he has authorised the work of…

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Reopening Deferred Schools In Danger Zone

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Thursday. —The Premier, Mr Mc[?]ll announced last evening that the reopening of all State Schools in the…

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C. of E. Schools To. Move

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 8

SYDNEY Thursday. —The Diocesan Registrar, Archdeacon Johns[?] stated last night that plans had been completed for…

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Schoolboy Vandals Fittings In Carriages Destroyed

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 4

The replacement of fitting[?] wilfully damaged by vandai[?] (many of the boys of school age) on trains running between[?]…

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Dominican School

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 5

It is announced that the St Clement , Dominican Boarding School, Mayfield will not be open for boarders in the new school…

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The Inter. Further Successes for District Pupils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 1

Anthony Ponder, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ponder, of Dcnman, gained "B" passes in English, History, Geography, Maths I and General…

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Unruly Girls at Parramatta Attempt to Break Out of School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 3

For the third time since Christmas, girls at the Parramatta Girls' Industrial School on Saturday night, tried to break out of the school…

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News From the Council Table Wednesday's Meeting. School of Arts Asks That Interest Charges Be Waived—unofficial Report by Two Aldermen Rejected—suggested Loan for Permanent Works

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there were present:—Aldermen D. Jordan (Mayor), C. E…

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The Schools Government Decision

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

Reopening of all departmental schools in the metropolitan, Newcastle and Port Kembla areas will be postponed for a fortnight, the…

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Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts Monthly Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the committee of the above was held on Friday night last. Present: Messrs. A. T. Baker (in the chair), C. A…

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The Intermediate Scone District Rural School Excellent Record of Achievement

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

For the fourth time since the inception of the Intermediate examination in 1927, Scone District Rural School has put up the…

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Aberdeen School Bus

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

As school commences again next week after. the Christmas vacation, parents and guardians, whose children will be attending the…

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Convent School

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

The San Clements Dominican Convent, Mayfield, which is a boarding school, will open on February s…

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Peeps Into the Past The Rains Came— 15 Years Ago 50 Years Ago (From issues of the "Argus" dated January 27 and 30, 1892) Controversy Over Mitchell's Flat School

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Gould, M.P., has handed in the following letter from the Under Secretary, Department of Public Instruction: "I am directed to…

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Extra Two Weeks' Holiday Sydney and Newcastle Schools

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 5

Re-opening of all departmental schools in the metropolitan, Newcastle, and Port Kembla areas will be postponed for a fortnight, the…

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Milk for Schools

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

It had been decided to extend the scheme of distributions powdered full-cream milk to pupils of schools in isolated areas where fresh milk was…

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Closing of Schools Criticised

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY Saturday.—The Government’s decision to keep schools in the metropolitan, Newcastle and Wollongong areas…

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Scone District Rural School Fine Performance

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 5

SONE [?] SCONE Saturday.— For the fourth time siace the inception of the intermediate examination to…

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Schoolboy Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 2

John McCormack, a nine-year, old schoolboy. residing at Phoenit Park, suffered severe co[?] s[?]ons to the right side of the…

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