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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1949

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Teachers Claim Education Methods Wrong

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 1

Two English school teachers have stated that the new freedom given to children encouraged juvenile crime…

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Public School Prize Winners

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 2

The following were the awards for the year 1948 at the Merriwa Public School:—Class 1B (for proficiency): Valda…

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Glen William School Xmas Tree

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Glen William was the scene of a happy gathering on Friday night, 16th December, when the P. and C. Association arranged a Xmas Tree Party…

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Teachers Seek Higher Salaries

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wed.—The Australian Teachers’ Federation, at a conference in Adelaide, decided to seek a minimum salary of £550…

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Carrowbrook School To Re-open Successful C.W.A. Representation

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 1

Following representations by the Singleton Country WornCell's Association, Carrowbrook nrovisional school, which has…

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Leaving Certificate Successful Dungog Pupils

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 2

Dungog boys and girls who passed their recent Leaving Certificate Examinations are receiving congratulations…

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Wollombi Teacher And Wife Killed

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

A man and his wife died from injuries received in a collision between a car and a panel van on Saturday…

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Double Portable Classroom for Vh Kurri School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) has advised Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., that consideration was being given to the supply of a double…

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R.C. Teachers Go on Strike Police Called Out

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

MONTREAL, Jan. 18.—Fifteen hundred Roman Catholic lay school teachers .employed by the Montreal Catholic School…

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Bursaries to Convent Pupils

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 6

ABERDEEN, Thursday.—Five pupils of St. Joseph’s Convent sat for the state bursary examination and all were successful…

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Teachers Stay on Strike

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

MONTREAL, Jan. 20. — The 2000 striking Roman Catholic lay teachers in Canada have decided to remain on strike until the Catholic…

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Transport Subsidy for School Children

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 3

Mr. R. B. Nott, M.L.A., has forwarded the appended official letter, dated 5th January, 1949, for publication…

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Camberwell Teacher Farewelled

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 3

SINGLETON, Friday—Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Connell and son John were farewelled at a social evening [?] the Camberwell Hall,…

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Record School Enrolments

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

When New South Wales schools reopen next week there will be more pupils being taught than ever before in the history of the State…

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Infant’s Teacher Transferred From Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

Miss D. Stenhouse, who has been head mistress at West Maitland Infants’ School for the past two years, been notified by the Department…

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School Land at Homeville

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 3

The Minister for Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron) has advised Mr. A, Howarth, M.L.A.. that an area of 2 roods 39 perches has been…

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Singleton Intermediate High School

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

BROWN, Neil P.; BURNS, Douglas J. CHAPMAN, Ray C; COX, Lauretta C; CRUICKSHANKS,…

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Teachers' Strike Ends

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

An unexpected holiday for thousands of school children ended on Monday in Montreal. Eighteen hundred Roman…

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Portable Rooms For New School Pupils

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

Many of the 14,000 children who will go to school for the first time this year will be taught in temporary portable classrooms…

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Inter. Results Scone District Rural School

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

Bowd, Stanley J.; Haig, David A.; James, Gwen L.; Mullins, Patricia G.; Murray, Patricia M.; Robertson, Bessie I…

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