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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1949

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High School Football

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 3

In the football competition against Gosford High School this week Maitland Boys’ High lost the first grade 6-3, and won…

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Hunter Street Primary School Half-yearly Examination Results

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 4

Class 3B: Beverley Keegan 1; Patricia Leacy 2, Ella Meyn 3, Frank Taylor 4, Colin Threadgate 5…

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Singing Teacher Dead

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday. — Madame Ada Baker, for more than 60 years a singing teacher in Sydney, died at her Pymble home,…

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Proposed Additions to High School P. AND C. Wants Plans Expedited

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1

Last November the Department of Education promised to send plans for additions to the Cessnock High School to include a pew domestic science…

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Primary Schools' Football Competition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 5

Sportsmasters at Kurri Kurri Primary schools have ugreed to allow the Kurri Kurri Football Club to conduct a primary schools rugby league…

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Second Annual Sunday School Rally

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 7

On Sunday afternoon a great crowd of children of all ages, in company with banners and adults, made a procession led by the Salvation…

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Muswellbrook School of Arts 82nd. Annual Report Records Good Year. 82nd. Annual Report and Balance Sheet

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 2

The following annual report was read at last night's annual meeting of the Muswellbrook School of Arts: Your Committee have pleasure in…

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8 Local Juniors For State Tennis Coaching School

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 5

Eight juniors from Maitland and Cessnock were yesterday selected at elimination trials on Maitland Tennis Association’s Parts Courts to go…

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Two Schoolboys Hurt At Play

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 3

Two schoolboys were injured while playing at different schools to-day. Ossie Slee, 7½ of Nelson’s Plains, received n greenstick fracture of…

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Cold Holiday Schoolboys in the Arctic

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 1

Sixty-six British schoolboys arc-to set up camp next month in an uninhabited tract of northern Norway, inside the Arctic…

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High School Annexe Reply From Minister

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

The cessnock branch of the A.L.P. was informed by Mr. J. M. Baddley, M.L.A. that he had received the following reply in regard to the High…

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Muswellbrook School of Arts. Sound Financial Position

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 1

The report of the hon. treasurer (Mr. A. Bourke), read at the 82nd. annual meeting of the School of Arts showed that the Institution…

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Pupils Will Help

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 2

"Has anybody any ideas about raising some money " asked President L. O'Keefe at last night's Hunter Street P…

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25 Years Service in Sunday School

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon, August 7, at 2.45 p.m., the superintendent, teachers and officers of the Maitland Methodist Sunday…

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4 Girl Junior Farmers To Attend 6-Day School

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

Four girl members of district Junior Farmer Clubs had been chosen to attend a six-day school of instruction at Farrer Memorial High School, Tamworth, in September, the district superintendent (Mr. A. L. Nicod) announced to-day…

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Visual Education Schema Interests Local Parents District Inspector Emphasises Importance of Projectors in Schools

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

What District Schools Inspector Mr. Morton at the outset described as an informal discussion on Visual education at last night's meeting of the Hunter Street P. & C. Association became an address…

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Public Aid to U.s. Church Schools

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Aug. 4. — The Irish-born. Mayor of New York, Mr. William O’Dwyer, said to-day that “their many mutual friends”…

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Maitland High School Sport

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 5

In the High Schools football competition matches against Marist Brothers’ High School. Hamilton, yesterday, Maitland Boys’ High…

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Methodist Sunday School

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 4

The West Maitland Methodist Parents and Friends’ Association expressed pleasure at the continued improvement in Sunday…

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Denman News Denman Public School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 4

Arrangements are well in hand for the Denman district schools' sports, to be held in the playground of the Denman Public School on Friday,…

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