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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1949

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Plans For New Block at High School Soon

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

" The Minister for Education (Mr. Hef froh) has promised to submit to the Cessnock High School Parents and Citizens' Association for comment…

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High School Sport

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

Only organised sport played on a competition basis at the High School on Wednesday was girls' A. grade tenis. Results:-…

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Wickham School Cramped For Room

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 4

Wickham Central School was so overcrowded that two classes had to be held in a corridor, one under a tree, and one in a…

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Pick and Shovel Boys Earn More Than Teacher

Singleton Argus · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 4

Boys leaving school could earn as much at a pick-and-shovel job as a teacher in his first year out of college, Mr. B. Farrell…

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Agricultural High School

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

SINGLETON, Wednesday.—The Chamber of Commerce is to meet the Primary Producers’ Union to ascertain what steps…

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Cessnock School Carnivals

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.—The Cessnock Council granted permission to Cessnock High School to use the Municipal Baths on March…

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School Swimming Carnival To-day

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

Seventy Singleton Intermediate High School pupils competed in the Annual Swimming Carnival at the Municipal Baths…

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Accomodation at Raymond Terrace School

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 3

Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Education (Hon. R. J.Herron.). Reference is made is your further…

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Bus Service for School Children

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 3

Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M. L. A. has received the following letter from the Minister for Education regarding the establishment of a special school bus service to…

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School for Adventure

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 6

Where the foothills of Cader Idris in North Wales slope sharply down to the estuary of the River Dovey, the Outward Sound Sea School for boys is changing adolescents into men. Here 15 to 18-year-old boys are sent by their parents, their firms, or their prospective employers…

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Boys Leave for School Term Camp Girls Camp Cancelled

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 5

Forty-three toys left Cessnock yesterday for Broken Bay to take part in n school terra camp sponsored by the Joint coal Board in conjunction with…

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Six Records Go At School Swimming Carnvial Inter. High Annual Fixture

Singleton Argus · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 3

Six records were smashed at the annual swimming carnival on Wednesday afternoon of young aquatlo exponents of the Intermediate High School. Two of them were broken by Stuart Campbell, a…

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Nursery School Well Equipped

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 2

Keen interest was displayed at Maitland Nursery School meeting when Mrs. A. Walker gave details of visits to Kindergarten…

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Local and General News School Boy Breaks Arm

Singleton Argus · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 2

Robert Taylor, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Taylor, of Bishopgate Street, badly fractured his arm near the…

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High School Swimmer Breaks Two Records

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 3

Barry Chapman, of Fraser House, broke two records when long distance events of the Boys’ High School annual swimming carnival…

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School For Adventure

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 3

Where the foothills of Cader Idris in North Wales slope sharply down to the estuary of the River Dovey, the Outward Bound Sea School for Boys is changing adolescents into men. Here 15 to 18-year-old boys arc sent by their parents, their firms,…

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School Boys Dead-Heat In Swim Record

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 5

Bury Chapman (Fraser) and Terry Greedy (Port[?]s) dead-heated in the final of the under 15 years 200 metres freestyle championship…

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Local and General News Putty School Without a Teacher

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 4

Putty school is without a teacher and negotiations have been going on for some months to correct the situation, but so…

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[?]60 Coal Board Grant For School Refrigerator

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

The Joint Coal board has made [?]80 available to the Elialong Parents and Citizens Associations for the purchase of a refrigerator for use at the school…

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High School Will Enter H. V. Swimming Carnival

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 4

Twenty-three Singleton Intermediate High School students will compete in the combined Hunter Valley…

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