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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1950

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Teachers Took Bribes

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

ROME Jan. 2 (AAP).—A court convicted five high school teachers of having taken bribes from students for answers to final…

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Film Projectors in Public Schools Joint Coal Board Completes Programme

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 4

The Joint Coal Board has completed its programme of assisting all public schools in predominately coal mining…

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Proposed New School Building

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

The Department of Education advised the Municipal Council on Wednesday that it proposed to erect a new infants' school in the vicinity of…

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Film Projectors for Schools. Joint Coal Board's Scheme

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

The Joint Coal Board has completed its programme of assisting all public schools in predominantly coal mining areas to secure 16mm. sound film…

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Leadership School, Women

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

A leadership school conducted by the Agricultural Bureau of NS Wales will be held at the WEA Hotel, at Newport, between 8th…

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New School Oval Takes Shape

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 1

A new school oval has taken shape near St. James's Church, and on land acquired recently for school purposes. The land, which had a very steep…

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Aberdeen Convent School. Six "A" Passes in Bursary Examination

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 1

P. Kenny, B. Ticehurst (Aberdeen), and V. Cronin (Merriwa) were included in the first 22 places in the Maitland Diocese's 1949 Bursary…

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Site For New Infants’ School

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday.— The Department of Education advised the Municipal Council that it proposed to erect a new infants’…

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Teachers’ Golf

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 5

MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday.— Muswellbrook golfer, M. W. Atkinson, had a successful day at the teachers’ annual golf…

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Leaving Certificate Examination Passes By Students From Northern Schools

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Results of the Leaving Certificate examination, marking the completion of the secondary school course, were announced to-day. In the following list of schools from which candidates…

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School Teacher Expelled From R.S.L.

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday. — A school teacher was one of two members of the R.S.L. expelled by the New South Wales council yesterday after…

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Medical Examination Of School Chidren

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 4

During 1946 and 1947 more than 14,000,000 medical examinations of school children in Britain were made by [?]rses, and a…

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New School Oval-Taking Shape

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK, Thursday.— A new school oval has taken shape near St. James’ Church on land acquired recently for school…

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Medical Attention For British Schoolchildren 22,000,000 Examined in Two Years

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 8

During 1946 and 1947 more than 14,000,000 medical examinations of school children in Britain were made by nurses, and a further 8,600,000 by…

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Successful School of Arts Effort

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 8

It is expected that a net credit of £37 will be shown as the result of the New Year 's Eve revel held under the auspices of the School of Arts…

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Teachers Seek Federal Aid For State Education

Maitland Mercury · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 4

HOBART, Friday. — Substantial Commonwealth aid for education was urged at the Australian Teachers’ Federation…

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Teachers Seek £100 Million "System May Fail"

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

An Australian Teachcrs' Federation conference at Hobart urged the Commonwealth Government to grant…

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Future of School of Arts Building

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

It was reported to this week's Municipal Council meeting that a conference between Ald. Adams, Arnold and Gatty, representing…

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Schoolmaster to Lead New Nazi Bloc German Coalition Will Arrange Programme

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 14 (A.A.P.).—The Berlin correspondent [?]dent of the “Daily Mail” says that Western Germany’s Right Wing Nationalist parties have decided to pool their recourses, farming a new quasi Naxi bloc under a jack-booted…

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Schoolboys to Map. Arctic Circle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 3

Fifty schoolboys from Britain are now preparing to spend their summer holidays near the North Pole. They will camp for six weeks in a…

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