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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1950

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School Safety Signs Ignored

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

School signs erected. at approaches to the Whittingham School were being ignored by motorists who speeded through…

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"Paltry" Spending On Schools

Singleton Argus · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 5

The State President of the Liberal Party (Mr. Lyle H. Moore) said that the State Government's expenditure on new…

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£400,000 Bequest for School

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Tinder the will of Mrs. Violet Madeline Mac-Ansh of Beggan Beggan estate. Harden, probate of which was…

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Police Break Up March by High School Students

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 22—Demon, starting teenagers dropped eiec[?] light globes and soda water Botties and shouted in an…

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Morpeth Boy In RAAF Radio School

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 5

The RAAF has advised that Maxwell George Wheatley of 45 [?] Street, Morpeth, has enlisted in the RAAF and will undergo…

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Tractor and Machinery School

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture Mr. E. H. Graham, announced that a five days school on tractor maintenance and farm…

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Boys High School Play Day

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 2

Maitland Boys’ High School's annual drama festival was held in the Assembly Hall, when 8. large number of plays—[?]…

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High School Pupils' Laboratory Visit

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 5

On Tuesday, April 18, the Fifth Year Chemistry Class of Cessnock High School was shown over the Nor-thern Colliery Proprietors'…

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Rugby Union Spreads In Schools

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Mr. Bryan Palmer, a member of the management committee of the New South Wales Rugby Union, and chairman…

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Schoolgirls’ Rash Action

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, May 3—Three 14-years-old high school girls tried to kill themselves with gas yesterday, because they were “tire…

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Schoolboy Hurt In Fall From Horse

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 3

A twelve-years-old schoolboy suffered a probable fracture of the left forearm, when he fell from a horse yesterday…

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Boys’ High School Dramatic Festival

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 2

A capacity audience last night witnessed a fitting climax to Maitland Boys’ High School’s annual dramatic festival, when a…

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Association Helps School At Paterson

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Paterson Parents and Citizens’ Association, the secretary’s report revealed a year of steady…

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Eight Buildings in Use for Girls' High School Activities Hampered By Lack of Facilities

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1950 · page 4

A school of very great tradition is Maitland Girls' High School. Since the days of its first Headmistress, in 1884, it has been recognised as one of the premier girls' schools in the State…

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Greek School Pupils on Strike

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

ATHENS, May 6.—Greece is gripped by a new nation-wide strike—this time of school children. State school pupils are…

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More Classrooms for Infants' School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 3

Mr. D. L. Crowley, headmaster of the Muswellbrook High School, has been advised by the Director of Education that, in view of the…

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Seven School Children Killed In Bus Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

CENTERVILLE, Texas, May 5.— Seven school children were killed and three others injured yesterday when a school omnibus collided with…

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Schoolboys Visit Steel Works

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

"I consider that the knowledge gained by students at the B.H.P. Steelworks will be very helpful in their studies,"…

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Pupils Practise Job Control in Singapore

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 4

SINGAPORE: Two hundred and fifty pupils of the Alwiah Religious School in Arau, Perils, went on strike In protest against…

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Goulburn High School Results of Local Interest

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 2

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Gollege, of Goulburn, on the success of their daughter, Marie, and son, John, who are students at…

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