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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1950

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School Telephone Changes

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 2

Cook’s Hill Parents and Glutens Association will ask for support from the district council tor the lowering of school telephone…

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Acute Shortage of Schools Facilities Inadequate For Growing Needs

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 3

A shortage of schools, and an increase of pupils had caused the most serious education crisis since Sir Henry…

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Girl Goes to School by Raft, Horse and Bicycle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 5

An Oakhampten girl, Betty. Scoble, refuses to let little things like floods prevent her from’ attending school dally—though to…

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School Burned

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 4

The Mulbring school and residence, weatherboard buildings, destroyed by fire. It is believed a short circuit started…

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Century-Old School Destroyed by Fir[?] Damage Estimated at £2.000

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 2

The century-old school at Mulbring and the teacher's residence adjoining were raced by fire on Tuesday night. It is estimated that the fire…

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Northern Upper Hunter Small Schools' A.a. Association Annual Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 5

The annual meeting of above will be held at Belltrees Temple of Knowledge on Friday, August 4, at 7.30 p.m. Bellow is the agenda…

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Leadership School At Hawkesbury College This Month

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 4

A leadership school organised by the Department of Agriculture and the New South Wales Agricultural Bureau, is…

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City library’s Help To High School

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 4

Since the establishment of municipal libraries fn East and West Maitland, some of the pupils of Maitland Boys’ High…

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Boys’ High School Activites

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1950 · page 2

The attendance at Maitland Boys’ High School, which bad begun to build op again, has now, by reason of the rising backwaters and the…

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Why More Teachers Are Needed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 6

Mr. W. A. Gellius, District Inspector of Schools at Armidale, referring to the increased number of school pupils and the…

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Morpeth School Of Arts

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

The new Morpeth School of Arts committee decided to re-open the billiard room almost immediately. The caretaker, Mr. Chos…

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Branxton School of Arts "Interest Waned"

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 4

COMMITTEE enthusiasm which was greatly in evidence at the beginning of the year waned considerably in the later stages,"…

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School News & Views

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 3

Cycle Club member, John Jordon, is making quite a name for himself as a rider. On Saturday…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 1st AUGUST, 1950. School of Arts Members. Hold What is Believed to be Last Annual Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 3

[?] School of Arts members attended the 83rd annual meeting of the institution last. Friday night. Mr. K. J. C. Brown (president) presided…

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Leadership School

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 2

Colin Stokes and Enid Langdon returned home on Monday after attending a special leadership school held at the…

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Schoolgirls Need Accommodation Education of High School Pupils Hit By The Floods

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 4

There are some high school girls from flooded farms who will not be able to pass their examinations this year unless they are accommodated in Maitland by friendly disposed families, said the acting principal of the Girls’ High…

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Disagreement at Teachers’ Conference

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 1

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 3.—The Australian delegation to the International Conference of Teachers walked out in protest when…

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School Garden Fete

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 4

There will be plenty of attractive aprons and novelties at the Garden Fete to be held at the Garden Fete to be held at the Cessnock Infants' School on September 16…

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Children's Book Week At Scone Rural School

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 1

"Grow up with books" was the slogan for Book Week celebrations in schools of N.S. Wales this year…

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Scone Rural School Library Appeal

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 1

The recent appeal for funds to add books to the Library, made by the Parents & Citizens' Association, has so far been…

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