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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1952

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CORRESPONDENCE (To The Editor,) School Entrance

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 1

Dear Sir, I would like your readers to know that your extensive paragraph under Shire Briefs…

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More Pupils Enrolled In Upper School Headmaster Says Fewer Going To Dead-End Jobs

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

Headmaster of Maitland Boys’ High School (Mr. [?] and to-day that there was a record [?] the uper section of the school. There [?] at present 104 boys in fourth and…

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Extra Teacher Wanted for Public School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 8

The president (Cr. J. R. Collins) said at the last Shire meeting that while in Sydney he had interviewed Mr. R. B. Nott,…

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Showground Pavilion To Be Used As Temporary School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 1

Because of the delay in the completion of the South Muswellbrook Primary School, and the resultant overcrowding at the Muswellbrook High School, the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association has agreed…

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High School Enrolment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 1

Mr. Foster, headmaster of the Muswellbrook High School, said that new enrolment at the school totalled 140. The total High…

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Convent School Enrolment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

St. James' Convent School opened its 1952 year on Tuesday, and there has been a satisfactory attendance this week. Almost 250…

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St. Albans Muswellbrook. Sunday School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 3

The senior and kindergarten Sunday Schools will resume after the vacations on Sunday next, 3rd February, 1952, at 10 a.m…

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High School Cadets

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

A list of Maitland [?] School senior cadets who passed courses held recently at Sin[?]ioton and Holdsworthy…

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Transfer Of lons Teacher

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 3

Mr. W. Dawed, who for the past two years has been headmaster at lona school. Woodville, has [?] notional of…

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Address By Native College Teacher

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

Youth for Christiania [?] its [?] so [?] with a rally to the Methodist Hall Char[?] on [?]…

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Spastic School to Resume

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1952 · page 2

Maitland Spastic School will resume next Thursday, February 7, at 10.30 a.m. in the Presbyterian Church…

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G. Anderson Routes High School Bats

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 3

Warkworth B grade bowler G. Anderson routed the High School batsmen when the teams met at the' High School…

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Schoolboy Contention Does Not Hold in Law Findings Are Not Always Keepings

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 6

The schoolboy contention that "findings are keepings" was all right for that stray top or bag of marbles, but it does not always hold good in law. So two boys who recently found some gold coins and handed…

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Official Letters Concession Railway Freight, Fodder— Belltrees School

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 4

Dear Mr. Nott,—I refer once more to your personal representations on behalf of the Belltrees Parents and Citizens' Association…

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More Farm Teaching In Schools

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1952 · page 1

Teaching of agricultural subjects in country schools will be extended and intensified…

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Fire Threatened South Muswellbrook New Primary School Near Destruction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 1

Hundreds of fire-fighters fought a winning battle against a serious grass fire, in dense smoke, which reduced visibility to an absolute minimum, south of Muswellbrook on Wednesday afternoon. But for…

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Muswellbrook High School Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 6

A notable step forward in the educational facilities available to children of this district was the…

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Primary School. Parents and Citizens' Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 1

Mr. M. Hornery (president) presided over an attendance of 30 members at the monthly meeting of the Primary School…

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St. James' Convent School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 5

Despite the excessive heat, a very enthusiastic meeting of St. James' Convent School Parents and Friends' Association was…

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