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Schools, 1954

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Council Invites Minister Here Discussion On New Girls’ High School

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

Maitland City Council decided last night to ask the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) to visit the city to go thoroughly into the question of a new girls high school…

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East Maitland School

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

The Australian Children’s Theatre will bring the London puppeteer Walter Wilkinson. to East Maitland Public School…

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Around the . . . SCHOOLS

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 5

A group of cadets from Maitland Boys’ High School gained the highest number of points in the march post at an Anzac commemoration ceremony at Sandgate war cemetery. The boys were competing…

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Aircraft Firm Up School Building

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 7

The Newoll Green Secondary School opened in Manchester recently has three concr[?] converging on a central plinth in the man entrance hall as one of its unusual fea[?] It also…

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Tape recorder is amenity target for High School

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 1

Singleton High School students, the staff and the Secondary P. and C. are combining in an effort to get a tape recorder for the school. The provision of a recorder is the P. and C…

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Around the Local Schools Cessnock High School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 3

The President of the High School P. and C. Association (Mr. W. Cleaves) has seen Mr. J. W. Crook at Parliament…

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Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Officially Opens Classrooms AT Merriwa Central School Large Gathering Present

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 7

The Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Hon. R. J. Heffron, M.L.A., received a warm welcome from a large gathering on Saturday morning at the Merriwa Central School. The Minister, who…

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Boys’ High School Auxiliary

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 2

Addressing a meeting of Maitland Boys’ High School Women’s Auxiliary, over which Mrs. C. Evans presided, the…

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Grammar School Teams’ Visit To Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 4

The headmaster of Morpeth Church of England Grammar School (Mr. R. Brendon Garner) accompanied two cricket…

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Schoolboy Breaks Leg

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 1

John Barnes, 14, of Dusodie, fractured his right leg whilst playing football at Dungog Central School on…

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Bulahdelah School Notes Week Ending 9/4/54

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 3

Practice in the various games to toe played during the visit of the Stroud School was given to the various teams…

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Schoolboy Football Competition

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 3

Judging by the numbers of boys who are presenting themselves for coaching on Saturday mornings, Maitland Rugby…

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Short Term Schools For Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. E. H. Graham) announced that the undermentioned…

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Short Term Schools for Farmers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., has announced that the…

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Short term schools for farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced recently…

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Supplying vitamins for schoolchildren

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 2

For years it has been regarded by the London County Council as essential that, the children in…

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Maitland Primary School Anzac Service Service Conducted by Sixth Class Girls

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

Maitland Girls’ Primary School held a special service at the Maitland War Memorial, Maitland Pork, this morning to celebrate Anzac Day. The ceremony was organised by pupils of sixth…

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Doll Show for Infants’ School

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 3

SINGLETON: A doll’s show at the Hunter-street Infants’ School realised more than £35. It was…

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Merriwa News Efficient Organisation Hon. R. J. Heffron's Visit to School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

Those responsible for the arrangements in connection with the Minister for Education's (Hon. R. J. Heffron, M.L.A.),…

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Anzac Day Celebrations at Bulahdelah School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 5

The annual Anzac Celebrations of the Bulahdelah Central School were held on Friday, April 23, at 11 a.m. The…

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