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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1955

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Fire Razed School At Wallalong

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1955 · page 2

A fire, causing damage estimated at hundreds of pounds, completely destroyed the twa-roomed school…

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School for Thieves

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1955 · page 2

MEMPHIS (Tennessee): A 46-years-oId man organise a school for young thieves, after the style of Fagin in the…

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Schoolboy’s Remarkable Bowling

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 5

A remarkable bowling performance was registered by R. Gilmour when playing for Maitland on Maitland…

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English School “Tour” Of Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 January 1955 · page 5

Class [?] of Oakland Junior School, Hanwell, London, England, “towed” Maitland this morning with the help…

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Driving Lesson For High School Pupils

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 4

SYDNEY: The acting secretary of the Road Safety Council of New South Walee (Mr. F. Hudson) said that the…

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Forging School Diplomas

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 January 1955 · page 2

LISBON: Police revealed here that a gang of alleged forgers has been Issuing fake school diplomas…

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Schoolboy’s Good Double In Cricket

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1955 · page 4

Maitland teams again had good day in the Newcastle schoolboy vacation cricket competition on Friday…

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Tenders for School Rooms

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 January 1955 · page 2

A notice in the Government Gazette invites tenders for a four-roomed timber-framed classroom, science,…

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Britain Opens Atomic Schools

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1955 · page 2

The new School of Reactor Technology at Harwell, which since September has been providing and intensive…

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Schoolboys’ Cricket Competition

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1955 · page 5

Playing Hamilton at Learmonth Park, Hamilton, yesterday, Maitland’s A grade team in [?] Newcastle schoolboy’s…

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Schoolboy Vacation Cricket

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1955 · page 7

Playing against Lambton New Lambton in the Newcastle schoolboys’ vacation B grade cricket competition at…

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Results of Leaving Certificate Passes From Schools In Upper Hunter Areas

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 January 1955 · page 2

Results of the leaving certificate examination hare been announced by the Department of Education and passes by pupils of Upper Hunter district schools are given below. Particulars of unsuccessful candidates have been forwarded to schools…

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Driving Lessons For School Pupils

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 January 1955 · page 2

The NSW Road Safety Council’s scheme for free car driving lessons for 40 Sydney high school pupils is a modest…

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Schoolboy Vacation Cricket

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 January 1955 · page 3

Maitland A grade schoolboys’ vacation cricket team had little difficulty in winning over Merewether at…

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High School For Raymond Terrace

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 January 1955 · page 1

The new high school for Raymond Terrace is expected to be completed by June, the Pork Stephens Council’s clerk…

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More Teachers for State Schools

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 2

SYDNEY: About 1200 new teachers will start at State schools when the schools regime next month…

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Civil Defence School Soon

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 2

MELBOURNE: Australia’s first permanent civil defence training school will be established soon at Macedon…

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Maitland Schoolboys Win Again

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 January 1955 · page 6

Maitland A grade schoolboy cricketers defeated Waratah at Maitland Sports Ground yesterday In the Newcastle…

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School Starts On

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1955 · page 1

The 1955 school year will commence on Tuesday next, 1st February. It is expected that there will be…

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Junior Farmers: Only One Per Cent. School Children Studying Agriculture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 January 1955 · page 7

Many thousands of children in country schools are studying ancient history and only one per cent are studying agriculture, which will be the mainstay of their lives, Mr. F. McTackett, of…

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