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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Schools

Schools, 1900

105 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 6

Charge Against a School-teacher

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 3

AT the Ballina Police Court last week George Dart, master of the Ballina S. P. School, was charged with illtreating a pupil named John Cambridge. The latter had been caned for…

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Non-attendance at School

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 31 August 1900 · page 5

SIR,—Referring to the Police Court proceedings of the 23rd instant at Maclean, I was fined for being the guardian of a boy under the age of 14 years. The constable who laid the information did not prove…

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Murrayville and Cormack's Creek Schools

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 31 August 1900 · page 5

SOME time ago the residents of Cormack's Creek potitionel for the removal of the school building at Murrayville to the former place. The following reply from the Under-Secretary has been received by…

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A Board School Teacher's Ingenuity

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 2

There is a cruel story in circulation concerning a certain teacher in one of the public schools who has boon highly complimented because of the success attending…

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School of Arts

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1900 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Wednesday. Present—J. Parsons (chair), A. S Redfern (sec). W. C. Andrews (treas.), J. M'Farlano, J. M'Pheo, D. Nicholson, M…

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Public School Items

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 2

ON Friday last Mr. Flashman, district inspector, visited the public school at Gleniffer, and while there was waited upon by a deputation, headed by Mr. R. M. Dowle, who…

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Arbor Day. at the Grafton Superior Public School

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 2

A VERY large number of parents and ex-pupils were present at the Grafton Superior Public School on Wednesday last to witness the ceremony of tree planting. The…

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Grafton Superior Public School. Arbour Day Celebration

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

Arbour day waa celebrated on Wednesday afternoon at the Grafton Superior Public Behool, when there was a large assemblage of the pupils, and a goodly number of their parents and friends…

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Board School Children

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 September 1900 · page 2

" What person of whom you have heard or read would you most like to resemble, and why ?" This question, recently set at the suggestion of Professor Earl Barnes, of San…

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Local and General News. A Successful Teacher

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 September 1900 · page 4

THE NORTHERN COURIER says:—It has reached our ears that a slight misconstruction has been placed on a paragraph which appeared in a recent issue relative to Mr. A. G. McLachlan, of…

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Public School Items

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 September 1900 · page 2

MR. FLASHMAN, the District Inspector, finished up a thorough and extended inspection of all public schools in the Bellinger and Nambucca districts on Wednesday last, having…

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Cowper Public School Picnic

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1900 · page 4

THE annual picnic in connection with the above school took place in the Maclean Park on the 8th instant. The weather was perfect, and the function…

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Humorous. Board School Humor

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 7

Dr. Macnamara, an ex-teacher, delighted an audience with anecdotes bearing upon Beard School humor. He began by telling a story of a boy who…

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Public School Items

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1900 · page 5

Mr. District-Inspector Flashman returned to Grafton on Friday from a tour through the Bellinger, Nambucca and Dorrigo, where he visited 42 schools, examining 30…

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Public Schools Sports

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1900 · page 8

The twelfth annual sports meeting of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Asscoiation was held on Wednesday on the Royal Agricultural Society's. Showground. There was an enormous attendance,…

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Cricket. Players v. TEACHERS

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 September 1900 · page 3

THE cricket season was opened in this district on Saturday last, by a match between eleven district players and a team of public school teachers. The match was played on…

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Public School

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1900 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Law, teacher of Casino Public School' will be leaving here to-morrow or on Wednesday, after a residence of a quarter of a century. He goes to Eastwood, on the northers railway line,…

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St. James' Sunday School Picnic

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 4

THE annual picnic in connection with St. James' (Church of England) Sunday School took place on Wednesday in Mr. Macnaughtan's paddock. The children marched to the ground, their large…

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Local Interest. Successful Pupils

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 2

WE are pleased to note by the Clarence Examiner's report of the spring show just held at Grafton, in connection with the Presbyterian Church, that several pupils of the…

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Married House-masters. Schoolboys' Views of Matrimony

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 7

S[?]alky, Beetle, and M'Truck were chatting in their study with the chaplala, whom they loved, on the subject of married house-masters. "Huh" said Beeze with a grunt, "they…

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