Maitland School of Arts
On Thursday evening the half-yearly meeting of the members of this institution was held, in the Free Presbyterian school-room, but owing to the inclemency of the weather many of the…
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Maitland School of Arts
The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the members of this institution was held on Thursday evening, in the Free Presbyterian Schoolroom, Dr. M'Cartney, the President,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New School-rooms Greatly Wanted. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
GENTLEMEN—From my own experience in Maitland, and the accounts I have from those who I can with confidence rely on, I regret to say convinces me too clearly of the very great…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Paper. a Bill for the Establishment and Maintenance of Primary and in Other Schools
A bill has just been introduced in the Legislative Council by the Government, for the establishment and maintenance of primary and other schools throughout the colony. The following is an abstract of its various…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Denominational Education. School Board Report for the Year 1854
The Denominational School Board, in submitting their annual report for the year 1854, have again to express their concern that, owing to the limited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland High School.—laying the Foundation Stone
Yesterday afternoon the foundation stone of the building to be erected for this institution, in Free Church-street, was laid by the Rev. W. M'lntyre. The weather was very propitious, and a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mutual Assurance Societies. [We have much pleasure in laying before our readers the following revised copy of the lecture on Life Assurance, recently delivered in the Maitland School of Arts, by Dr. M'Cartney.]
There is nothing more brittle than the thread of life. All flesh is as grass; and, as perisheth the flower of the field, so perisheth the life of man. Human existence is as…
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The half-yearly meeting of the members of this institution was held in the Free Presbyterian School House, on Thursday evening. Dr. Michael M'Cartney, the president, in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, October 31, 1855. [In consequence of the crowded state of our columns, and the great importance of the following message and despatch, we, in order to make roora for them, postpone till our next number the report of the general business trans[?]cted by the Council on Wednesday. The report of the committee on the Assessment on Stock Kill was adopted, and the third reading fixed for Thursday. The Electoral Rolls Bill was further considered in committee, but adjourned that a circular describing the various qualifications of voters, suggested by the Solicitor General, and a new clause to include all recently acquired freeholds, proposed by Mr. WILSHIRE—should be printed and laid before the committee. In committee on the Estimates the house voted £1000 in aid of the Maitland School of Arts, to meet private subscriptions to an equal amount.] MESSAGE
The following message from his Excellency the Governor General was received,and read:- Assent to New Constitution Act.—It is with no ordinary satisfaction that the Governor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TEACHERS. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
GENTLEMEN—The readiness which you at all times evinc[?] in inserting letters espousing the cause of the powerless, emholdens me to trespass upon your crowded columns. It was…
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