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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1866

26 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2

Branxton School of Arts.— Inauguration

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1866 · page 2

The neat and commodious building which for some months past has been in the course of erection, as a School of Arts, in the rising little town of Branxton, having been completed…

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Stroud School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1866 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above institution was held in the reading-room, on Wednesday evening, the 28th February. About twenty members were present—Thos. Laman, [?]sq, vice-president, occupied the chair,—when…

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Maitland School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1866 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the members of the Maitland School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution on Thursday evening. There was a very good attendance of the members The President (the Rev. J. R. Thackeray)…

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Morpeth School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1866 · page 5

The half-yearly meeting of the Morpeth School of Arts was held last evening. The attendance was small. Mr. W. M. Ling, the president, occupied the chair. The following report for the six months was submitted…

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Morpeth School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1866 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the Morpeth School of Arts was held last evening. The attendance was small. Mr. W. M. Ling, the president, occupied the chair. The following report for the six months was submitted…

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Original Corespondence. Maitland School of Arts and the Municipal Council. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1866 · page 4

SIR—There are certain rumours floating about town, to the effect that the School of Arts offered (through the vice-president) to reduce the rent of the hall, &c, to the Municipal Council, to £35 per annum, and afterwards…

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Morpeth School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1866 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the members of the Morpeth School of Arts was held on Friday evening last, as reported in our last. The attendance was very limited. Mr. W. M. Ling (the president) occupied the chair…

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Hunter River National Teachers' Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1866 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Hunter River National Teachers' Mutual Improvement Society was held in the National School-room, East Maitland, on Friday evening. About sixteen members…

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Morpeth National School. Laying Foundation Stone

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1866 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon the foundation-stone of a building to be used for the purposes of the Morpeth National School, was laid by Mr. W. Wilkins, secretary of the Board of National…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, September 1, 1866. Schools of Arts and Mechanics' Institutes

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1866 · page 4

A RETURN recently issued from the Government Printing Office puts us in possession of some interesting details, illustrative of the history and progress of our Schools of Arts and…

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Reformatory Schools Act. an Act to Establish Juvenile Reformatories [Assented to 12Th Sept., 1866.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1866 · page 2

Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled…

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Industrial Schools Act. an Act for the Relief of Destitute Children [Assented to 12th September, 1866.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1866 · page 3

Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament…

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Public Schools Bill. (From yesterday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 October 1866 · page 3

Yesterday (Tuesday) in the Legislative, Assembly Mr. Macpherson gave notice of his intention to move a series of amendments in committee on the Public Schools Bill, the farther consideration of which stands an order for…

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Morpeth School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of the Morpeth School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution on Thursday evening. About eighty or one hundred persons were present. The president (Mr. W. M. Ling) took the chair…

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Maitland School of Arts.—halfyearly Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of members of the Maitland School of Arts was held on Thursday evening, in the hall of the institution At the commencement of proceedings the attendance was small, but as the business advanced…

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Public Schools Bill. (From yesterday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1866 · page 2

The following new clauses are to be proposed in committee:— 13. In remote and thinly populated districts where no public schools may exist the Council…

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Public Schools Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1866 · page 3

The following is the bill to make better provision for Public Education, as it has passed the Committee:— Preamble…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, November 1, 1866. Tue Public Schools Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 November 1866 · page 2

THERE are few persons, except those holding extreme views on either side, who will not admit that the Public Schools Bill has been improved during its passage through committee…

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Education.—school Fees. (Abrilged from the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 4

A deputation of National School teachers, appointed at a meeting consisting of ninety-five gentlemen of the same profession, convened by circular, and held on Saturday last, waited upon…

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Morpeth National School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1866 · page 5

On Friday afternoon the opening of the new Morpeth National sobool building was celebrated—in the afternoon by a treat to the ohildren of the school in number about one hundred and twenty), and in the evening by a public…

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