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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1867

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The Newcastle Diocesan Church of England Teachers' Association. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1867 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of this association was held in the Model School, Morpeth, on Saturday, the 19th instant. Mr. Blake occupied the chair, and about fourteen members were present…

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Public Schools. (From the Gazette, February 12) Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 12th February, 1867

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1867 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, directs it to be notified, for general information, that in accordance with the 22nd section of the Public Schools Act of 1866, the undermentioned…

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Stroud School of Arts. (From our Stroud correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1867 · page 2

The annual general meeting of the members of the above institution took place in the reading-room, on Wednesday evening, the 20th instant. About from fifteen to twenty persons were present THOMAS LAMAN,…

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Newcastle Diocesan Church of England Teachers' Association. (From a correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1867 · page 3

At the last meeting of this association Mr Green read an essay on "Rewards and Punishments." The following is an outline of it:—I propose to view the subject more in a historical and theoretical manner, rather than as…

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Presentation to E. Johnson, Esq., Inspector of Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 March 1867 · page 2

On Friday, the 22nd instant, the teachers of this vicinity met in the Model School, East Maitland, to bid farewell to their late inspector, E. Johnson, Esq., who has been removed by the Council of Education to Sydney,…

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Council of Education. Conference of Public School Inspectors. (From Thursday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1867 · page 2

The Inspectors of Schools employed by the Council of Education have recently held a Conference in Sydney [?] a view to arrange certain matters connected with the discharge of their duties, the carrying out of the…

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Public Schools. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1867 · page 3

The following address has been forwarded by the Council of Education to the various teachers connected with the Public Schools:— Council of Education Office…

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Teachers' Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1867 · page 2

A meeting of gentlemen connected with the scholastic profession, convened by advertisement, was held on Saturday morning, at the Model School, East Maitland. The attendance was not very numerous, many teachers having been prevented from…

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Hunter River Teachers' Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1867 · page 3

The members of this association held their usual monthly meeting on Saturday, at the School of Arts. There were about a dozen teachers present. The president, Mr. Armstrong, occupied the chair. After the minutes of the preceding meeting had…

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West Maitland School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1867 · page 2

The half-yearly general meeting of the members of this institution was held yesterday evening, and was attended by about sixty persons. Mr. C. Eipper, the secretary, stated that the rev. president had deputed him to make an apology…

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Morpeth School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1867 · page 2

The half yearly meeting of the members of the above institution was held on Friday evening last. Although the weather was very unfavourable, the attendance was numerous, nearly seventy persons having been at one time in the hall. The…

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West Maitland School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1867 · page 2

In our issue of Tuesday we published the report and balance-sheet submitted to the members at the half-yearly meeting on Monday evening, which was presided over by the Treasurer, Mr. J. F. Burns…

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A Schoolboy Charged with Manslaughter

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1867 · page 5

On Friday afternoon, May 10, George James Romney, aged fourteen years, and a student in the Winderemere College, was charged at Bowness, Westmoreland, with having caused the…

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Maitland School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1867 · page 4

A special general meeting of the members of the School of Arts, was held on Thursday evemrg, " to consider the desirability of organising a lottery in aid of the funds."…

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Original Correspondence. Free Schools. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1867 · page 2

SIR—When Lancashire could not obtain its necessary supply of cotton, a few years ago, on account of the war in America, the people in that part of England were subjected to great privations. Princely subscriptions…

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Murder of the Rev. T. Baker and Seven Native Teachers at Fiji. (From the Empire, Sept. 26.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1867 · page 3

By the Magellan Cloud which arrived from the Islands yesterday, the melancholy intelligence was received of the murder of one of the Wesleyan missionaries, the Rev. Mr. Baker, together with seven native teachers, by the…

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West Maitland School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1867 · page 4

The half-yearly general meeting of the members of this institution was held at the School of Arts, on Thursday evening. The attendance was very small, and the proceedings were not so animated as is usual on these…

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The Duke of Edinburgh's Expected Visit to Maitland. Demonstration of the School Children of the District to Welcome Him

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1867 · page 2

A meeting of gentlemen, convened by advertisement, was held in the hall of the School of Arts, West Maitland, on Tuesday evening, to make arrangements with the above object. The Mayor (John Lee, Esq.) was voted…

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School Demonstration to Welcome the Prince

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1867 · page 1

An adjourned meeting of gentlemen interested in the proposed demonstration of the school children of the Hunter River district, to welcome H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh on his arrival in Maitland, was held at the School of Arts on…

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Morpeth School of Arts. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1867 · page 4

The half yearly general meeting of the members of the Morpeth School of Arts was held in the hall on Thursday evening. The chair was occupied by John Wisdom, Esq., the president of the institution. There was a fair…

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