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24 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
SIR—Having suggested in a letter which appeared in your paper of the 9th the desirability of establishing an Industrial School by the municipalities of West Maitland, East Maitland, and Morpeth—and to these might be added…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Waratah, on Monday afternoon, as noticed in our Newcastle correspondence, Mr. Parkes laid the foundation of a public school. He [?]ook the opportunity, in addressing the audience,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The half-yearly meeting of this institution was held on Tuesday evening last, having been postponed for a week to enable the committee to examine, corre[?], and arrange the confused records of the late secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The annual general meeting of the members of the above institution was held in the readingroom on Thursday evening, 27th February, 1868, at half-past seven o'clock; from twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—In your issue of the 5th instant, in a paragraph headed "More Wanton Mischief," it is stated that "the nuisance caused in the town of late by a number of overgrown young boys is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—From inquiries made of me, I find that many of your readers are alive to the value of industrial schools, but do not perceive how they can be established in this colony. In the mother country industrial schools were at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The half-yearly general meeting of the members of the Maitland School of Arts was held in the ball of the institution, on Thursday evening; there was the smallest attendance of members we ever remember to have seen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From an appendix to the report on certified denominational schools for the year 1867, we find that in the Church of England schools there were 13,427 children on the rolls, of whom 9895…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—Considering the interest that many of your readers are taking in the subject of Industrial Schools, I may be permitted to give some remarks respecting the expense of such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The half-yearly meeting of the members of the Mor[?]eth School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution [?] Thursday evening—the president (J. Wisdom, Esq.) in the chair. The attendance was small…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday last, a new public school was opened at Goulburn by the Hon. Henry Parkes, President of the Council of Education, in the presence of a numerous assemblage. The number of scholars on the roll is 185,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—As the subject of Industrial Schools is engaging the attention of the people in many parts of the colony, I hear many persons asking for what classes of children those schools are intended. Permit me to say that an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday evening a large number of gentlemen interested in the education question assembled at the East Maitland Mechanics' Institute, for the purpose of holding a conference in order to discuss the advisablily of taking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Council of Education has recently determined to exercise the power contained in the 28th section of the Public Schools Act, and withdraw certificates from a number of schools…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have been unable to clearly understand the subject and scope of the movement for the establishment of an industrial school in this"district At the Conference on the subject, held [?] East…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It will be in the recollection of our readers that about a month ago a movement was initiated to procure the establishment by the Government, of an industrial school in the district of Maitland, in order that the numbers of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—The Rev. F. W. Addams, of Paterson, is reported in your columns to have said at a meeting on Tuesday, 7th inst., "if they had a public school the whole five hours would be devoted to secular education, and no religions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday a lecture was delivered at the School of Arts, by John Young, Esq., Manager of the Joint Stock Bank; subject—"Births." The room was well filled, and much attention evinced throughout the lecture. The lecturer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I forward you a copy of the report of the half-yearly meeting of our School of Arts, on 31st July:— "Second Report of the Committee of Management of the Raymond Terrace School of Arts for the half-year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday evening a numerous audience assembled in the Odd Fellows Hall, Paterson, to listen to an inangaral address to be delivered by the Rev. J. R. Thackeray, of West Maitland, to the members of this newly-formed…
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