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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1873

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Lecture on Bands of Hope in Connection with Sabbath Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1873 · page 4

On Tuesday evening Mr. Joseph Paxton, of Hawkins' Hill, delivered a lecture on the above subject, in the Albert Hall, West Maitland. There was a small attendance, in consequence of…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, August 5, 1873. the Public School Movement

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1873 · page 2

WHEN the proposed establishment of a public school in West Maitland was under diseussion, about seventeen months age, there were some who endeavoured to prove that there was no…

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The New Puplic School at West Maitland. Laying the Foundation Stone

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 August 1873 · page 2

Ever since the passing of the Public Schools Act of 1866, there has been a desire in West Maitland that a public school of high character, bearing some proportion to the…

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Meeting of Teachers Under the Council of Education

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1873 · page 3

Pursuant to advertisement, a meeting of school teachers under the Council of Education resident in the Hunter River district, was held on Saturday morning last, at the Model Public School,…

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Original Correspondence. Teachers' Association. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1873 · page 2

SIR—Observing an advertisement in a late issue of your paper, inviting teachers under the Council, of Education to meet for the purpose of forming an association, and subsequently a report of the…

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The West Maitland Public School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1873 · page 2

On the 13th of the present month, Mr. W. Briggs, the secretary to the Public School committee, addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Council of Education, representing that as on the occasion of…

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The New School of Arts at Murrurundi. Opening Ceremony. (From our own Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1873 · page 2

The building at Murrurundi which has been for the last three years or thereabouts in course of construction, for a School of Arts and Mechanics' Institute in that town, has at last been completed, and was on…

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The New School of Arts at Scone. the Opening Ceremony. (From our owm Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 September 1873 · page 2

In our last issue we had to record the opening of a School of Arts and Mechanics' Institute at Murrurundi, and now it falls to our lot to describe a similar ceremony which took place at Scone on Tuesday…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, September 16, 1873. Histoey in the Public Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1873 · page 2

THE debate in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday last upon Mr. Buchanan's resolutions afforded fresh illustration of the difficulties with Which the question of public education is…

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Maitland School of Arts. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1873 · page 2

The half-yearly general meeting of the members of the Maitland School of Arts was held on Thursday evening, in the hall of the institution, West Maitland. There was a moderate attendance. Mr…

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The Nautical School-ship Vernon

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 6

The report of the Superintendent of the Vernon for the year ending 30th June last has been printed amongst the Parliamentary papers. The general health of the boys appears to have been not so…

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The Concert at the School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1873 · page 2

In the evening a Scottish concert was given in the hall of the Maitland School of Arts, to a crowded audience, every available inch of space being filled. The programme was…

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Maitland School of Arts. Proposed Alteration to the Hall

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1873 · page 2

On Wednesday evening the adjourned half-yearly meeting of the members of the Maitland School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution. The Rev. James Benvie, President, occupied the chair,…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Dungog. (From a Correspondent.) Dungog School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1873 · page 5

The half-yearly meeting of the Dungog School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution, on the evening of the 31st October. The President, Mr. G. Mackay, J P., having…

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London School Board. London, December 13

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1873 · page 2

Mr. C. Reed, M.P., has been elected Chairman of the London School Board. (From the Evening News.) London, Dec. 12…

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Rugby School. London, December 22

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 December 1873 · page 2

The governing body of Rugby School have dispensed with the further services of the head master, the Rev. Henry Hayman, D.D., on the ground that his duties were not successfully…

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