Maitland School of Arts. the Winter Course of Lectures
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1878 · page 12
On Thursday evening, the last lecture of the present winter series was delivered in the hall of the Maitland School of Arts, by Mr. C. E[?]ppir. The subject was "The History of the British Parliament."…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 31 August 1878 · page 2
FOR several years of my life I have been engaged in mind cultivation, that is " teaching the young idea how to shoot;" not an original remark, but one that marks out my…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poetry. the School Boy. From the Episcopa[?]ian
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1878 · page 13
We bought him s box for his books and things And a cricket bag for his bat; And he looked the brightest and best of kings Under his new straw hat…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1878 · page 4
On Tuesday evening a very successful concert was givan in the hall of the Morpeth School of Arts, in oonnection with the Loyal Orange Lodges Nos. 39 and 71. Notwithstanding the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Atrooities in the Pacific. Massacre of Five Wesleyan Teachers. Retaliatory Measures.—severe Conflict.—many Killed. (From the Evening News.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1878 · page 3
The German barque, Johan Cæsar, Captain Bruck, has returned from a cruise to the South Sea Islands. The vessel is last from New B [?] tain, and brings some startling information of…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1878 · page 3
THE German barque Johan Cæsar, Captain Bruck, has returned from a cruise to the South Sea Islands. The vessel is last from New Britain and bran[?] some startling…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1878 · page 6
Amongst the most prominent of buildings created in Greta is the new public school, which has just been completed and opened. I[?] is certainly an ornament to the town. The school…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1878 · page 12
The thirteenth half-yearly meeting in connection with the Deuman schcol of Arts, was held in the hall of the institution, on Wednesday, 4 h September. There was a fair attendance of its members present…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 October 1878 · page 6
The half-yearly meeting of the members of the above institution was held in the School of Arts, Woodville, on Tuesday evening. There was a good muster of members present Mr…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1878 · page 14
The Volunteer Rifles have immortalized them-selves, and henceforth their names, written in letters of smoke, will live in history! On Monday evening last, a hastily arranged assault was made on the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1878 · page 12
On Thursday, at the West Maitland Police Court, before the Police Magistrate, and Messrs. T. W. Pearse, W. H. Mullen, J. B. R. Robertson, and R. Hydnes, Js.P., Frederick Shawelhood was charged…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 October 1878 · page 2
The following lots of land, forming part of the Church and School Estate, will be offered for sale by public, auction, at the undermentioned place, at twelve o'clock noon on the days specified, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland School of Arts' Concer[?] (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 October 1878 · page 6
SIR,—Allow me to correct an error which occurred in the programme, and also in your favourable report of the above concert. It is stated therein that the duet "When the Rolling Waves divide us" was…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1878 · page 13
Two schoolboys on their way to school 1 day by day was meeting, Yet tho' I met them day by day, We each and all pursued our way,—…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →District News. [From Various Correspondents.] Muswellbrook. Opening St. Aman's New School. (From an occasional correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1878 · page 6
On Friday evening, 11th, a soiree in commemoration of the opening of St. Alban's new school, was held in the school room. The evening was favorable, the attendance large, and the whole of the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1878 · page 4
A PUBLIC meeting was held in Melbourne on October 7, to consider the question of scriptural instruction in State Schools. There was a large attendance, and in a paper read…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1878 · page 6
On Saturday last the East Maitland, Singleton, and West Maitland Public Schools Cadet Corps held their annual sports meeting on the Albion Ground, West Maitland. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broke. (From our Correspondent.) Police Court. Saturday, 19Th October, 1878, (Before Mr. J.N. Brooks, P.M., and Mr. George Watls, J.p.) Charge of Assault Against a Public School Teacher
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1878 · page 2
Emil Beusehel appeared on summons charged with assaulting George Moroney, a boy 11 years old, in the Broke Public School on the 11th inst…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1878 · page 2
ON Saturday last 19th inst., the annual parade and athletic sports of the Public School Cadet Corps of Singleton, West and East Maitland, were held on the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 October 1878 · page 4
OUR last issue contained the scheme of the Victorian Minister of Education for making State School teachers civil servants, classifying them and providing for their promotion…
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