Governor Kennedy on Sunday Schools
AT a recent gathering of the Sunday School Union at Brisbane, the popular Governor of Queensland made the following noble speech:- His Excellency said…
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Morpeth Public School. (From a correspondent.)
The half-yearly vacation of the above school was celebrated on the Public School ground, on Friday last, June 27. At the invitation of Mr. Graham, the head teacher,…
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The chief business transacted by the Synod of the diocese of Sydney, at its sitting last week, was the discussion and passing of a series of resolutions, for establishing a means…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, July 3, 1879. Religious Instruction in Schools
NEARLY thirteen years have passed since the Public Schools Act came into operation. During all that time, the permission to impart religious instruction has been, to a large…
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The quiet district of Blue Gum Flat is not often the scene of festivities of a kind to please and amuse both old and young, but the sports of the 27th June were undoubtedly…
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The annual meeting of the members of the Hinton School of Arts was held in the hall of that institution, on Monday evening, for the purpose of receiving the report for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, July 12, 1879. School Teachers' Residences
MR. SUTTOR'S reply to Mr. Stuart on Tuesday seems to us to be perfectly irrefutable. The law does not permit the Council of Education to erect buildings in connexion with…
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The half-yearly meeting of the members of the Morpeth School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution on Friday evening. There was a good attendance, the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warkworth School Picnic. (From a Correspondent.)
THE USUALLY dull, and rather monotonous, little Workworth put on a bright face yesterday, when some of the people living in the neighbourhood determined that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Metropolitan News and Notes. (From our Correspondent.) Certified Teachers
LAST night the Assembly entered into a full discussion upon the Public School question. The grievance of the few certified teachers left to the mercy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Clarence Town School of Arts. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Your correspondent of Friday last is wrong again in his remarks concerning the Clarence Town School of Arts. No one is permitted to indulge in tap-room…
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The following circular (says the Echo) has been issued by the Council of Education, and ia being forwarded to the various Public school teachers in the colony. The italics in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roman Catholic Children in Public Schools. (From the Echo of Tuesday.)
Before the promulgation of the Roman Catholic Archbishop's Pastoral on the relation of his church to the Public schools, clerical influences had been extensively brought to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Singleton Argus. Saturday, August 2, 1879. Public Schools the Guides to Perdition
WE have no hesitation in saying that the colony has been greviously libelled by the authors of the Pastoral Letter. emanating from the heads of the Roman…
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THE following circular has been issued by the Council of Education, and is being forwarded to the various Public School teachers in the colony. The…
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FOR SCHOOL AND OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSES. No. 1,458. County of Poltinger, parish of Dubbleda, area about 46 acres. The Crown lands commencing at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Pastoral Letter and the Public Schools. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—There can be no doubt that the matters summarised in the above heading are greatly at the present time agitating the public mind throughout the colony. It is not…
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The American papers of June 11 report a very remarkable case of deaths among school children, in a country locality. In Vermont is a small place called Jacob's Mills, in the…
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THE following very sensible letter was published in last Tuesday's Mercury. We believe that Mr. O'Noill is only one of a large number of Catholics who hold the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Muswellbrook. St. Alban's School
The annual inspection of this school took place o[?] Wednesday and Thursday, the 13th and 14th ins[?] There were 133 pupils present. The examination embraced a wide range of subjects, including L[?]…
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