Religious Instruction in State Schools. (Melbourne Argus, Aug. 29.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1879 · page 6
A deputation of Protestant clergymen, headed by the Bishop of Melbourne, and numbering twelve, waited on the Minister of Public Instruction yesterday. Messrs. James,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Murderous Assault by a Suuday School Teacher. (Thursday's Evening News.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 7
A cruel and unjustifiable assault, which it is very much leared will have a fatal termination, is reported to have been committed by a Sunday school teacher upon one of the children attending the Ebenezer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bishop of Maitland's Pastoral. Scripture Lessons in Public Schools
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1879 · page 2
JAMES, by the Grace of God and of the Apostolic see, Bishop of Maitland to the Catholic Clergy of the Diocese of Maitland…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1879 · page 2
The lad who underwent such barbarous maltreatment at the hands of his Sunday-school teacher, is happily out of danger. It would have been a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Chastisement of School Children. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1879 · page 1
SIR—Can you inform me what chasrisemnt is allowed to be visited, by the masters upon children in Public Schools when they misbehave themselves? Is it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The New School of Arts, Gunnedah. Laying the Foundation Stone. [From Our Own Reporter.]
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1879 · page 6
On Thursday last, after the opening of the railway to Gunnedah, the foundation stone of the new building for the School of Arts was laid on a site in Elgin street, Gunnedah, by Mr.T.K. Abbott, Police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Church of England Sunday School, Oakhampton. (From a Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 14
This being, I think, the first public announcement of there being a Sunday School in this locality, I may be pardoned if I write at some little length with regard to it. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Opening of the New School of Arts, Wallsend. (Newcastle Herald of Thursday.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 14
At noon on Wednesday, the Hon. Saul Samuel arrived by train, accompanied by F. W. Binney, Esq. (secretary to Wallsend Coal Company), and. Captain Cross, (the…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 1
Our leading journal has been publishing some interesting accounts relative to the management of Reformatory Schools in Victoria. Seven years ago there were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →St. Mary's School Festival
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 4
The annual festival in connexion with St. Mary's Church of England Sunday School took place on the Albion Ground. West Maitland, which had been placed at the disposal of the teachers gratuitously…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1879 · page 6
The half-yearly meeting of the members of the Woodville School of Arts was held in the institution on Tuesday evening. The attendance of members was good. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In School Days
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 2
STILL selfs the school house by the road A ragged beggar running; Around it still the sumachs grow, Add blackberry vines are running…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 7
Just now, when the question of "religion in the common schools" is so much under debate among us, it is rather remarkable that in the United States a debate is…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 6
St. Alban's day and Sunday school festival was held on Thursday, Oct. 9th. The children assembled at the St. Alban's school at 10 a.m., and marched with banners, etc., to…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 1
ON Tuesday last, Mr. H. Parl[?]nson, who has been in charge of the public school here for nearly two year, left to take charge of the public school at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opening of the Public School, Muswellbrook. (From Our Own Reporter.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1879 · page 5
Yesterday afternoon the new Public school at Muswellbrook was opened for use, by Mr. W. Wilkins, Secretary to the Council of Education. The principal shops of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →St. Paul's Sunday School Festival
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1879 · page 3
The annual festival in connection with St. Paul's Sunday School, West Maitland, took place on Tuesday last. The children assembled at the school building at nine o'clock,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. [From Various Correspondents.] Paterson. Sunday School Treat
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1879 · page 7
On Saturday last the teachers of St. Ann's Presbyterian Church Sunday School entertained their scholars at a treat, which came off in a beautiful shady nook just outside of the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1879 · page 7
After the meeting held in connection with the road had terminated, a second meeting was held in the court-house, Wollombi, H. Gordon, Esq., P.M., kindly presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →(From another correspondent.) Our Public School
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 6
On Wednesday, the 15th instant, according to announcement, this school was formerly opened by Mr. Wilkins, the Secretary to the Council of Education. As you will have a…
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