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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1882

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Singleton Grammers School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 June 1882 · page 2

A VERY interesting entertainment was given in the Meanings Institute on Thursday evening to celebrate breaking up of the Grammar School for the…

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Maitland School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1882 · page 5

The following letter has been forwarded by Mr. fames Fullford, M.L A. for West Maitland, to Mr. [?]. J. Callaghan, Hon. Secretary of the Maitland School of Arts. For the information of our readers…

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Goorangoola School Treat

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1882 · page 2

IN my lost I intimated that it was intended to give our public school children an entertainment as Boon as it was convenient. That entertainment was duly…

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Teachers' Grieva[?]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1882 · page 6

The following letter appear[?] Echo over the signature "Ju[?] above subject:—[?] Sir,—The first general exam[?]nly[?]…

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Maps for the Maitland School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1882 · page 4

A few days ago the Secretary of the Maitland School of Arts applied to the Department of Public Instruction for the supply of maps for the use of members of the above…

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Troubles of Teachers

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1882 · page 5

An Ohio school-teacher named Buntain had an exciting little circus of his own this last week, when a youth appeared and demanded before the whole school that he should…

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Morpeth School of Arts. Lecture on Phrenology

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1882 · page 6

On Tuesday evening a lecture was delivered in the Morpeth School of Arts, in connection with that institution, by Mr. E. W. Eagar, on phrenology. There was not a very large…

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The [?] Office and the School

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1882 · page 2

[?] do not wish to depreciate in the [?] the true merits of the public school, but we do state right here and now at the beginning of this article that, so far…

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What Is It—honorable or Dishonorable? the School of Arts. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1882 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me, through you, to protest against [?] is evidently a perversion of the School of Arts. what[?] to the constitutio[?] of the association, Accor[?] [?]f all religiou [?]d denominational…

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New Roman Catholic School-church. (From Monday's Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1882 · page 7

The fouudation-stone of a Roman Catholic school-church, which is to be situated in Missenden-road, Camperdown, a short distance from St. Paul's College, was laid on…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, August 19, 1882. Maitland School of Arts. Winter Course of Lectures

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1882 · page 4

On Thursday evening, the fifth lecture of the present winter course was delivered in the hall of the Maitland School of Ar[?]s, by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle. A very large audience was assembled;…

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The School of Arts. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1882 · page 7

SIR,—A friend has called my attention to a word in my last communication, which, he informs me, has had an application given to it which I never intended. My language [?]n the whole case is: "Any…

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[?] Uses of the "School of Arts." [?] the Editor [?]e Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1882 · page 2

[?]issue of the Maitland, [?] [?] Low[?]es ru[?] is s[?]eady [?] [?] large contents, placed a[?] [?] and should always be [?]…

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Dungog School of Arts. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1882 · page 2

SIR,—In the Mercury of Thursday, the 24th inst.[?] I notice your Dungog correspondent has been declaiming in not very measured terms against the committee of the School of Arts, and as this oft re…

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Religious Instruction in Public Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1882 · page 3

At the Church of England Synod, Bathurst, on Thursday, the Rev. Dr. Black, in speaking to a report on religious instruction i[?] Public Schools, said that in Queensland, where he had laboured for…

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The School of Arts. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1882 · page 4

SIR,—The communication of Mr. Solling, as president of the School of Arts, merits a reply. He must not, however, imagine that, because he subscribes himself president, his opinions are of more weight…

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Public Schools and Teachers' Petty Expenses

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night Mr. H. H. Brown said that he was given to understand, in reply to a question which he asked last session, that school teachers were to be put on the same…

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The School of Arts. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mereury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 2

SIR,—It appears to me that the Revd. Mr. Benvie, notwithstanding his lengthy reply, has missed the mark, not only as regards my position, but also as to the issue raised. Likewise, considering the ample…

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Public School Examination

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 2

THE following is a further [?] of the teachers who passed the [?][?] with [?] classification:- Class [?] Section A. [?] Miss A. J. Riches…

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Maitland School of Arts. Lecture on the Telephone, Microphone, and Electric Bell

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1882 · page 4

On Tuesday evening, the Rev. Joseph Campbell delivered a lecture in the hall of the School of Arts, West Maitland, on "The Telephone, Microphone, and Electric Bell." The lecture was illustrated by…

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