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93 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 5
SIR,—In Saturday's issue, as I expected, I found another effusion from Richard Bailey, and the only notice I shall take of the first three paragraphs is to repeat my former assertion that Mr. B. is writing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Mr. John Pearse is irrepressible—a very Bayard of escaped nuns is he. He is unique. He is ubiquitous. In point of fact, he is something else besides. Paterson correspondence of Mercury…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR[?]—For some years the lack of accommodation afforded to its members by this institution has been specially noticeable. The deficiency chiefly concerns the want of available rooms wherein the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—At the last meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council, Alderman A. S. Browne stated that from ten to twelve children were sent home daily from this school covered with an eruption…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—On Thursday last, September 23rd, 1886, I visited the Superior Public school. Everything appeared to me to be clean and healthy. You may judge my surprise on Saturday morning when I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Having been alarmed on Friday night by Alderman Browne stating that the Superior Public school was a seed-bed for scarlatina, and that no less than from 8 to 10 children were sent home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This debate which is just becoming an established annual institution took place in the Denman School al Arts, on Saturday evening last, between teams selected from the members of the above society, and it is pleasant to have to say in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The annual festival in connection with St. Mary's Sabbath school took place on Tuesday last, and was carried out with the spirit and success that has maiked similar gatherings. In the morning the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Monday, 4th October, the feast in connection with the above school took place. The weather, which appeared threatening in the early morn, kept up splendidly, and the day was all that could…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The annual festival in connection with St. Paul's and St. Barnabas' (Horseshoe Bend) Sabbath Schools was held on Sunday and Tuesday last. On Sunday special services were held in St. Paul's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I am directed to acquaint you that a letter, presented by you and signed by Mr R. E. Burns and other residents- dated 8th [?], requesting that a tank may be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE daily increasing attendance at the Singleton Public School hue induced the department to study the convenience of the public by erecting an additional school-room,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I am directed to acquaint you that a letter, presented by you and signed by Mr. R. E. Burns and other residents, dated 8th instant, requesting that a tank may be supplied to the Public school at Sedgefield, and also that the floor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the hall of the institution on Thursday evening The members of the West Maitland School of Arts met for the transaction of business incidental to the half-year just ended, and the election of officers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Be kind enough to allow me to trespass on your space for the purpose of directing public notice to a statement made in the West Maitland Borough Council, on Friday evening, by Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister for Public Instruction is considering the question of, the reorganisation of school inspector, and [?] reduce the expenditure in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In your report of my speech made at the School of Arts on Thursday evening, which appeared in your issue of Saturday last, I am represented as having said "What they wanted to do was to throw…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I never complain of your reports of speeches at public meetings. Though I might possibly be able sometimes to construct an accusation, yet usually, if not always, the error, if any, is so trivial,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An adjourned half-yearly meeting of the members of the Maitland School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution on Thursday evening, "to decide whether the hall should be enlarged or not." The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In your issue of Thursday last I notice a paragraph from your Dungog correspondent, referring to the fact that there is to be a general meeting of the members of the School of Arts, for…
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