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94 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 5
SIR,—I have some children who attend one of the Public Schools here, but I find it highly dangerous to let them do so till better weather sets in. I find the teacher desires them to come with boots…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Minister for Works has approved of [?] of free passes to children to enable them to attend the nearest Private school to [?] no matter what public school…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Full effect has been given at last to Mr. O'Connor's railway free pass motion in favour of children attending denominational or private schools, and parents who have hitherto been obliged to pay the railway fare for their children, can now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Some new and interesting facts about the discovery of America are furnished by an English school boy whose master directed him to write a short essay upon Christopher Columbus. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cabinet decided yesterday, that school children shall not be carried freee on the railways levent the nearest primary school to their residence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE question of the free carriage of school children on the State railways is becoming more and more "muddled." For ourselves we confess we cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The King's School opened the cricket season [?] Saturday last by playing a team from the Hospital for Insane, Parramatta, on the latter's ground. It resulted in a draw greatly in favour of the school…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Acting in his capacity as a member of the District School Board for Maitland, Mr. J. N. Brunker, M.L.A., hac for a considerable time past been endeavouring to obtain increased accommodation for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—In your issue of Saturday last, you have a paragraph respecting the management of our Public School. Your informant has certainly gone out of his way considerably in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thanks to the pressing invitation of the Principal of the Heidelberg Academy, I was enabled to be present at this entertainment, which took place on Friday evening last, in the School of Arts,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuesday last was a day long looked forward to by the children attending the St. Paul's and St. Barnabas' Sunday schools—it being the day fixed upon for the annual treat. It was decided this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE usual monthly committee meeting was held on Wednesday evening The following committee men were present Messrs. N. E. Asger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE meeting of the committee adjourned from 3rd inst., was held on Monday evening last in the library. There were present: Messrs. N. F…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A very interesting ceremony took place at the Superior Public School, West Maitland, on Thursday afternoon, in the presence of the pupils of the Girls' Department and a number of visitors,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The annual treat in connection with St. Mary's Sunday School took place on Friday last. On this occasion the children were taken by train to Rutherford, the railway journey no doubt forming a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a recent Sunday School Conference at Rochdale, Mr. John Bright, while disavowing any claim to a place among the army of workers in the "most holy cause" of the Sunday School, expressed a very…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE ordinary monthly meeting was held in the library on Wednesday evening last. Mr. N. F. Asser (Vice-President) occupied the chair, besides…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The subject of school boy's blunders has recently been agitated in various directions, and the collected result is exceedingly amusing. Some of the very best instances of inadvertently happy phrasing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The medical school in connexion with the Sydney University was initiated some five years ago with the insignificant number of four students, but it has grown so well that there are now more than…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Many queer sayings come to my mind as the result of an experience in the school-room. To my own I will add some told me by my fellow-teachers: Mary was a girl with a scarcity of ideas, but a…
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