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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1891

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School of Arts. Members Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 2

A MEETING of members of the above was held on Monday evening to elect two auditors to audit the accounts to be presented to the forthcoming annual…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, January 17, 1891. Entrance Examinations, High Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 4

Following are the results of the recent examinations as far as they affect this district:— BOYS. Examined at Maitland.—George Ainsworth,…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 4

The annual meeting of the members of this institution was held in the hall last night. As usual, the attendance was very small, and the proceedings were very tame…

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Handicapped High Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 4

CREDITING Mr. Carruthers, as we do, with good intentions in extending the number of soholarehips in High Schools, and in altering the arrangements under which they are to be…

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School of Arts

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 2

THE annual meeting in connection with the above institution was held on Monday evening. The President (Mr. Thos. Cook), occupied the chair, and…

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Goulburn River. School of Arts.—half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1891 · page 3

On the occasion of this meeting, on Saturday last, the attendance of members and the interest taken in the proceedings showed a decided improvement. The feeling at first was a gloomy one,…

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West Maitland School of Arts. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 3

On Thursday evening the half-yearly meeting of members of the West Maitland School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution. There was only a moderate attendance of members. The…

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Largs School of Arts. Half-yearly Meeting. (From a correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1891 · page 4

On Thursday evening, 29th January, 1891, the thirty-second half-yearly meeting of the members of Largs School of Arts was held in the hall of the Institution. There was only a moderate attendance…

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Amusing Stories of Life at School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 8

Mr. Barker's latest work upon the subject of humour at school has just been published by Mr. Arrowsmith, under the comprehensive title of "Our Boys and Girls at School: their Naivete, Humour,…

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Hinton School of Arts. Annual Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 4

The annaal general meeting of members of the Hinton Schcol of Arts was held in the hall of the Institution on Tuesday night. The attendance was not large; Mr. G. Ling, President, occupied the…

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School of Arts

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 2

THE first meeting of the newly elected committee took place on Monday evening. Mr. J. A. K. Shaw (Vice-President) occu[?]ied the chair, there being…

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Cricket. High School v. LOCHINVAR

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1891 · page 5

The above match was played on the Lochinvar Oval on Friday, 20th instant, and resulted in a win for the School by 26 runs on the Ist innings. For the winners Crothers 20, Stacy 19, not out, and…

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Some Ill-Schooled Geniuses

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 1

Newton and Scott were both dilatory scholars, though on occasion they would make a spurt and prove what they could do. Goles with earned fsor himself among his…

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Proposed Schools at Oswald and Lamb's Valley

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 3

At the desire of Mr. R. Scobie, M.P., we print the following official letters:— Department of Public Instiuction, Sydney, 25th February, 1891…

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Scholarships in High Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 2

After the publication of the result of the recent examinations, for passes and scholarships in connection with the Public High Schools for Boys and Girls, and in consequence of the dissatisfaction…

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A Sportsman of the Old School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 3

With Mr. Mackenzie Grieves there disappears a very curious figure from Parisian society. It was more than flfty years ago that young Mackenzie G[?] leaving the Army, and having got…

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Review. Fabian Essays in Socialism. By G. Bernard Shaw, Sidney Webb, William Clarke, Sydney Olivier, Annie Besant, Graham Wallae, and Hubert Bland. Edited by G. Bernard Shaw. Sydney, Brisbane, and London: Edwards, Dunlop and Co, Ltd. Notes on Shakespeare's play of King John, By T. Duff Barnett, B.A., (Lond.), second master in the Brighton Grammar School. London: George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden. Sir Francis Drake. By Julian Corbett. English Men of Action series. London: Macmillan and Co. TTRVC Malay Archipelago. By Alfred Russel Wallace, author of The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Island Life, Darwinism, etc. Macmillan's Colonial Library, No. 117. London: Macmillan and Co. Talcs of Leigh Hunt, now first collected, with a prefatory memoir. By William Knight, Ll.d., Professor of Moral Philosophy iii the University of St. Andrews. London: William Paterson and Co

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1891 · page 6

The first of the volumes on our list contains a selection of the essays on socialism delivered in connection with the Fabian Society in England. The society is a body of socialists, and…

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Mutiny In a Public School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 3

DURING the absence at the cadet parade on Thursday of two of the principal male teachers at the Cooks-hill Public School, Newcastle, a spirit of mutiny took…

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The Boys' Public High School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 4

On Wednesday the boys of the Maitland Public High School presented the following address to Lord and Lady Jersey. It was printed on satin in four colours, and enclosed in limp leather covers…

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The Girls' Public High School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 4

Yesterday morning the pupils of the Girls Public High School assembled in the Municipal Council Chamber under the direction of Miss Grossmann and Miss Roberts. Lady Jersey had…

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