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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1891

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Arboriculture about Public Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1891 · page 7

The Under Secretary for Public Instruction has forwarded for publication the following document:— Memorandum to Superintendent Technical E[?]tion Branch,…

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Newtown Public School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 4

The numerous friends of Mr. A. D. MoKenzie, who for some years was head master of the West Maitland Superior Public School, and made himself highly popular not alone with the parents and children of the school, but with a large section of…

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Maitland School of Arts. Winter Series of Lectures

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 4

On Wednesday evening Colonel John T. Hobbs, a Journalist at present visiting the district, delivered a chatty discourse upon the negro and slave life in the Southern States of the American Republic. The lecture was one of the series projected by the…

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Glassville Public School. Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, May 9th, 1891

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1891 · page 2

Sir,—In. reply, to your letter of the 7th instant forwarding representations from Mr W. Burnett, as to the inadequate accommodation at the…

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School Residence for Rix's Creek. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 19th May, 1891

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 May 1891 · page 4

SIR,-I am directed to acknoledge the receipt of a letter dated 13th inst singed by Dr Read and forwarded by yon to this office, requested the erection…

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Public High School for Boys at East Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 7

On Saturday afternoon the Hon. J. H. Carruthers, Minister of Public Instruction, laid the corner stone of the building in course of erection for the purposes of the Public High School for Boys. Prior…

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Public High Schools, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1891 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

New regulations regarding the scholarships and bursaries in connection with these schools have been made, and the following particulars are given of them, so far as they relate to the local schools…

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Concessions to Teachers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1891 · page 2

In order to meet the convenience of public school teachers desirous of passing the midwinter holidays in town or country, as the case might be, the Railway Commissioners…

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Local News. School Teachers and Railway Travelling

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1891 · page 4

In order to meet the convenince of Public School teachers who may be desirous of passing the midwinter holidays in town or country, as the case may be, the Railway Commissioners have decided to run a…

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School of Arts

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 1

A COMMITTEE MEETING was held on Monday night when there were present—Dr. Scott (in the chair) Messrs E. Sherwood (Secretary), T. F…

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Scone Grammar School

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1891 · page 2

IN response to the kind imitation of the Master of the Grammar School, large number of residents assembled at the School of Arts to with as the…

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The Demeanour of Public School Pupils

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 8

Last October Mr. J. J. Maher, of West Maitland, forwarded to the Minister of Education a series of suggestions, which are indicated in the reply received in April, as follows:—…

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Official Correspondence. THE Hon A. J. Gould, M.P., has kindly banded as the following official letters for publication :— Glassville Public School. Department of Public Instruction, Sydney, 29th June. 1891

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 2

Sir,—Adverting to my letter dated the Ist instant, I am directed by the Minister of Public Instruction to acquaint you that the local inspector has this day been authorised…

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Catholic Schools in Australia

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 2

Bishop Doyle, of Grafton, Now South Wales, says that tha Roman Catholic schcol system in the United states is inferior to that in Australasia…

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Humour at School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 7

Mr. H. J. Barker has an apparently inexhaustible store of stories of the wit and humour of school children. He contributes a paper on this subject to Chambers' Journal,…

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The Public High Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 7

The following are the results of the examinations for scholarships and bursaries in the high schools, hold on 18th and 19th June. The return shows the school attended and the school at which the…

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Clarence Town. School of Arts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 3

The eleventh annual meeting was held on Monday last, the 6th instant. There were very few members present. In fact, the majority of the members appear to use the institution merely as a…

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School of Arts

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1891 · page 2

THE committee held their ordinary monthly meeting on Monday evening last, when Dr. Scott (Vice-President) occupied the chair, and there were also…

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Entertainment In the Wesleyan School Hall

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1891 · page 7

On Wednesday night the Wesleyan School Hall was the scene of a novel and very successful entertainment, given in aid of the library of the Sunday School. There was a very large audience, the hall…

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