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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1891

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Church of England, Diosese of Newcastle. Sunday School, Teachers' Association

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

On Thursday evening the annual meeting of the Sunday School Teachers' Association of the Central Rural Deanery of the Diocese of Newcaetle was held at East Miatland Service was held in St. Peter's Church—the seat of the Rural Dean. Canon…

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A Public School Scandal. a Schoolmaster Imprisoned. [By Telegraph ] Sydney, Friday evening

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 2

AT Armidale to-day, Edwin Hickey, latterly State school teacher at Sunnyside, near Tenterfield, was sentenced to eight years, imprisonment for criminally assaulting a…

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Provisional School, Stewarts Brook

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 2

Department of Public Instruction Sydney, 17th October, 1891. Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated 14th inst.,…

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An Ideal School for Boys

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1891 · page 7

An American headmaster, Dr. Henry Coit, of St. Paul's School, Concord, has sketched for the readers of the Forum an ideal American boys' school. Perhaps what will…

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Bright School-Girls

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1891 · page 6

If there is such a thing in existence as a schoolteacher's note-book, containing the unintentionally funny sayings of children, the melancholy man would do well to borrow it for the solace of his…

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Justice Without Mercy. Two Schoolboys Commetied for Trial. [By Telegrph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 2

Two boys, both aged 11, were committed for trial to day for breaking into and stealing reals of cotton, etc., from the Petersham Public School…

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At the Same School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1891 · page 6

Jules Simon, formerly one of the most eminent statesmen of France, is, as many other French statesmen are and have been, a regular contributor to the press. He is publishing in the Paris…

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The Influence of the Sunday School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 5

The Daily Chronicle of Oct. 24 says:—It would have been hardly credible, had not a Bishop vouched for the statement, that as many as 75 per cent. of the convicts in Pentonville Prison had at one time…

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Teachers' Grievances. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1891 · page 4

SIR,—Now that a new Minister for Education is appointed, perhaps he will have time to inquire into some of the grievances inflicted upon teachers by his Department, as they are not allowed to make…

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East Maitland Grammar School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1891 · page 7

At the breaking up of this school the boys presented Mr. Hole, the head master, with a silver toast rack and egg-stand. The present was accompanied by au address congratulating that…

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Boys' Public High School, West Maitland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1891 · page 4

The presentation of the certificates obtained at the University Examinations, took place on Wednesday morning last. The Rev. W. H. H. Yarrington, LL.B., had been invited to make the…

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Schools and the Christmas Holidays

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1891 · page 4

The following reports of breaking up ceremonies and distributions of prizes have been supplied to us: SACRED HEART COLLEGE…

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The Slur upon Sunday Schools. [By Nemo.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1891 · page 7

If the statement in the London Daily Chronicle of October 24 be proximately correct (and there is no. reason on the surface for questioning its substantial accuracy as a prison record) that 75 per…

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The Convent High School. Monday Evening's Entertainment

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 December 1891 · page 2

THE closing of the Convent High School for the Christmas and New Year vacation was celebrated on monday evening last, when the pupils took part in a higely blended…

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Girls' Public High School, West Maitland. [CONTRIBUTED.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1891 · page 6

On Thursday laBt a large and respectable meeting of the friends of the Girls' High School was held in the old Masonic Hall, West Maitland. R. A. Young, Esq., Mayor, presided…

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The Evolution of Tommy's Private School Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1891 · page 8

1. A rough draft, written by the undermaster, who certainly has had rather a trying week with Tommy. " I am unable to speak highly of either his…

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Reviews. Blanche, Lady Falaise. By J. H. SHORTHOUSE, author of John Inglesant, Sir Percival, A Teacher of the Violin. London: Macmillan and Co. Macmillan's Colonial Library. A Sydney-side Saxon. By Rolf Boldrewood, author of Robbery under Arms, etc. London: Macmillan and Co. Macmillan's Colonial Library. Cecilia de Nocl. By Lanoe Falconer. London Macmillan and Co. Macmillan's Colonial Library. The Bookman. London: Hodder and Stcughton. King Sungaree's Pyalla, and Stories illustrative of manners and customs that prevailed among Australian aborigines. Illustrated. By MARY A. FITZGERALD, authoress of Australian Furs and Feathers. Sydney: Edwards, Dunlop and Co., Limited

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1891 · page 3

Another book from the pen of the author of John Inglesant will be gladly welcomed. The pure cultured English which Mr. Shorthouse makes the vehicle of his thought, and the charming humour…

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