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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1893

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School of Arts

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 2

A COMMITTEE meeting was held on Tuesday evening, there being present Mr. F. T. Gilbert (in the chair), Messrs. J. H. Dalton, (Treasurer), W. s. Lloyd…

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Mr. Lowe's Schooldays

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 5

Mr. Patchett Martin's "Life and Letters of Viscount Sherbrooke" contains an account of Mr. Lowe's schooldays. The following was his examination in Divinity, as related by himself:—…

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The Home Rule Bill. Irish Language in Schools. Warning by Mr Sexton. LONDON, Friday Night

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 4

THE Irish Home Rule was further considered in committee in tho House of Commons to-day. An amendment was moved to…

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Scone Public School

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 2

On Thursday and Friday last an examination of candidates for entrance and bu[?]sainres in connection with the Public High Schools was held at the…

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School of Arts

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee was held on Wednesday evening. There were present: Mr. N. F. Assr (in the chair), Messrs. J. H. Dalton…

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Arbor Day at the R. C. School, Greta. (From our Greta correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 3

On Thursday afternoon the children attending St. Mary's School had a half-holiday granted them, and a large and representative gathering of our townsmen and their wives assembled at the school,…

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Opening of the Public School

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 2

The Ministers accompanied by Mr. Fitz Gerald and several prominent Muswellbrook residents, arrived at Aberdeen about 10 o'clock. They were…

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The School of Arts

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 2

An adjournment was next made to the site for the School of Arts. The children, under the teachers and Mr. Mackenzie, formed…

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West Maitland School of Arts. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1893 · page 3

On Monday evening, the half-yearly meeting of members of the above institution took place in the large hall of the building. The President, the Rev. E. A. Anderson, occupied…

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Largs School off Arts. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1893 · page 2

The thirty-seventh half-yearly meeting of the members of the above institution took place in the hall on Thursday night last, and there was a very fair attendance of members…

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Bulga School Picnic. (By Junius.)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1893 · page 2

ON Friday last, the Sat instant, I mounted my horse about half-past six a.m. and hied away from Vere for the Bulga. The purpose of my early…

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The West Maitland Technical School

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1893 · page 3

It will be remembered that when the Boys Public High School was removed from West Maitland to East Mailand the Minister of Public Instruction promised that a Technical School would be erected…

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School Children Poisoned

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1893 · page 5

Mr. C. C. Lewis, the coroner for East Sussex, on Aug. 10, concluded his inquiry respecting the deaths of Edwin Puttick, aged fourteen years, and Anna Fish, aged thirteen years, who died at the Forest…

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The School of Sorrow

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1893 · page 7

I sat in the School of Sorrow The Master was teaching there; But my eyes were dim with weeping And my heart depressed with care…

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School at Nundah. Department of Public Instruction. Sydney, 2lst Sept, 1893

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 4

Sir,—I am directed to acquaint you that the formal application for the establishment of a. provisions! school at Nundah presented by you from Messrs [?] Want ami…

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Prince Bismarck on German Schools

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1893 · page 3

Prince Bismarck, on Aug. 11, in a speech to 600 Bavarian public schoolmasters, impressed upon his hearers that the future of the empire lay in great measure in the hands of German schoolmasters,…

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More Curiosities of School Examinations

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 2

The average Britiah schoolboy (or girl) is re markable for the curious and profound (?) knowledge he has of those subjects which form past of the curriculum of our schools—Board Schools in…

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Six's Creeks School Picnic

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 4

SATURDAY last was a gala day at Rix's Creek, that being the occasion of the local public school picnic, which proved to be the moat successful and enjoyable…

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A Popular Teacher

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 7

Archdeacon Williams, whom Sir Walter Scott called "a heaven-born teacher," was greatly beloved at Edinburgh Academy, where he presided. His treatment of the boys was in harmony with his…

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Official Correspondence. Mr A. J. Gould, Mp., has kindly handed us the following letter for publication:-School at Nandah. Depart. of Public Instruction. Sydney, Oct. 18th, 1893

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 4

SIR,— I am directed to acquaint you that the Minister of Public Instruction has had under notice the formal application, received on 20th Sept.,…

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