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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1894

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Bendolba Public School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 December 1894 · page 2

The prizes purchased from the proceeds of the picnic and tea-meeting were presented at the above school on Thursday last. There was a good…

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Dunolly Public School. [Contributed.]

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 December 1894 · page 4

ON Friday last, on the occasion of their breaking-up prior to the Xmas vacation, the pupils attending the Dunolly Public School were awarded…

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Grammar School, Singleton. Breaking Up of School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 December 1894 · page 1

The Singleton Grammar School broke up for the Christmas vacation on the 15th. The headmaster, in his remarks, stated that though the school always finished the year with no flourish of…

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Presentation to a Teacher

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 2

The University Classes of the Sacred Heart College, West Maitland, on Friday evening waited upon their esteemed teacher, Mr. O'Meara, and presented him with an address and testimonial…

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The Schools and Prize Distributions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 7

On Friday afternoon the pupils of the Sacred Heart College had their breaking up ceremony. There was a gathering of ladies and gentlemen in the College Hall, and the prizes and medals won…

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Grammar School, Singleton. Breaking, Up of School. (From a correspondent.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 5

The Singleton Grammar School broke up for the Christmas vacation on the 15th. The headmaster, in his remarks, stated that though the school always finished the year with no flourish of…

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Water at the Public School. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 4

SIR,-I am informed that towards the close of the work in our Public school, the water in the underground rank there became so bad as to be…

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A Smart Schoolmistress

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 2

A WRITER in the Yarrawonga Mercary (Victorial says : There is a real upto-date school teacher in a school somewhere near Albury. This teacher…

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Singleton Grammar School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 4

THE Singleton Grammar School broke up for the Christmas vacation on the 15th. Mr Brown, in his remarks on the occasion, stated that though the…

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In Defence of Public Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 December 1894 · page 8

SIR,—I have not had an opportunity until now to draw attention to the speech of Archdeacon Tyrrell delivered in the East Maitland Mechanics' Institute on the 12th instant in which he made…

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The Major. A Schoolboy's Story

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 December 1894 · page 3

That's the name we gave her—the Major. Her real name, you know, was Twitcher—Mrs. Twitcher. She was the wife of old twitcher—that's to say he was…

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