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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1897

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Public School Sports

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 May 1897 · page 4

The continuation and conclusion of the Public Schools Assoiation Sports on Victor. Square attracted a large crowd on Saturday afternoon. The…

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Our Singleton Letter. Inspection of the Public School Cadets.—

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 May 1897 · page 2

At the boys public school yesterday the local cadets were reviewed by Inspector Dwyer, who has, for the past month, been conducting the annual examination of the school pupils. The forty-four…

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School Board, Clarence Town

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 5

Thomas Wilson has been gazetted a member of the Public School Board for the sub-district of Clarence Town…

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The Hawkeye School Orchestra

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 14

The people of the Hawkeye school district prided themselves on being "musical." They averred that they had among them more good singers, fiddlers, fifers and players on the accordion and on…

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Presentations From Deaf and Dumb Pupils

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 June 1897 · page 8

At 12 o'clock this morning the pupils of the Deaf and Dumb Institute, Waratah, presented an address of welcome to His Eminence the Cardinal and the visiting prelates at the…

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Addresses to Dr. Dwyer. St. John's Children's Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 June 1897 · page 2

The Bight Rev. Dr. Dwyer, Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, paid his first visit since his consecration to the children attending St. John's Boys and Girls Schools this morning, when the occasion was…

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Addresses to the Right Rev. Dr. P. V. Dwyer. St. John's Children's Schools

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 5

The Right Rev. Dr. Dwyer, Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, paid his first visit since his consecration to the children attending St. John's Boys and Girls Schools on Thursday, when the occasion was…

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Wesleyan Sunday School Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 4

Attention is directed to advertisement in another column announcing a concert in. aid of Wesleyan Sunday School funds for the evening of Thursday next. The Rink,…

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The Coimbatore New High School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 June 1897 · page 4

It seems a long way from Australia to Coimbatore, India, says the Australian Christian World, but we feel sure that many will read with interest that the Rev. A. W. Brough, who one laboured in West…

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Sunday Schools Demonstration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 6

The committee who are conducting the United Children's Service in the Town Hall, on Accession Day (Sunday next) in memory of the Queen's completing the 60th year of her reign held a meeting…

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The Coimbatore New High School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 12

It seems a long way from Australia to Coimbatore, India, says the Australian Christian World, but we feel sure that many will read with interest that the Rev. A. W. Brough, who once laboured in West…

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Public School Cadets

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 4

The local Public School Cadet Corps intends celebrating the Queen's record reign on Tuesday. They will assemble at the hospital at 0.30 a.m. on that day, and…

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The United Sunday Schools' Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 June 1897 · page 6

A united jubilee service for the children of the various Protestant Sunday schools was hold in the Town Hall, West Maitland, the meeting was arranged at a meeting of ministers and…

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The Sunday Schools' Service

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 2

The United Sunday School Service took place in the Town Hall, West Maitland, on Sunday afternoon. Several thousand children in procession marched to the place. The order of procession,…

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Essay. "The Uses of a School Library."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 2

The following is an essay written by Janet W. Morgan, a pupil of the Euwylong Public School, on the uses of a school library…

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School Teachers Transferred

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 12

The Public Service Board has approved of the transfer of the teachers named to the positions and schools specified:—Miss Edith Heatherington, from Newtown to Dungog, as assistant; Mr…

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Told by H. M. Inspector of Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 July 1897 · page 3

The following incidents, humorous and pathetic, were recently related to the writer by one of H.M. Inspectors of Schools. At a school in the Midlands on one occasion the…

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A Great Teacher

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 5

A trifle more than 150 years since, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, organised a sunday school in the town of Savannah, Georgia. The rules of that Sunday school…

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Maitland School of Arts. House Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1897 · page 3

A meeting of the house committee of the West Maitland School of Arts was held last evening, when a letter from the University was read, giving a list of the available subjects for a course of…

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High School Scholarships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 3

At the examination which took place on the 24th and 25th June ultimo, the following candidates were successful, and will be awarded State scholarships on production of satisfactory proof that they…

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