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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1898

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Singleton Public School Association Sports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

IT is notified in another part of this paper that entries for the bicycle, allcomers, and youths handicaps in connection with the above sports to take…

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St. Paul's Sunday School Picnic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

The annual picnic in connection with St. Paul's Church of England Sunday School was held in the Police faddock on Wednesday last. The children mustered at the…

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Successful School Picnic

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 2

The St. Xavier's R. C. School picnic last Thursday was highly successful. During the afternoon fully 500 children and adults were present, all of whom thoroughly…

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St. Xavier's School Picnic. a Gala Day

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 5

THURSDAY last was honored as a gala day by some hundreds of persons m the grounds of St. Xaxier's R.C School. It was the occasion of a…

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School for South Singleton Mr Dight, M.P., Deputaticnised. Promise of Assistance Given

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 3

YESTERDAY afternoon, the Mayor of South Singleton (Alderman Simmons), in company with the Council Clerk of that municipality (Mr W.[?] J…

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Sunday School Anniversary

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 October 1898 · page 2

THE anniversary services of the local Wesleyan Sunday School, which took place on Sunday last, were well at tended. The church was prettily…

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Convent High School Pupils Entertainment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 4

Another of those charming entertainments given annually by the little pupils of the Convent High School at East Maitland to not only large and interested, but extremely happy and delighted…

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Prize Fund Entertainment. By Pupils and Friends of the Misses Upjohn

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

A FAIRLY large au [?] assembled in the hall of the Mechanics Institute on Thursday evening last to witness the entertainment by the pupils and…

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Hawkesbury College. The Work Being Done There. Some Interesting Experiments. The Number of Scholars to Date

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 3

A REPORT from Mr Valder, principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, has been received by the Minister for Agriculture. The report…

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E. M. High School v. ENDEAVOUR

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 3

The above match was played on the Park on Friday, and resulted in an easy victory for the High School lads by 112 runs on the first innings. High School went to the wickets first and made…

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South Singleton School Proposal

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

Yesterday the Mayor of South Singleton (Alderman Simmons) received a letter from Mr C. H. Dight, M P., stating that he had presented the petition to the Minister…

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Roughit Public School Picnic

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

Thursday last opened out rather gloomily for the friends and pupils of the above school. But the day cleared up, and although there were occasional showers,…

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School Examination

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

During the week the Rev. O'Douohoe, Dicesan Inspector of Schools has been examiming the St. Xavier's School and as a result has written a rather flattering…

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The Pub. [?]c School Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 4

Friday next, the [?] day of the sports is drawing near—the day to which the children of the public school of the district have been looking forward for the past six week…

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A Teacher's Success

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

We learn with pleasur that Miss Mabel E. Cragg, teacher of the Allandale public school, has been informed that, as a result of the examination in June, she has…

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Public School Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

WE are requested to direct attention to the advertisement announcing that the excellent concert lately given by the local Public School pupils will…

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Kindergarten In State Schools

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 November 1898 · page 2

The Minister for Public Instruction has decided that after Christmas an hour of every day shall be given in all infant. State schools to kindergarton work. As…

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Public Schools Athletic Association. Inaugural Sports Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 3

A short time ago a branch of the Public Schools Athletic Association was formed in the Maitland District. The matter was taken up warmly by the teachers of the schools in the district, and is was…

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Public Schools Athletic Association. Inaugural Sports Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 5

The above fathering was carried on after the report in our last issue closed. The weather kept fine and cool to the last, and in that respect the Association was most fortunate. The attendance…

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Physical Drill in Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

PARENTS of children in Maitland were yesterday gratified with exhibition of a development of the Public School system which tend s[?] indurate the physical frame of the scholars…

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