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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1898

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Church and School Lands

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1898 · page 2

On Friday morning Mr Price, accompanied by several horsemen, rode from Cape Hawke to Barrington, a distance of 60 miles, and met the…

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West Maitland School of Arts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 4

On Monday evening the eighty fifth half yearly meeting of members of the School of Arts was held in the hall of the institution. Mr. W. T. Lindsay, President, occupied the chair. The attendance was…

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Branxton Public School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 14

At the invitation of Mr. H. J. Foreman, principal teacher of the local Public school, the Hon A. J. Gould. M.P., Minister of Justice, visited Branxton on Friday 28th, for the purpose of distributing…

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Bolwarra Public School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 16

This school was re-opened on Monday by Mr. Harold Peek, of the West Maitland Superior Public School, who has been sent there during the absence of the late teacher, who has fever in his house and…

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Examination for Pupil Teachers

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 2

We have been requested to direct attention to an a vertisement which appears in another column, announcing that a compet[?]ive examination of applicants for the…

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Sunday Opening of the Zoo Its Effect on the Sunday Schools

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 6

It was reported at the monthly meeting of the East Sydney Ministers Association, held on Monday, that the action of the Government in…

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Wolfe, Prentice. & CO. v. High School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 February 1898 · page 4

These teams met again this season, but unfortu-nately W., P., & Co. were not represented by their full team, as no [?] Some of them expected a…

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A School of Beauty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

ACCUSTOMED as we are to look to the United States for novelties, it is a little startling to find that 'to supply a long-felt want" in New York, some enterprising folk have…

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Religious Instruction in Branxton School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

SIR,—Your Branxton correspondent of 31st ult gives an account of the annual distribution of prizes at the local Public school, on which occasion the teacher, Mr. Foreman, is accredited with…

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Aboriginal Children. Turned Away From a Public School

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 2

GENERAL surprise was expressed at the last meeting of the Aboriginal Protection Board held in Syr) 1103' in regard to a report received from the…

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An English Scandal. The "Man Sunday-school Miss."

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1898 · page 4

THE London papers have recently published lengthy accounts of the career of Mrs Catherince Coomes, who for 43 years figured in male attire,…

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Religiou's Instruction in Public Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 4

SIR,—Permit me very briefly to state in reply to the Rev. P. Cogan's letter of the 8th inst. that no reference whatever was made to the Roman Catholic clergy on the occasion he alludes to.—Yours…

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Poetry. in School Days

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 4

Still sits the school house, by the road A ragged beggar sunning; Around it Still the sumachs grow, And blackberry vines are running…

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A School of Beauty

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

ACCUSTOMED as we are to look to the United States for novelties, it is a little startling to find that, "to supply a long-felt want" in New York, some enterprising folk have…

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School of Arts

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Committee of the Murrurundi School of Arts was held in the hall of the institute on Tuesday evening, when there were present…

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Examination for Pupil Teachers

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 2

We would remind intending candidates that the competitive examination for pupil teachers will be held at the Public School, Muswellbrook, on Thursday and Friday…

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Gosford. School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 3

The annual meeting of tho Gosford School of Arts was held on Monday 7st inst., the Attendance of members was very small and it was thought the meeting would lapse for want of a quorum, but two…

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Senior Wranglers and Board School Boys

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

Sir Walter Besant in the course of his weekly chit chat in the Queen, says:—The Senior Wrangler is an old board school body, Very good indeed. The ladder which leads…

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Religious Instruction in Branxton Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 6

SIR.—Public attention has been drawn to a letter from Rev. P. Cogan which appeared in your issue of the 8th inst. It is much to be regretted the rev. gentleman should rush…

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To the Editor. CHURCH & School Land Act of 1897

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

Sir,—As a tenant on Church and School Lands, I mast emphatically enter a protest against certain paragraphs which appeared, in your…

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