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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1903

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Opening of Pelaw-Main Public School

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 16

The new Public school was officially opened on Saturday. The important event was celebrated by a picnic and sports gathering, at which there was a large attendance of parents…

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School of Arts

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the Committee of the School of was held in the institute on Tuesday evening, when there were present Mr. A. Busby (President, in…

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School of Arts Musical and Literary Festival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 2

The regular fortnightly meeting of the committee of the West Maitland School of Arts Musical and Literary Festival was held last evening. Mr. C. James was in the chair, and there were also in…

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Mount Thorley School Picnic. An Enjoyable Function

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 2

LAST Saturday, the annual picnic in connection with the Mount Thorley Public School was held in the school grounds at the Mount. The weather…

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Schools for Advertising

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1903 · page 4

A recent report from the British Consul at Chicago calls attention to the establishment in the United States of schools where the art of advertising forms the subject of education. Vast sums of money are now…

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Advice to School Girls

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 6

The principal of a large school gives this advice to the young girls under his care:— Study hard while you do study. Put your whole mind into your work, and don't…

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How Chemistry Is Taught. a Warning to Parents, Teachers, and Pupils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 4

UPON the subject of chemistry the examiners of the Science and Art Department state in their latest report that with regard to advanced inorganic theoretical…

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St. Paul's Sunday School Picnic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 2

The annual picuic in connection with St. Paula C.E. Sunday School was held in the Rosedale paddock, by the kind permission of Mr. W. A. Wilson, on Wednesday last, and…

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Maitland District Teachers Association. an Interesting Lecture

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

On Saturday night the third of a course of lectures given under the auspices of the Maitland District Teachers' Association was delivered in the Maitland School of Arts by Mr. J. J. Callaghan, president of…

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West Maitland School of Arts. Musical and Literary Festival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1903 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the committee was held inst evening, Mr. C. James in the chair. There were also in attendance:—Messrs. J. Pritchard, W. R. Kerr, A. T. C. Baker, W. A. McDonald,…

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Sunday School Picnic

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 October 1903 · page 2

THE annual Presbyterian Sunday School picnic was held in Mr. Bakewell's town paddock on Saturday last, the 24st inst. The day turned out…

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West Maitland School of Arts. Musical and Literary Festival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 2

The usual weekly meeting was held last evening, Mr. C. James (in the chair). There were also in attendance—Messrs. James Pritchard, W. R. Kerr. W. V. Thompson, A. T. C. Pritchard,…

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Hinton Public School. Concert and Presentation of Prizes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 4

In the School of Arts, Hinton, last night, the annual concert and presentation of prizes in connection with the Public School took place. The weather was wet and…

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State School Inspection

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 November 1903 · page 2

Mr Reny, Inspector of Schools, from the Manning River, is now staying at the Caledonia Hotel in this town, and is engaged in making an inspection of the…

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Pupil Teachers' Examination

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 2

It is notified by advertisement in another column that a competitive examination for the position of Pupil Teacher in the Quirindi School District will be held…

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Local and General News. Blandford Sunday School Picnic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 2

The annual Sunday School picnic in connection with St, Luke's Church, Blandford, was held in the Barsham house paddock kindly lent for the purpose by…

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A Schoolboy Killed. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 4

A SCHOOLBOY named Edward Connell, aged 18, residing in Petersham-road, was birds-nesting this morning, when he fell 80 feet from a tree, fracturing…

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Sunday School Work in East Maitland. Service of Song "Eva" at St. Peter's

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 2

In the maelstrom, or "grinding" stream of our twentieth century civilization, one finds varied interpretations given to the old Mosaic law, "Thou shalt rest on the Sabbath day!"…

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A Day in a Public School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 4

Introduction.— Captain Cook wrote, "The deep black soil is capable of producing any kind of grain," and that the bush was interspersed with…

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Letter to the Editor. a Public School for Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 8

Sir,—As we hare no local press here and are not therefore in a position to voice our troubles, may I ask you to take up the cudgels on our behalf, and help us to get a school for Kurri Kurri. The…

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