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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1904

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Lady-Loves Sent to School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 3

Not the least embarrassing situation that love is responsible for is that in which a man in a good position finds himself when he loses his heart to an uneducated woman (says…

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For Grown-up Scholars

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 6
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Pain: The interest of pleasure. Idleness: The sepulchre of talent. Circumstances: A key-ring used by wise men…

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A School of Acting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 3

For many yearn we have had discussions in the newspapers and magazines in favour of and against the institution of a conservatoire or academy of acting. As the…

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Fun in the Schoolroom

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 5
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

A contemporary is publishing from teachers the queer answers they have received in reply to the questions given to the classes. One says—The headmaster at the…

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'A' School of Acting

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 12

For many years we have had discussions in the newspapers and magazines in favour of and against, the institution of a conservatoire or academy of acting. As the…

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Aberdeen. Public School Concert

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 2

THE above concert, in aid of the annual prize fund, took place in the School of Arts on Friday night last, the building being crowded to the…

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Aberdeen Public School Concert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 June 1904 · page 2

A CONCERT was given in the Aberdeen School of Arts hall, on Friday evening last by the pupils of the local Public School. The purpose of the effort…

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Religious Instruction in Schools

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 8

The following motions were passed at the sitting at Tamworth of the Church of England Synod of the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale:—…

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The School Poet

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 4

At a school where a Miss Blodgett was teacher a little fellow composed the fpllowing, and wrote it on his elate, to the amusement of the other boys:—…

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The School Past

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 4

At a school where a Miss Blodgett was teacher a little fellow composed the following, and wrote it on his slate, to the amusement of the other boys:—…

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Public School Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 4

As advertised, a concert in connection with the Singleton Superior Public School will be hold on Wednesday evening next, in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, and…

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Terrible Calamity. To an Excursion Steamer. Sunday School Picnic Party on Board. 500 Lives Lost. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 5

AN [?] disaster has ccurred in new York harbour, a fire breaking out on a crowded excursion steamer. A thousand children and 900 adults,…

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The Religion of the Schoolboy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 4

A remarkable article appeared in the May "Contemporary," from the pen of Mr. H. V. Weisse. This gentleman has had a wide experience of school life. He states that he…

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Public School Concert

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 7

ON Wednesday night a concert given by the pupils of the Singleton Superior public School, assisted by prominent local artistes, came off in the Hall of…

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Wallalong Public School. Presentation to Mr. Solling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 June 1904 · page 5

At the breaking-up of the Wallalong Public School on Friday a number of parents and other friends assembied at the school, and together with children had a very…

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Cigars in School Vicar Awarded Damages. Bible Class Incident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 July 1904 · page 5

The Rev. R. Lowman Lang, vicar of All Saints, Rockwell Green, Wellington, Somerset, brought an action for libel against the proprietors of the "Daily…

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The Religion of the Schoolboy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 16

A remarkable article appeared in the May "Contemporary," from the pen of Mr. H. V. Woisso. This gentleman has had a wide experience of school life. He states that he…

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Proposed General School Picnic

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 4

At the last Singleton Municipal Council meeting, reported in our columns, Alderman Lambert favored the holding of a general school picnic, at which the…

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