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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1906

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Farm and Field. Teaching Agriculture in the Schools

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 6

The question of teaching agriculture in the Victorian State schools has often been discussed, but no practical steps in that direction have yet been taken. In…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 8
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury, Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative

AT the annual meeting of members of the local School of Arts last week mention was made of what is being done in Cowra by an industrial and educational committee, in connection…

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School Children's Meals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 5

The Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the meals for Scholars Bill recommends that meals should be entrusted to the local…

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Conscience-stricken Schoolboy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 4

The Railway Commissioner often receive striking notes covering remittances of "conscience money", but a communication delivered by yesterday's mail…

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St. Joseph’s School-Church. Opened by Bishop Murray

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 2

Sunday last was a red-letter day in the a[?]als of Cessnock Catholicity; as on that occasion His Lordship Dr. Murray, Bishop of Maitland, visited…

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Paterson School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 4

The annual general meeting of members of the above was held in the hall of the institution on Wednesday, 18th instant, at 8 p.m. Mr. H. Corner (president) occupied…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 2

The half yearly meeting of members of the Maitland School of Arts will be held at the institution at 8 o'clock this evening, when the report and balance-sheet will be presented, and the election of…

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The School of Arts. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the members of the West Maitland School of Arts was held in the large hall of the institution last evening. The President (Captain C. E…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 2

The committee and officers of the West Maitland School of Arts are deserving of congratulation upon the improved condition of the affairs of the institution generally as evidenced…

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Superior Public School Reunion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last the senior pupils of the local Superior Public School tendered a farewell to their late master, Mr. F. J. Wilson, B A, in…

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Agriculture in Public Schools

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 7

THE Department of Public Instruction has issued a circular to the teachers in charge of Public Schools asking them to co-operate with local agricultural…

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Girls' Grammar School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 4

The Newcastle Girls' Grammar School has been successfully represented at the recent examinations in connection with the Sydney University and the London College or Music. Miriam Richardson,…

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At the Farmers' Winter School, Hawkesbury College

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 14

We are still applying ourselves assiduously to the task of gathering what information we can while here. Note books and pencils are constantly, kept going. We deceive three…

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School of Arts

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 2

A committee meeting of the above institution was held on Wednesday evening last. There were present: Messrs. S. S. Waddy (in chair), Geo…

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Hinton School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 4

A grand social will be held in the Hinton School of Arts on Wednesday evening next in aid of St. John's Sunday School building fund. A splendid programme of vocal and instrumental music has…

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Comic Side of School Life

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 7

The unconscious humour of the child is over a source of delight to the student of human nature, and here is a little book that teems with it. In the "Comic Side of…

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Teachers Transferred

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 2

The following teachers are notified in the "Government Gazette" of Wednesday as having been transferred:—Mr. D. Prentice. Eccleston to Upper Baerami Creek; Mr. F. Pulland, Meranburn to…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the committee of the School of Arts was held in the institution on Thursday night. There were present Messrs. Edward Bowman (in the chair), the…

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