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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1906

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St. John's School Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 5

The concert given by the pupils of St. John's Boys' and Girls' Schools in the Town Hall last evening was a great success, being heartily appreciated by a very large and enthusiastic…

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Rural Camp Schools

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 6

On Tuesday the s.s. Namoi steamed out of the port of Morpeth, about 4 o'clock, with her usual cargo of produce from the northern district, and with a deck-load of boys from the last session of…

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Alleged Two-Up School. Police Defeated on a Novel Point. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 7

'At the police court this afternoon, before Mr. Scott, S.M., 14 men, arrested by the police who raided an alleged two-up school, at Merewether yesterday, were discharged…

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School of Arts

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 3

A committee meeting of the local School of Arts took place on Wednesday evening. There were present: Messrs. O. Olson, A. Gallagher, C…

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Singleton Superior Public School. Presentations to the Headmaster

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 7

At 11 a.m. on Thursday last the pupils of the Singleton Superier Public school assembled, in the grounds of the Boys' Department in order to say…

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American School Methods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 December 1906 · page 4

"Munsey's Magazine" has an interesting article on "The American Public School." The writer, Newton Dent, states in the course of it that the United States, of course, has no…

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Sunday School Festival

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 December 1906 · page 2

On Sunday last the annual festival of the Sunday Schools connected with All Saints' Church was commemorated by special services, in which the…

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Grand Schools' Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1906 · page 4

A grand united schools' concert will place in the Town Hall on Friday evening next, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the funds for the Maitland District…

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St. Mary's Sunday School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1906 · page 4

Whatever misgivings may have been entertained regarding the weather for the annual outing in connection with St. Mary's Sunday School to-day, and the tears that a…

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German Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1906 · page 5

[?] correspondent at Rome states [?] Pope has decided not to interfere [?] as the Roman Catholic [?] tang at in German and only…

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Complimenting a School Teacher

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

During the week Mr. C. J. W. Friend, Senior Inspector of Schools, conducted his examination of the pupils of the Oakhampton Public School. At the conclusion of his examination he highly…

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Local and General. Schools' Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

A grand united schools concert is to be given in the Town Hall this evening, when a most attractive programme will be presented…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Committee of Management of the School of Arts was held last night. Mr. Edward Bowman (vice-president) occupied the chair, and there were…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 6

The financial result of the social recently organised by Mr. Wm. Campion, in aid of the School of Arts Building Fund, is a net profit of £15, which is very satisfactory and creditable to those who were…

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Of Interest to All. How to Grow Tall. Two Methods of Increasing the Height—The Influence of School and Office Life—What Sir Frederick Treves has said—Exercises for Short Men

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 3

Height is as much the ambition of men as beauty of women, and the former is far the more difficult to attain. Nature has fixed a typical height for…

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Teachers' Summer Schools. During the Christmas Vacation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 13

The Education, Department, has arranged some interesting courses of instruction for teachers to be conducted in Sydney during the coming Christmas vacation. The scheme is a very complete one…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 9

THE regular monthly' meeting of the Committee of the abovenamed institution was held in Committee Room on Thursday night last, when there were…

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Maitland District Schools Exhibition. Concert in the Town Hall

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 4

With the object of raising funds to defray the preliminary expenses in connection with the forthcoming Maitland District School's Exhibition to be held on the Show Ground next March, a grand…

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School Cadet Shot

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 5

A shocking shooting fatality occurred at Oakleigh (Vic.) on Thursday afternoon, a boy named Donald Fowles, 15 years of age, being the victim. A…

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Meals for School Children

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 3

[?] enacting that meals shall be pro[?] school children when necessary was [?]rough committee in the House of [?] on Saturday morning after 15…

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