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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1906

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Meals for School Children

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 5

[?] Augustine Birrall, President of the [?] of Education in the House of Com[?] said that to provide a penny meal or [?] for school children, 11 would be…

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Starving School Children

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 3

The Select Committee appointed by the [?] of commons to inquire into the question of providing free meals for starving [?] children has resolved that official…

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The South Singleton School

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 2

At a meeting of the South singleton Municipal Council on Tuesday night, reference was again made to the opening, of the South Singleton…

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Convent School

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

A pleasing ceremony took place in the Primary Schoolroom, Haydonton, on Saturday last, when Mr. G. B. White (Mayor) distributed the undermentioned…

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Local and General News. Convent School Picnic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

The annual children's picnic in connection with St.Joseph's Convent Schools, Haydonton, was held in the Paradise Park on'Saturday last (St Patrick's Day),…

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School Entertainment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 3

'A' very interesting entertainment, organised by Mr. F. J. Wilson, head-teacher of the Muswellbrook Superior Public School, tools place in the School of Arts last night. A…

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St. Ethel's Public School. Handing Over a Piano

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

'A' very pleasing ceremony took place at St. Ethel's Public School this afternoon, when Miss Flossie James formally hunded over to the school a handsome piano,…

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The South Singleton School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

We learn that the South Singleton Infant School, now completed, is not likely to be opened for scholastic purposes till after the Easter holidays…

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School Entertainment Concert and Conjuring

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 7

On Wednesday night a concert and conjuring entertainment was given in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, in aid of the funds of the…

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Vaccination of Teachers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 3

Mr. Augustine Birrell, President of the Board of Education, declines to relax the [?] of the Board of Education for the vacation of those entering the teaching…

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Public School Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 4

In connection with the Superior Public School a grand concert and conjuring entertainment will be given in the School of Arts on Wednesday evening, April 4, by the school pupils and Mr. Charles…

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The Ladies' Column. Nursery Notes. Are School-children Overworked?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

"Give children overdoses of booklearning, and in all probability you will stifle their originality." A business man dreads bringing…

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A Lonely Sunday School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

'A tiny wooden building at Bulwer, Moreton Island, at the entrance to Moreton Bay, is the only building erected on the island for religious meetings. The story of the school…

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Cessnock School of Arts

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 2

On Monday evening last there was a committee meeting of the School of Arts. There were present: Messrs. S. S. Waddy (President), E. O’Neill,…

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A Schoolmaster's Suicide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 5

An inquest was held to-day on the body of Joseph Michael Kelly, a schoolmaster, who shot himself on February 12th, and died lunt Friday. Deceased's wife deposed that he…

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Superior Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

A grand concert and conjuring entertainment is announced to take place at the School of Arts to-morrow (Wednesday) evening. An exhibition of Eastern Eastern magic will be given by Mr. Charles…

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Public School Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 4

Mr. Meikleham, who has recently returned from one of his tours of the world, through 29 different countries, and purposes leaving Australia in a few months for Europe, via…

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Public School Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 2

Thorough enjoyment was the portion of the many who patronised the grand concert and conjuring entertainment held in the School of Arts last evening, in connection with the West Maitland Superior…

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Subsidies to Schools of Art

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 3

Complaint has been made about the declared intention of the Government to reduce the subsidy of the Bathurst School of Arts from 10s to 5s in the £. In justification of…

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School for Sheep Shearers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

The supply of a sufficient number of competent shearers and wool classers means a great deal for our most valuable primary industry, and those who can become really skilled in these…

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