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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1906

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Aid for Church Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 3

In Clifford, in the course of an interview. sales that between 1833 and 1901, [?],000,000 was spent out of rates for education in Church schools. The Education…

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Our Singleton Letter. South Singleton School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 3

The newly-erected Public School at South Singleton for infants has been completed, and will be formally opened at 2 p.m. on Saturday next, and endeavours are being…

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Teachers' Annual Conference [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 2

The annual conference of the School Teachers Association opened in the Town Hall to-day. The Minister for Education…

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School Teachers' Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

At the public school teachers' conference in Sydney yesterday, Mr. Philip J. Nelligan, a West Maitland native, and an ex-papil of St. John's school, was elected president of the conference for…

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Raid on a Two-up School

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

The most successful raid ever made by the Sydney police was carried out on Saturday night at the Denison Athletic and Recreation Club, more popularly…

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Scone Grammar School

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

It is notified in our business columns that the next term at the above school will commence on Monday next, 23rd in­stant…

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Catholic Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

An abstract of returns compiled by the Rev. Father Kicrnan, Diocean Inspector of Catholic Schools, shows that in the diocese of Maitland for the quarter ended March 31,…

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British Captain's Pluck. School of Sharks Round a Sinking Ship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

A thrilling story of a British captain's pluck is told by the survivors the steamer British King, which founded during a fierce gale in the Atlantic. Twenty-eight lives were…

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Munnie Public School Picnic and Concert

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 6

According to arrangement, the picnic in connection with the Munnie Public School was held in the school grounds on Monday last. and proved…

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South Singleton Infant School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

To-day will be a red letter one in the annals of South Singleton, for at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the newlyerected Infant School will be formally…

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South Singleton School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus

In the presence of a large gathering of the residents, the recently-erected Public School for Infants was opened on Saturday afternoon by Mr. J. Fallick, M.L.A. Mr. H. J. Miner (Mayor of South Singleton)…

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Poetry. the Modern School of Alliteralists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 5

The walk in the wide, white wood and watch [?] the [?] wind to woo, [?] with the whiskers wan of the wee [?] wisps of dew;…

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Empire Day. the Schools' Demonstration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 5

A special meting of the Indies" and gentlemen's committee of the Schools' Demonstration on Empire Day was held in the Town Hall, last evening. Mr. J. Douglass,…

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St. Andrew's Sunday School Picnic

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 4

The annual picnic in connection with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sabbath School was held on the showground on Saturday last, and,…

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The Rew School

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 4

The new schoolroom and adjoining rooms, etc, were visited by numbers of people, and were much admired during the evening. The size of the…

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South Singleton Infant School The Formal Opening

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last, the newly erected Infant School at South Singleton was formally declared open by Mr J. Fallick, M.P. for this…

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Tenders for School Repairs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 2

As win be perceived by advertisement in this Issue tenders are called for repairs to the Singleton Superior Public School, and will be received…

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Winter School for Farmers

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

Encouraged by the success of the summer school for teachers, the Minister for Agriculture has decided upon running a winter school for farmers for one month,…

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School Boy Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 5

Ernest Ives, aged 15, a Fort-street School boy, was killed on the railway line at North Sydney this morning. It appears that he was just getting on the platform when the…

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