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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1909

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Woodville Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 4

Mr. F. J. Bridge, of the Woodville Public School, who has received notice of his transfer to Gloucester, and who has to take up duties in his new sphere on the 1st September, is to be…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 2

THE midsummer numbers of the "Illustrated London News," "Graphic," and "Black and White" are now in the reading room of the School of Arts, and are exceptionally…

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Bible Society Sunday. Annual Sunday Schools' Gatherings

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 14

Bible Society Sunday for 1909 for West Maitland was favoured with beautiful spring weather. The animal celebration is always looked forward to with much interest, because it is…

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Public School Band

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 2

The lads forming the Public School Band are getting along famously under Mr Anderson’s tuition. But the support accorded is not as to warrant the…

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Public School Concert

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 3

The pupils of the Cessnock Public School gave an excellent concert in Cessnock Hall on Friday evening, 13th inst. The ball was crowded, so much [?]…

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Cessnock School of Arts

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 3

The first meeting of the new committee of the School of Arts was held on Wednesday evening. There were present:—Messrs Thomas Punch…

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Dairy Science School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 2

A dairy science school, being the third of its kind held in the State, was opened at Tamworth on Monday. Tam worth has been chosen for the present…

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Schoolboy's Hand injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 2

A schoolboy named Guthrie Lane met with a painful accident at Cessnock. He picked up a dynamite cartridge, which exploded in his hand, part of the thumb and the top of the first finger…

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Congregational Sunday School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 2

Yesterday Mr. A. S. McDonald was welcomed as superintendent of the Congregational Sunday School, in succession to Mr. A. Hallams, who has been superintendent since 1899,…

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Fatal Schoolboy Mischief. Six Girls Drowned. London. Sunday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 3

While school girls belonging to a riverside excursion, were enjoying themselves below the weir at Offenbach, Germany, some school boys mischievously opened a sluice, with the result…

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Topics of the Day. Compulsory Continuation Schools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 6

The English Board of Education issued last month the report of the Consultative Committee to whom was referred the general question of attendance, compulsory or other, at…

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Pay of Public School Teachers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 4

Replying to questions asked in the Legislative Assembly with respect to the pay of Public school teachers, the Minister for Public Instruction said there were at present in the…

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School of Arts Debating Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting was held in the hall of the institution last evening, when Mr. F. Ward again presided over a large attendance…

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Woodville Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 4

Last night a well attended valedictory social, a full reports of which appears in another column of this issue, was tendered at the Church of England Parish Hall,…

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School Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 8

The following boys have been selected to represent Maitland Combined Schools against Glebe S.P. School on Saturday, 28th, in Sydney, and will leave West Maitland by…

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Lecture in the School of Arts. Jerusalem—past, Present, and Future

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 8

Pastor Bell's lecture proved very interesting. The history from Jeruslem from the time of its first mention in Bible history to its capture by King David was…

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School Band

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 5

At a meeting of the ladies of Cessnock and district held on Wednesday evening, it was decided to organise a bazaar in aid of the Cessnock School Band. A working…

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Our Singleton Letter. Demolition of Old School Building

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2

The building in which for over half a century the majority of the rising generation of Singleton have received their early education, is at present in course of…

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Maitland School of Arts. Committee Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 4

The usual meeting of the committee was held last evening. The president (Major Nicholson) presided, and there were present—Messrs. Pike, Pyman, Dale, Hall,…

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Pay of Public School Teachers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 6

Replying to questions asked in the Legislative Assembly with respect to the pay of Public school teachers, the Minister for Public Instruction said there were at present in the…

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