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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1909

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Maitland School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the committee was held in the committee room of the institution last evening. The president (Major Nicholson) occupied the chair,…

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Aberglasslyn Public School. Deputation to the Minister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 4

Mr. J. Gillies, M.P., and Mr. H.C. Nobble, secretary of the Aberglasslyn Progress Association, waited upon Mr. J. Hogue, Minister for Public Instruction, in Sydney yesterday, and requested…

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School of Arts

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 4

The half-yearly meeting of subscribers of the above was held in the School of Arts on Monday night last. There were a fair…

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Fire at Balmain. Sunday School Destroyed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 5

St. Thomas' Presbyterian School, Balmain, was destroyed by fire shortly before noon to-day. Nothing but the tremendous exertions of the firemen prevented the flames from spreading to the…

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Presbyterian Sabbath School Picnic

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 2

As the grey dawn dispelled the darkness on the 26th (Anniversary Day), and [?] the heralds of early [?] began to crow, tiny [?] and…

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Rix's Creek School

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 2

The district works officer at Newcastle has prepared plans and specifications for proposed alterations and improvements to the public school at Rix's Creek, and…

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An Undermanned School

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 2

Since about three months prior to the Xmas vacation the boys department of the Singleton Superior Public School has been one short of its proper complement…

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Manual Training in Schools

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 2

The manual training classes which were started at the Singleton Superior Public School about 12 months ago, have been discontinued for some time past…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the committee of the School of Arts was held last night. Present: The, Rev. Canon Regg (in the chair), Dr. Halcomb, Messrs. E. Bowman, D…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the committee of the School of Arts was held on Tuesday night. There were present Rev. Canon Regg (in the chair), Dr…

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New Sunday School Bait

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 6

"Tommy," said a young lady visitor at his home, "why not come to our Sabbath school? Several of your little friends joined us lately."…

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Gravesend Shooting. Schoolmaster on Trial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 4

At the Kent Assizes at Maidstone on November 20, before Mr Justice Ridley, William Beresford Power, the Gravesend schoolmaster, 42 years of…

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Aberglasslyn Public School. Deputation to the Minister

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 6

Mr. J. Gillies, M.P. and Mr. H. C. Noble, secretary of the Aberglasslyn Progress Association, waited upon Mr. J. Hogue, Minister for Public Instruction, in Sydney last week, and requested…

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Typhoid at Gunnedah. The School Deserted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 6

Presently the Mayor of [?] requested the Public instruction Department to keep the [?] until the [?]…

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Late News by Wire. Sydney Monday afternoon. Trevallyn Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 4

The tender of Mr. W.F. Gazzard, Newcastle, has been accepted for the erection of a teacher's residence at the public school Trevallyn, the price being £397…

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School of Arts Library

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 4

The following late works by well-known authors have been added to the Library:— "Hellanthus," by Ouida: "Adventurer," by Lloyd Osbourne "Patricia Baring,"…

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A Teacher Drowned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 5

Percy Nicol, aged 19, a pupil teacher, was bathing with a number of companions in the river at Hay last night when he sank in a deep hole and was drowned. The body was recovered an hour…

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Aberglasslyn Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

With regard to the question, of re-opening, the Aberglasslyn Public School, Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., has been informed that a further inquiry into the matter vill be…

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Maitland School of Arts. Proposed Improvements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 3

A meeting of members of the West Maitland School of Arts was held in the committee-room of the institution last evening to consider the desirability of effecting…

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Maitland School of Arts. Library Scholarships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 3

The second distribution of library scholarships in connection with the West Maitland School of Arts took place last evening, in the presence of a fairly large attendance,…

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