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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1910

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A Progressive School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 2

We have received a copy of the annual report of the Manly School of Arts, with six fullpage illustrations of the new building erected and opened last year. Previously the institution paid £195 per…

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School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 4

The following late works have been added to the library:—Romance at Random, H B M. Watson; A Question of Quality, Madam Albanesi; The Shadow of Victory, Myrtle Reed; Michael Thwaite's…

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School Teachers Promoted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 2

The following Public School teachers have been promoted to the classification mentioned:— Edward Moran, Greta, class I. B; David G. Marshall, Glen Oak, class H. B; Mildred…

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Murder of School Inspector

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 3

Eight Bulgarians teachers and merchants, were sentenced to death by a court-martial at Sa[?] on a charge of murdering a school inspector named Ivanovitch. The incident caused…

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West Maitland School of Arts. Committee Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 3

The usual fortnightly meeting of the committee was held in the Committee Room of the institution last evening. The President. (Major Nichoison) occupied the chair, and…

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The Great Composers As Teachers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 2

Somebody (writes Mr. J. Cuthbert Hadden in the "Musical Journal") should write an article on the great composers as teachers. We hear nothing of Handel in that…

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Diphtheria at Tamworth School. Ascribed to Insanitary Conditions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 1

The classroom at Tamworth District School, which has been closed owing to an outbreak of diphtheria, is said by frequenters of the school to be a most…

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Schoolboy Drowned. Master's Plucky Act. Wagga

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 4

THE death of a schoolboy named Oscar Samuelson, 12, by drowning in the Murrumbidgee River, though sad in itself, was surrounded by…

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Murder of a School Inspector

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 3

In the case of eight Bulgarians, found guilty by a court martial at Salonika, of the murder of Ivenovitch, a school inspector, the Turkish Government has directed the execution of two of…

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A Modern School Building

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 3

"The handsomest, most modern school building outside Adelaide" is (says "The South-Eastern Times") the popular description of the now Millicent Public School…

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Learning to Fly. Scores Qf Pupils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 4

Whenever one says that next to nothing is being done in the aviation world in England one arouses the indignant protests of many enthusiast's,…

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School of Arts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Committee was held in the institute on Tuesday night last, when there were present Mr. T. W, Adamson (in…

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Additions to School Buildings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 4

We are informed by the Member for Maitland (Mr. John Gillies) that plans are being prepared for important additions to the Girls' Department of the West Maitland Superior Public School. It is…

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Sunday School Anniversary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1910 · page 2

Anniversary services in connection with the Presbyterian Sunday School were conducted yesterday by the Rev. A. S. McCook, B.A., in presence of most satisfactory congregations. The…

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Local and General. School of Arts Library

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 4

The following late works have been added to the Library:—"White Walls," Max Pemberton; "The Master," Irving Bachelor; "Intending Angel," Charles Marriott;…

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West Maitland School of Arts. Committee Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 7

The usual fortnightly meeting of the committee was held in the committee room [?] the institution last evening. Mr. R. L. [?]der occupied the chair, and there were…

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Letter to the Editor. Our Inferior "Superior" School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 3

Sir,—It is high time some steps were taken to bring about the demolition of the old buildings in use for the infants and boys attending our West Maitland S.P. School. Somebody should…

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Teaching Romance at School. Japanese Patriotism

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 7

One of the leading educationists of the Continent once declared that legendary history, fairy tales, myths, and all the quaint and delightful stories which constitute what is known as…

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Antiquated School Buildings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 2

THAT anything will do for school buildings in which our children are obliged to spend many hours a day for several hundred days in the year is happily now a notion that is…

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State School Cadets. Protest Against Abolition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 3

At this time of day (says the "Queensland Education Journal") it is unnecessary to claim that our cadet system has proved a success, in most respects. Department,…

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