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Schools, 1913

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Sunday School Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 4

Ideal weather conditions prevailed to-day for the annual picnic in connection with St. Mary's Sunday School, which was hold on the Heddon-Greta racecourse, the rendezvous of…

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Dilapidated Schools. Large Sum Wanted for Country

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 7

The Minister of Education (Mr. Carmichael) stated on Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of pounds would require to be spent to put the country schools throughout the State in…

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Massacre by Mad Schoolmaster. 15 Killed and 18 Injured. Berlin. Sept. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 9

Muhlhausen, in Swabian Wurtemberg, Germany, a village with a population of 800, was the scene of a terrible outbreak on the part of an insane school teacher…

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School of Arts. Debating Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 6

The usual meeting of the society was held in the institution last evening. Mr. Kingston was in the chair, and there was a [?] Attendance of members…

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Teachers' Conference

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

A conference of teachers of Dungog and surrounding district was held in the Dungog S.P. School on Friday last. There was present:…

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Lochinvar School of Arts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 4

The regular meeting of the committee was held in the institution on Monday evening, October 20. In the absence of the president Mr.F. O'Hearn, vice-president,…

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Teacher's Appointment

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

Miss Ellis, who for the past six years has been assistant teacher in the Boys' Department of the Singleton Superior Public School, has been notified of her…

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Poison in the Coffee. At Girls' Industrial School. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

Strychnine in sufficient quantities to cause the deaths of all the inmates of the Girls' State Industrial School at Salen, Oregon, was found in the coffee…

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Pokolbin Public School Successful Concert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 3

A very enjoyable concert was given [?] the Pokolbin School of Arts on Saturday week in connection with the Pokolbin Sunday School. The hall was crowded, and the…

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School Picnic

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 2

The annual treat in connection with the local Presbyterian Church Sunday School took place on Saturday last. The spot chosen was the…

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Strike of School Children. Pupils' Devotion to a Teacher. "Blacklegs" Fetched Out by Mother

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 6

Four teachers and five pupils formed the total establishment of the new model school at Haslington, near Crewe, England, when its doors were opened for the first time. The…

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Methodist Sunday school

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 4

The anniversary services in connection with the East Maitland Methodist Sunday School will be celebrated in the church to-morrow. There will be three services…

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Juvenile Vandals. Schoolrooms Despoiled

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 2

A great deal of juvenile crime has recently been perpetrated in Fremanble (W.A.) Of late schools all through the district have been broken into, and…

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Oakhampton Sunday School. Opening New Building

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 6

One of the damages wrought by the floods of May last was the demolishing of the building, used by Mrs. Mears and her coworkers for the Oakhampton Sunday School,…

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Oakhampton Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 4

The member for Maitland (Major Nicholson) recently presented a letter to the De-partment of Public Instruction from Miss Ivy Masey, hon, secretary of the Parents and…

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Correspondence. the Teachers' Conference To the Editor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 3

Sir,—In your report of my paper, poultry culture as a school aid, you say, "Indeed the author himself admitted that he did not keep fowls."…

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Pupils, Parents and Teachers. Visit of the Australian Fleet

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 3
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As a general rule great national events such as the inauguration of the Commonwealth, or the Coronation Celebrations, have been restricted to schools…

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Pupils. Parents and Teachers. Visit of the Australian Fleet

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 3

As a general rule great national events such as the inauguration of the Commonwealth, or the Coronation Celebrations, have been restricted to schools…

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Moonlight School

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 5

One of the most touching stories of educational advance that could well be imagined comes to light in a recent Government publication—Bulletin No. 530 of the United…

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