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Mid North Coast · Schools

Schools, 1866

3 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

A Funny School Examination

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1866 · page 2

ONE of the most amusing things we have read, in a long-time, is contained in the Macleay Herald of the 28th ult. The editor is writing his experience at a school examination, where, he tells us,…

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Correspondence. Sabbath School Anniversary

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 February 1866 · page 2

ON Tuesday, January 30th, the children in the Sabbath School connected with the Methodist Church on Jones’ Island, were publicly examined in reference to their…

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The Public Schools' Bill

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 December 1866 · page 4

THE Legislative Council has resumed its labors on the Education Bill. After having cut out the paragraph making the Colonial Secretary the President of the Council, an…

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