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Mid North Coast · Schools

Schools, 1890

18 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Humor The Schoolmaster

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

The teacher has no E Z time To teach the A, B, C's ; It per C V rance takes sub[?]me, And all his N R G's…

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Cadet Corps for Schools. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 5

Cadet Corps are to be formed in connection with all schools under the Education Department, and senior corps of infantry and artillery to be…

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Prize for School History. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 5

Mr. H. H. Lusk, barrister, has been awarded the prize, £150, as writer of the best composition for first portion of school history…

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School History Prizes. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 April 1890 · page 2

The Minister for Education has awarded the first prize of £800 for the school history to Mr. H. H. Lush, barrister, and second prize of £150 to…

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Increase in Technical School Pupils. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 June 1890 · page 3

Between 3000 and 4000 pupils are now in the books of the various technical schools throughout the colony as against 2,200 last year…

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Farming, Bee-Farming, and Horticulture to be taught in Schools. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 June 1890 · page 5

The Minister for Public Instruction has established classes in several of the Public Schools for teaching bee farming, agriculture, and horticulture…

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The Newspaper As a Teacher

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 June 1890 · page 7

[As copies of this may come before those unacquainted with the author, we deem it proper to say that Professor "Workman is instructor in literature, rhetoric and composition…

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Our Serial Tale. Morton Hall a Story of Thrilling Interest. Chapter Xvi.--tells How Henry Talbot Met with an Old Schoolfellow and What Came of the Meeting

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 June 1890 · page 3

FOUR days after Henry Talbot's abrupt departure from St. David, Mary received the expected letter which announced that he had reached…

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Rebellion at an Industrial School. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 5

Ten girls in the Industrial School at Parramatta, broke out into rebellion yesterday evening and had to be removed to the local police station…

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Public Schools and Savings Banks

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 5

The Minister for Public Instruction reports that during the year 1880 there were 547 of these banks in operation in the colony, the number of…

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Over-pressure in Schools

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 June 1890 · page 4

THE high pressure of life in the present day is manifested in a marked degree by the returns which occasionally come to hand of child suicides…

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School Board

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 2 July 1890 · page 2

The revised School Board met last week: Messrs. W. T. Dangar, James Jeffery, E. Debenham, W. C. Eddis, G. E. Thompson, and W. Nance being…

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CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor. Public School Teachers in the Macleay Electorate

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 July 1890 · page 3

SIR,--My attention was drawn to what appeared to me as neglect in connection with some of the junior teachers in the Macleay electorate, and in order not to…

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The Minister and Public Schools. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 4

The Minister for Education has decided owing to recent bad weather not to reduce the classification through lessened attendance at public schools…

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A Public School at Amaroo

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 August 1890 · page 7

A series of questions were put to the Government last week by Mr. Kidd, on behalf of Dr. Ross, with regard to a…

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Our Serial Tale Morton Hall a Story of Thrilling Interest. Chapter Xxxix.--in Which Mary Talbot Discovers Her Brother's Old Schoolfellow

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 September 1890 · page 6

Mr. Sharpe returned to his lodgings after his interview with Mary Talbot in the lane, in no happy frame of mind. He felt that he had acted ungenerously towards her…

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Wesleyan Sunday School Picnic

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 November 1890 · page 2

The Central and West Kempsey Wesleyan Sunday Schools held their annual picnic on Monday last. The weather, although warm, proved very…

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The Iron Duke and the Schoolboy

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 November 1890 · page 7

Short Cuts has unearthed a peculiarly delightful letter of the Duke of Wellington's, which runs as follows:--" Strathfieldsaye, 27th July, 1837.--Field-Marshal the Duke of…

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