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New England · Schools

Schools, 1888

37 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2

Uralla & District. Jan. 10, 1888. Wesley an Sunday School

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 8

The anniversary services in connection with this school were held on Sunday last. Unfortunately the weather was not favourable, and consequently the…

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School of Arts

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 2

ON Thursday evening the annual meeting was held in the reiding-room, at, which there was a good attendance. Mr. Christopher Legh, the retiring president,…

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The Ladies' Column. a German School of Needlework

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1888 · page 7

FRAULEIN Sohr's "Archiv," or Record of Woman's Efforts, contains an interesting account of a school of needlework at Reutlingen, in Wurtemberg, which…

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Armidale Superior Public School

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1888 · page 8

LAST week we paid an unexpected visit to the Armidale Superior Public School. Proceeding to the main school room, a large well lit and splendidly ventilated…

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The Schools of Europe

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1888 · page 3

THE Paris FIGARO gives some interesting statistics on schools of Europe. In Russia there are 32,000 schools, having each an average of…

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POETRY. The Old Schoolmaster

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 7

HE sat at his desk at the close of the day, For he felt the weight of his many years—His form was bent and his hair was grey,…

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PERSONALITIES. Bismarck at School and the University

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 1

At school Otto von Bismarck had passed for a boy of quick intelligence and great power of work, though of shy and retiring disposition, not much given to forming…

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Church of England School Pic-nic. [By a Visitor.]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 4

ON Wednesday morning last, crowds of children with happy and expectant faces, were seen hurrying towards the old Town Hall, where they had been told by…

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WALCHA & District. Walcha, Friday. Walcha School of Arts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1888 · page 3

THE half-yearly general meating of the Walcha School of Arte took place in the hall of the institution on Tuesday, 3rd inst In the absence Of the President and…

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School Attendance

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 4

The attendance at the State Schools, last year, was 184,000, being an increase of neatly 5000 over the previous year. The expenditure was less for pupils…

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Royal Academy Schoolgirls V. Men

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1888 · page 7

IN the antique, the preliminary, and a portion of the upper painting school, the "men" and the "girls" work side by side, and, contrary to…

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Farmer Scott and the Schoolmaster

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1888 · page 3

A RURAL schoolmaster in Indian asked a pupil named William Scott which was the longest river in the world, and William persisted in crediting that honor to the Wabash. As a result…

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A School of Mines

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1888 · page 2

The mining industry is undoubtedly the mainstay of our colonial well-being, Colossal fortunes have been accumulated in it, and, as a matter of fact, very few of our large…

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Walcha & District. June 12, 1888. School of Arts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 4

AT a committee meeting, on Tuesday, 5th inst., it was arranged to have a course of lectures for the winter months, The first of these lectures will be given…

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Capturing a Schoolma'am

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 3

"Yes,'' said the young man as he threw himself at the feet of the pretty schoolteacher, 'I love you, and would go to the world's end for you."…

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Fires in Public Schools

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 5

IN the Assembly the other evening, Mr. Melville asked whether the Minister for Education intended to make a grant to country schools during the cold weather…

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School of Arts

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of the subscribers to the School of Arts was largely attended on Thursday night. The President (Mr. Grover), announced that the purpose of convening the meeting was to…

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A Female Fagin. a Woman's School for Training Young Thieves

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1888 · page 2

If Dickens' Fagin had only been a woman, his well-known story would have been reproduced in real life in this city, when the arrest of two boys led to the discovery by…

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Inverell Rovers v Glen Innes Schools

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1888 · page 2

ON Wednesday last a football match was played at Swanbrook, between the above clubs. R. Adams captained the Rovers, and W. Vincent did similar service for the School. The School won the toss…

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School of Arts

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1888 · page 2

AT the usual weekly meeting on Thursday last Mr. S. G. Smith, vice-president occupied the chair and there was a large attendance of members, when Mr. Stevenson read an interesting paper on "The…

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