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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1871

23 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 2

Desperate Riot at the Industrial School

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 7 January 1871 · page 2

At about ten o'clock last night a disturbance broke out amongst the girls at the above institution. We learn that Captain Clark endeavoured to quell the riot and got two of the…

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The Outbreak at the Industrial School

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 10 January 1871 · page 2

The account of the above disgraceful outbreak which appeared in our last issue, although substantially correct, was owing to the late hour at which it was written,…

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Hunter Street Presbyterian Sabbath School

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 2

The children attending the above school were treated with the usual annual excursion to Waratah by rail. The juveniles, accompanied by their pastor—the Rev. W. Bain—their teachers,…

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St. Andrews Presbyterian Sabbath School

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1871 · page 2

The children of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sabbath school, accompanied by their teachers, the parents, and a number of their friends, ,proceeded from the wharf at Newcastle in the…

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Wallsend Presbyterian Sabbath School. [COMMUNICATED.]

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1871 · page 4

The sixth anniversary of the Presbyterlan Sabbath School was celebrated by a picnic, on Thursday tho 26th ult. The children, about one hundred in number, attended by their…

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School of Arts. Inauguration of the Gew Hall

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 2

The inauguration of the new hall of the School of Arts took place lust night, and the entertainment in connection therewith must he pronounced a decided success. The hall…

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Newcastle School of Arts

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 2 March 1871 · page 3

The half-yearly meeting of the members of the above institution was held on Tuesday evening last, at half-past seven, in the new hall. The attendance was large, about 100…

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Riot at the Industrial School

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 11 March 1871 · page 2

Yesterday evening a general riot occurred at the Industrial School, necessitating the assistance of a large body of police, and several gentlemen who volunteered their services,…

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MEETING At the Hall of the School of Arts

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 14 March 1871 · page 3

Yesterday evening, Mr. Lloyd, the member for the city of Newcastle, addressed a crowded meeting of electors in the hall of the School of Arts. Dr. Bowker occupied the chair. On…

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Newcastle Industrial School. Public Meeting in the Court-house

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 18 March 1871 · page 3

On Thursday evening the public meeting, convened by the Mayor, at the request of a number of the citizens, for the purpose of taking into consideration the desirableness of…

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The Industrial' School and Reformatory. Further Rioting. Induction of the New Superintendent

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1871 · page 2

On Saturday forenoon last Mr. King, Inspector of Public Charities, read Captain Clarke out of and Mr. Lucas into, the superintendency of the Industrial School and…

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Industrial School-newcastle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1871 · page 3

Yesterday, a deputation, consisting of Mr. G. A. Lloyd, M.L.A. Mr. James Hannell (Mayor of Newcastle), Captain Cross, and Mr. R. B. Wallace, had an interview with the…

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Wallsend School of Arts

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 11 April 1871 · page 3

The first half-yearly meeting of the members of the above institution was held on Monday last, the 3rd April. In the absence of the president (J. Y. Neilson, Esq.) the chair was…

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The Industrial School

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 15 April 1871 · page 2

On Monday night last any person passing along the upper portion of Nowcomen-street might have seen one of the Industrial School girls in a state of perfect nudity, with another…

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Letter to the Editor. the School Op Arts. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 13 June 1871 · page 2

SIR—As a matter of importance which I think is not only for the benefit of the above institution, but to the public generally, who like to have a good entertainment placed before them…

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Anniversary of the Newcastle Congregational Sunday School

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 15 June 1871 · page 3

On Monday evening last, a public meeting was held in the Congregational Church, Newcastle, for the purpose of celebrating the fourteenth anniversary of the above-named school…

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Public Meeting at Wickham. the Proposed Public School

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1871 · page 3

On the termination of the business of the Wickham Council, on Wednesday evening last, a public meeting of the residents was held, to consider the necessity of taking…

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Letter to the Editor. Wickham Public School. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 5

SIR—It has been too much the practice of proprietors of landed estates in this colony, when subdividing their properties for public sole, to hold forth inducements to intending purchasers, by exhibiting an elaborately…

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Letter to the Editor. Wallsend School of Arts. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 23 September 1871 · page 5

SIR—Allow me a small apace in your very valuable paper to correct a slight mis-representation regarding the subject of a recent debate, held in our School of Arts, and appearing in…

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Proposed Public School at Wickham. Public Meeting

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 23 September 1871 · page 6

A public meeting of the residents of Wickham, convened by the Mayor on a numerously signed requisition, was held on Thursday evening last, at the Hail way Hotel, Blane-street,…

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