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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1880

165 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 9

Denominational Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 January 1880 · page 4

IT is generally supposed that when the number of pupils in attendance at a certified Denominational School fill below thirty the certificate is withdrawn,…

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The "School News."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 5

THE above is the title of a small intermittent periodical, published for private circulation by the masters and pupils of Sauchie House School, West Maitland, the first number of…

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Denominational Schools Defence Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1880 · page 2

THE third meeting of the Denominational Schools Defence Committee has been held in the Church Society's House; the Bishop of Sydney presiding. The Bishop reported…

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Clergymen's Visits to the Public Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1880 · page 2

A RETURN has been issued from the Government Printing Office, showing the number of visits made by clergymen to certain Public schools, for the purpose of imparting special…

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The Singleton Grammar School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1880 · page 2

ACCORDING to the Singleton Argus, the Singleton Grammar School has at length become virtually defeat. Mr. A. W. Johnston, M.A., the late principal, has decided not to…

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Annual Meeting of the School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1880 · page 2

WE would remind our readers that, as notified by advertisement, the annual meeting of the Newcastle School of Arts will take place this (Friday) evening…

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School of Arts for Tighe's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 2

A PUBLIC MEETING Of those favourable to building a School of Arts at Tighe's Hill, was held in Howell's hall on Monday evening last, Mr. R. L. Simpson having been…

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School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 8

THROUGH a typographical error, the annual meeting of the above was announced to take place on Friday last, it should be Thursday, the 29th inst. We hope on this occasion to…

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The Singleton Grammar School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1880 · page 3

THIS school it appears from our telegrams of Saturday, is about to be re-opened by a first-class master from the Brisbane Grammar School. The…

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Sunday School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 3

THE annual pienic in connection with the Hunter-street Presbyterian Church was celebrated on Anniversary Day, by a trip up the river to Tomago. The steamer "Leo" left…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 3

THE annual picnic in connection with the above, was celebrated by an excursion to Tomago, on Monday last The steaming "Goolwa" conveyed the party,…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 3

THE annual meeting in connection with the above institution took place last night. A report of the proceedings will appear in next issue…

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A Plucky School Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 5

THE members of the Deniliquin school board have resigned en masse, owing to a disagreement with the Council of Education in Sydney, which originated…

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Annual Meeting of the School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 5

THE Annual Meeting of the Newcastle School of Arts was held in the class-room, on Thursday night; Mr. H. J. Brown President, in the chair, who read the…

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Plattsburg School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 3

A deputation, consisting of Jas. Fletcher, Esq., Jas. Richardson, Esq., and Thomas Abel, Esq., introduced by Thomas Hungerford, Esq., M.L.A.,…

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Proposed Church of England Grammar School for the Newcastle Diocese

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1880 · page 3

To propose a new Denominational Grammar School just at this particular juncture, when the Government is about to establish Public grammar…

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High Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1880 · page 2

IT is to be regretted that no satisfactory decision, on Thursday last, was arrived at with regard to the amendment of SIR HENRY PAKRES upon the 23rd Clause…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Gresford Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1880 · page 2

THE following gentlemen are gazetted as forming the Gresford Public School Board, viz., Messrs. John Glennie, James W. Boydell, Robert Park, Arthur H…

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High Schools for Girls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 4

PERHAPS one of the most astounding assertions ever made in a place where astounding assertions are not quent, was that made by Mr. CHARLES…

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Vice-Regal Visit to Fort-street School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1880 · page 2

Lord Loftus and party visited the Fort-street Public School to-day. His Excellency expressed great satisfaction at what he saw, and gave all the scholars a…

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