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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1880

165 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 9

Night Schools

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

THERE can be no doubt that at the present time the people of Newcastle are on the tip toe of expectation regarding the working of the new Public…

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School of Arts. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

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

SIR,—I notice that the Committee of the School of Arts, with praiseworthy desire evidently to advance the interests of the Institute, and to bring the subject…

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School of Arts, Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1880 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting of the inhabitants of Wickham will be held in the Chambers, Throsby-street, on Friday evening next, at half-past seven o'clock, for the purpose…

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Presbyterian Sabbath Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1880 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon a united service in connection with the two Presbyterian Sabbath Schools in this city was held in St. Andrew's Church, Watt-street. The…

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The Night School Movement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1880 · page 2

THE Mercury states that a well-attended meeting in advocacy of the establishement of an evening school at West Maitland, under the Public Instruction Act of 1880,…

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The Sydney School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The opening of the School of Arts on Sunday night and afternoon was negatived by a majority of 188…

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Proposed School of Arts for Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1880 · page 5

AN important and well-attended public meeting, called by requisition, was held at the Council Chambers, Wickham, last evening, towards taking steps for securing…

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Non-Payment of School Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 August 1880 · page 2

OUR attention has been drawn to what we consider a great inconvenience, and in some case great hardship, in connection with the working of the new Public…

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Proposed School of Arts for Wickham. Public Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 August 1880 · page 2

ON Friday evening the Mayor of Wickham (Mr. F. R. Neild) presided over a well-attended meeting at the Council Chambers Throesby-street, which had been…

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Lighting, Heating, and Ventilalation of School Buildings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 August 1880 · page 2

SINCE the reduction of school fees under the new Public Instruction Act, the increased number of children attending the Public School is a very…

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Adamstown School of Arts

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

THE first annual meeting of the Adamstown town School of Arts, we observe by advertisement, is announced to be held this evening. The meeting will commence…

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Public School Appointments

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

THE following inspectors of Public Schools have been appointed:—John Saunders Jones, William Dwyer, Gerald O'Byrne, John Huffer, John Henry Murray, Charles…

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Newcastle Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1880 · page 2

MANY of our readers will by this time have heard of the removal of Mr. M. Willis, the highly-respected head teacher of the Newcastle Public School, to Sydney, and of…

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Non-Payment of School Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 August 1880 · page 2

REFERRING to a paragraph under this heading, an attempt has been made through the medium of the Sydney Press to make us in error. We said that the…

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A Pugnacious Schoolmaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 August 1880 · page 2

H. A. WILLIS, a schoolmaster at the Lower Hutt, New Zealand (says the Sydney Echo) was sentenced to two months imprisonment, with hard labour,…

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New School at Pyrmont

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Archbishop Vaughan laid the foundation stone of a now school at Pyrmont, yesterday, and gave another lengthy address on the Education (Act…

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Scientific Lecture to State Schools

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

THE Minister of Education has made arrangements with Professor Popper to deliver a course of four scientific lectures in the Academy of Music in the afternoons…

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Wailsend School of Arts. Fancy Fair and Bazaar

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

YESTERDAY afternoon about 2 o'clock, the bazaar in hid of the funds of the above institution, was officilly opened by. Dr. Nash, in the absence of the president (Mr…

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New School Inspector

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 September 1880 · page 2

WE are pleased to welcome to out midst Mr. J. McCormack, who has recently been appointed school inspector for the Newcastle district, vice Mr. Maynard…

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Appalling Death of a School Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1880 · page 2

THE Hobart Town Mercury gives particulars of at shocking fatal accident that occurred at a picnic party to the the Waterworks, the victim being…

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