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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1889

208 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11

Australian News. New South Wales. Opening of a School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1889 · page 6

SIR HENRY PARKES on Saturday afternoon formally opened to the public the school which has recently been erected by the Government at Fairfield. The opening was…

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Wickham. Sunday School Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1889 · page 5

The anniversary of the above school was celebrated on Sunday last, in the School of Arts, Hannell-street. The services were conducted in the morning by Mr. J. C. Dixon…

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Newcastle School of Arts. Committee Meeting. University Extension Lectures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1889 · page 8

At a meeting of the general committee of the Newcastle School of Arts, on Friday last, it was decided that Mr. Crompton's next course of University Extension lectures…

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Newcastle School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1889 · page 4

ONE of the greatest annoyances to which the subscribers to libraries in connection with Schools of Arts can be put is the frequent trouble they experience in obtaining the…

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Small Debts. School Fees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1889 · page 7

Mr. A. Laing, school after dance officer summoned several parents for amounts varying from 17s 6d up to £8 3s 9d, as arrears due for school fees for their children…

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Queensland. School Teachers' Grievances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 6

A deputation of school teachers waited on the Minister for Education on Saturday, to present him with the resolutions passed at a recent teachers' conference, relating to the…

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Waratah. School of Arts Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 6

A grand concert was given in the School of Arts hall, Waratah, on Thursday evening, by the members of the Lambton United Choir. There was a fair attendance, and…

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New Zealand. a School Burnt Down

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 6

The Ladies' Roman Catholic High School at Nelson was destroyed by fire on Monday night. WASTE OF WATER…

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Wickham. the Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1889 · page 3

The plans and specifications of the contemplated additions to the above superior and favourite school are now ready. The structure will be of two storeys, in brick; the…

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Newcastle School of Arts. Technical Classes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

CLASSES for instruction in chemistry and physics are in course of formation at the Newcastle School of Arts, and it is expected a commencement will be made shortly. Mr…

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South Australia. Adelaide School of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 6

At a meeting of the council of the Adelaide School of Mines and Industries it was reported that the students numbered 61. It was resolved to reduce the fees by half to…

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Wednesday, March 20Th, 1889. (Before the P.m.) School Attendance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 7

Mr. A. Ling prosecuted the parents of several children for their non-attendance at school during the half-year ending December 31st, 1888. Fines ranging from 1s to 10s…

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A Teacher Drowned. A Rowing Fatality. BRISBANE, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1889 · page 5

H. C. W. BUSCH, the French master at the Ipswich Grammar School, is supposed to have been drowned in the river last evening. Ho hired a boat in the afternoon, and rowed…

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Wallsend Police Court. Thursday, March 21, 1889. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Attendance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 8

A LARGE number of school-attendance cases were heard, Mr. Inspector Ling having no less than twenty on his list. In one or two cases it was proved that the child was absent from…

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The Lambton School Tanks. An Unnecessary Seare. Improvements to the School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 8

AT the last meeting of the Lambton Council, a report from the inspector of nuisances with respect to the water which the school children are compelled to use for drinking…

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University Matriculation. A Family of Scholars

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 6

THE only candidate from a public school who was successful in the recent matriculation for the Sydney University was Mr. Aubrey Halloran, of the South Newcastle Public…

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Newcastle School of Arts. Committee Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1889 · page 7

AT a meeting of the House and Lecture Committee, held on Friday night, it was decided to accept the offer of a lecture from Mr. A. C. Aucher, B.A., on "French, as it is…

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Victoria. Teaching of Scripture in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 6

The Scriptural Education League held a meeting in the Temperance Hall on Monday night, presided over by Mr. C. J. Ham, M.P., and passed resolutions approving of a…

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Meeting of the Cabinet. Public School Boards. the Cabinet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 5

At a meeting of the Cabinet held last week, the expediency of opening up public works, for which provision has already been made, was considered, and some…

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School of Arts. "French, As She Is Wrote."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 8

A LECTURE under the above title was delivered in the lecture-hall of the School of Arts, Hunter-street, on Thursday evening by Mons. A. C. Aucher, B.A.,…

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