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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1889

208 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 11

Cook's Hill Public School. a Successful Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 8

THE pupils of the Cook's Hill Public School hold their annual picnic at Tarro yesterday. They assembled at the school shortly after 9 o'clock, from where they marched to the…

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School of Arts Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 6

THE exhibition at the School of Arts was again numerously attended last night. In addition to the many exhibits we have already noticed, mention might be made of a…

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School of Arts Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1889 · page 5

THE closing night of the annual exhibition at the School of Arts on Saturday night was numerously attended, and the inspection of the works of art, physical, electrical, and…

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Lambton Police Court. Friday, September 27. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1889 · page 6

MR. W. L. BERNARD, school attendance officer, appeared to prosecute id twelve cases against parents for neglecting to send their children to school, resulting in fines being…

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Summons Cases. School Attendance Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1889 · page 2

At the instance of School Attendance Inspector Ling, for neglecting to send their children to school during the prescribed number of days during the past half-year,…

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Waratah. School of Arts Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 8

The committee of the School of arts are apparently determined to carry on the work of erection according to the original plan, which only needs to be seen to satisfy one that the…

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Correspondence the Attendance of Children at State Schools. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 8

SIR,—I read with indignation in the Herald an account of the proceedings at the Newcastle Police Court on Tuesday with reference to the school attendance cases. I think it…

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The Roman Catholic Schools. Annual Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 7

THE scholars attending the Roman Catholic Schools of Newcastle, Stockton, and Carrington held their annual picnic at Maxville, near Cardiff, yesterday, in a paddock kindly…

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A Scholars' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—Great discontent has been manifested recently among the scholars attending the schools under the control of the School Boards in Scotland…

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Superior Public School, Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 3

AT the above school on Friday afternoon, in the midst of the pupils and teachers, and of a fair sprinkling of ladies, Mrs. Ellis performed a very interesting ceremony. This…

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The School Strike. LONDON

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

A "strike" of an extraordinary nature has taken place in Scotland. Many of the children attending the board schools refuse to go to school unless certain…

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Summons Cases. School Attendance Cases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 6

At the instance of School attendance-officer Lin[?],for breaches of the Public Instruction Act, by not sending their children to school the prescribed 70 days within the past…

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The School Strikes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The strikes of schoolboys against home lessons and corporal punishment, which began in Glasgow and Aberdeen, are spreading to Cardiff,…

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Strike of Scholars

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. — The strike of school boys in Scotland is extending to several places in England and Wales, where the boys who have left off attending school, hold…

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Strike of School Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The pupils of a dozen board and other schools in London have struck, and paraded the streets with banners, demanding shorter school hours, no…

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Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) School Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1889 · page 3

BARBARA SMITH, from Miami on warrant, was charged with not sending her child to school the required number of days. Mrs. Smith explained that the reason for not complying…

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Stockton. School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1889 · page 8

A special general meeting of the Stockton School of Arts was held last night to consider the advisableness of purchasing a piano for the institute. Mr. Thomas (president), who…

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Summons Cases. Non-attendance at School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1889 · page 7

At the instance of school attendance officer Ling, for neglecting to send their children to school the prescribed number of days in the half-year ending June 30th, the…

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The Schoolboys' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The strike of school children, which commenced in Glasgow and Aberdeen, and spread to various other large centres of population in England and…

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A School-Girl's Suicide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 9

THE Oxford University park-keeper discovered the body of Miss Mary White, aged sixteen, daughter of Mr. John White, of Cowley, in the River Cherwell, which skirts…

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