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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1890

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Remote School Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 7

THE Minister for Public Instruction has frequently received complaints from ex-students of the Training College and teachers of small schools at to the hardship inseparable…

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St. James' Sunday-school

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 5

THE scholars of the St. James Sunday school hold their annual picnic to-day at Cockle Creek. A special train will leave Newcastle at half past 9 o'clock, and as there [?]…

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Sunday-school Excursion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 5

THE annual excursion of the St. James' Church Sunday school, Wickham, was hold yesterday at Cockle Creek. A special train, which left Newcastle at 9.30 a.m., was packed…

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The Forest Gate School Holocaust

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 4

THE terrible "massacre of the innocents" which occurred in the Forest Gate Charity School, London, arose out of one of those outrageous act of bungling peculiarly…

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German Military Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 8

THERE are now a such a large number of foreign officers studying at Berlin that the German Government has established an International Military Academy for their…

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(From Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) Fire at the Forest Gate School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The inquest was commenced yesterday on the 26 victims of the fire at the Boys Industrial School at Forestgate, Essex. The evidence showed that the…

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The Fire at a Charity School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The fire which took place at the Forest Gate Charity School, in London, on January 1, appears to have been attended with the grossest carelessness. It has…

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Grievances of School Teachers. Deputation to Mr. Carruthers. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

A DEPUTATION of school teachers waited on the Minister for Education this morning to bring before him several matters which they considered should be remedied. The…

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A New School Inspector

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

MR. SHEEHY, recently appointed inspector of schools, is now on a visit to Newcastle prior to starting in his new sphere of labour at Yass. Mr. Sheehy is a brother-in-law of…

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A Teacher of Mining for Newcastle. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

THE Minister for Public Instruction has invited applications from persons competent to teach mining to a class proposed to be established at Newcastle under the technical…

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Victoria. Record of School Sickness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

During the year 1888 no fewer than 74 State schools were closed for periods of from a week to twelve weeks on account of the outbreak of fever or other disease amongst…

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Tasmania. Want a Technical School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 6

Endeavours have been made to induce the Government to build a technical school in connection with the High School, which will be used as a University…

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Newcastle School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 3

THE following is a copy of the report of the general committee and building committee to be presented at the annual general meeting of members, to be held in the lecture…

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Newcastle School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 4

THE reports of the general committee and building committee of the above institution, which are published in another column, and will be considered at the annual general…

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Correspondence Newcastle School of Arts. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 3

SIR,—Whilst Mr. Samuel Ross, secretary of the Newcastle School of Arts, will doubtless highly appreciate your kindly editorial "word in season" for his special benefit, I…

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Australian News. New South Wales. School Teachers' Salaries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 6

THE following amended regulations relating to the salaries of provisional school teachers and pupil teachers have been adopted by the New South Wales Education Department…

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Newcastle School of Arts. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 7

SIR,—Your correspondent "Quiz," like all egotistical cranks, shows a good deal of "the dog in the manger" spirit, in his letter respecting the salary of the secretary of the…

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Newcastle School of Arts. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 7

SIR,—For presuming (as I, in common with thousands of your readers have a perfect right to do) to refer to a suggestion contained in your editorial columns of Friday…

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District News. Stockton. School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 3

To-night there will be a meeting of the members and their friends in the reading-room, for the purpose of presenting the secretary, Mr. E. Sanders, with a small offering in…

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Correspondence Newcastle School of Arts. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 7

SIR,—Referring to the letter signed " Quiz," in your issue of yesterday, I will leave you to settle the point as to whether you overlooked the item referred to or not. But I…

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