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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1896

231 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 12

Stockton. School of Arts Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1896 · page 8

A special meeting of this body was held last night. Alderman O'Mara (vice-president) occupied the chair, and there were present: Messrs W. M'Laren, A. F. Knight, C…

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District News. Lambton. School Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 3

Messrs. W. Conn, J. Palmer, and T. Evans, members of our local school board, visited the following schools yesterday:—Waratah, Hanbury, and…

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The Greatest School of Music

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 4

The amount taken in fees for tuition since the opening of the Guildhall (London) School of Music is £341,000. The present receipts are considerably over £30,000 per…

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The Catholic Schools Picnic. Great Gathering at Toronto

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 8

THE annual picnic in connection with the Roman Catholic schools, which took place at Toronto on Thursday, was a decided success from every standpoint. The excursionists…

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Wallsend School Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1896 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the local school board was held in the Courthouse on Thursday evening. There were present: Dr. J. B. Nash,…

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District News Stockton. Lecture at the School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1896 · page 7

Last night Mr. Walter M'Laren, headmaster of the Stockton School, delivered a most interesting lecture upon Darkest Africa to a large and…

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Stockton. English Sunday School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1896 · page 5

The annual picnic of the above Sunday School was held at Tomago yesterday, and was highly successful in every particular. The children, in very large numbers, marched…

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Cook's Hill School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 October 1896 · page 5

THE annual picnic in connection with the Cook's Hill Public School, held at Toronto yesterday, was the biggest of the many successful excursions Mr. H. Buckland has…

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The Public Schools Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1896 · page 5

A MEETING Of the committee for those sports was held in the Brown-street schoolroom last evening. Mr. C. O. Flashman presided, and there was a large attendance of the…

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The Public School Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1896 · page 5

THE Public School sports on the Racecourse to-morrow promise to be extremely interesting and attractive. Apart from the ordinary events usual to such meetings, the afternoon…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Free School Books

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1896 · page 5

Owing to the unpropitious season the Government has postponed for a year the granting of free schoolbooks to the State schools. STATE SCHOOL INSPECTION…

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Public Schools' Athletic Association. Great Sports Meeting. Immense Attendance. Magnificent Success

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 October 1896 · page 5

THE second annual sports meeting of the Public Schools' Athletic Association was held on the Racecourse yesterday, and it proved to be even a more brilliant…

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Wallsend School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of management of this institution was hold on Wednesday evening. There were present: Messrs. A. Ross (chairman), T. Hayes, R. Streatfield,…

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St. Peter's Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 8

The annual picnic in connection with St. Peter's Sunday School, East Maitland; was held at the Glebe (East Maitland) yesterday, and the children were afforded a pleasant…

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Convent High School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 October 1896 · page 8

The annual picnic for the children attending the Convent High School was held in the grounds adjoining the Sacred Heart College on Saturday. Misses Ida Hyndes and Amy…

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Carrington. a Sunday "School."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1896 · page 7

On Sunday afternoon one of our leading aldermen who devotes his leisure time on the day of rest to guiding the young under his charge in the…

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District News. Broadmeadow. Sunday School Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1896 · page 7

ON Sunday last the anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Sabbath school was celebrated by the holding of services in the afternoon and evening in…

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District News. Young Wallsend. School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1896 · page 3

The committee of this institute report a great increase of members during the last few months, largely the result of circulars sent to every…

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School Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1896 · page 8

A number of teachers in the Maitland district have decided to foster the game of cricket in our public schools, and for that purpose have presented a valuable trophy to…

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The Catholic Picnic. Hamilton and Tighe's Hill Schools. a Successful Gathering

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1896 · page 5

THE Hamilton and Tighe's Hill Roman Catholic Schools' picnic, which was postponed from Thursday last on account of the weather, was held at Toronto yesterday, and…

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