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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1900

407 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 21

Stockton. Opening of School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 7

On Wednesday afternoon the opening of the library in connection with the Stookton Public School was brought off with a very large amount of enthusiasm, in the presence…

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Greta. the School Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 8

A public meeting was held at the council chambers last evening, the Mayor (Alderman J. Rylatt) presiding. The Mayor, in opening the meeting…

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Tighe's Hill Public School. Opening of the School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1900 · page 8

A pleasing ceremony took place on Friday afternoon in the boys' schoolroom, Tighe's Hill, when the library was formally opened, in the presence of a number…

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Newcastle District Teachers' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1900 · page 5

The prizes won at the sports meeting of this association, held in December last, were handed over to the successful competitors by the president of the association (Mr. Inspector…

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District News. Merewether. Public School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1900 · page 5

In response to the invitation of the headmaster, Mr. M. M'Kean, a large number of parents and others interested in the welfare of this school assembled in the…

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School Libraries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1900 · page 4

The local Public School authorities are to be complimented upon the establishment of school libraries throughout the district. The annual…

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District News. Stockton. School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1900 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the committee was held on Monday night. There were present : Alderman Goodman (president), and Messrs. T. Affleck, J. J. Sessions, A…

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The Establishment of School Libraries. Opening Ceremony at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 6

The formal opening of the Hamilton School library (one of the district libraries established by the Newcastle Public Schools' Athletic Association), took place…

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Wickham School Library. Opening Ceremony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 6

A successful function was performed yesterday afternoon at Wickham, when, in the boys' schoolroom, the Wickham Superior Public School library was opened by the…

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District News. Tighe's Hill. Primitive Methodist Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 6

The anniversary in connection with the Tighe's Hill Primitive Methodist Sabbath School was celebrated on Sunday last. The services were conducted by the Rev. T. Parr,…

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Lambton. Opening of the Public School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 7

The ceremony of officially opening the school library was performed yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large number of visitors and the elder pupils attending…

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District News. Dudley. Public School Libraries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1900 · page 3

Another of those pleasant assemblies in connection with the Public School libraries took place on Wednesday, when the Dudley school library was…

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District News. Minmi. Opening of Public School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 3

On Friday evening, as an outcome of the movement now going on in the Newcastle district under the Initiation of Mr. C. O. Flashman and the N.D. Public Schools'…

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A Sydney Letter. Various Plague Items.—the Colliery Accident at Balmain.—st. Patrick's Day in Sydney—school Children and Patriotism.—the Macquarie - Street Fire.—the Premier's Sprig of Shamrock.—the Fish Hawkers and the Plague. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 7

There are various new plague items Most important is the meeting of the City Council on Friday, when in consequence of the scare got up by Alderman Norton, the…

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The Proposed School of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 4

The proposal to establish a local School of Mines is one which will meet with the general approval of the Newcastle community. The steps which…

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Adamstown Public School. Opening of the Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 5

One of the most pleasing ceremonies that has ever taken place in the municipality eventuated yesterday afternoon, when the public school library, recently inaugurated…

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Public School Libraries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 6

Sir,—I notion by your columns that this district is getting fitted with public school libraries, which is a mistake. I wonder why some of the parents who have children…

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The Establishment of School Libraries. Opening Ceremony at Plattsburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 7

The Plattsburg branch of the school libraries that are being established throughout the district, under the auspices of the Newcastle District Public…

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Jesmond. Opening of the School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 5

The ceremony of opening the library established in connection with this school was performed on Saturday by Mr. John Russell in the presence of a large number of parents…

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St. Ethel's Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 8

The friends of Mr. T. J. Davis, who has occupied the position of headmaster of St. Ethel's Public School since the retirement of the late Mr. A. R…

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