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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1911

230 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 12

Sunday-school Methods. Interesting Address

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 3

The Rev. E. W. Crawford, of Cessnock, vice-president of the Northern District Congregational Sunday School Union, delivered an address before members of that…

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In Praise of English Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 September 1911 · page 7

Much is said of the superiority of foreign schools and their methods, but as schools for the training of character and for the production of leaders of men…

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Wickham. Superior Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Wickham Parents and Citizens' Association was held in the Wickham Superior Public School last evening. Mr. J. L. Fegan,…

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School Boys on Strike. They Parade the Streets. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 5

The boys at the Begyn Council School at Llanelly quitted their class-rooms and paraded the streets because a schoolboy was punished…

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Infantile Paralysis. in Devonshire Schools. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 5

Owing to an outbreak of acu[?]e pollomyelltis, twenty-five schools in Devonshire have closed. There have been eighty cases and…

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Another School Strike. Children's Demands. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 5

The children at the Edgehill school, Liverpool, struck for an extra half-holiday per week, and the abolition of the cane and payment to monitors of…

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Schoolgirls' Fate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 3

Seven schoolgirls of various nationalities had a terrifying experience on the Lake of Geneva, and one of them was drowned, with their teacher, in…

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Strike of Schoolboys. Pickets and Stone-throwing. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1911 · page 5

The County Council school children at Shoreditch, Islington, and Deptford have gone on strike demanding Wednesday half-holidays, a penny per…

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The Schoolboy Strike. Less Work and Less Cane. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

The schoolboy strikes continued at Ashton-under-Lyne, Grimsby, Bradford, Sheffield, and Hull. Hundreds of boys paraded the…

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A Prairie Adventure. School Mistress Abducted. Winnipeg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 5

The disappearance of Miss Brice, a school teacher, and a relative of Mr. R. P. Roblin, the Premier of Manitoba, created excitement…

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The Schoolboys' Strike. Spreading Through Britain. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 5

The rain has damped the enthusiasm of the schoolboys on strike in London. The disturbances continued at…

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Holmesville. School of Arts Opening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 6

The new building of the Holmesville School of Arts was opened on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a good crowd…

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The Schoolboys' Strike. Settled by the Birch. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 5

Fifty schoolboys strikes are in existence in various centres, including Aberdeen, Dublin, and Bristol. The chief demand is "no cane." At…

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Summons Division. Insufficiept School Attendance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 2

Caleb Wilson was fined 2s 6d, with 6s costs, in default three days' imprisonment, and John Watson, 1s, with 6s costs, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for…

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Cook's Hill School Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 6

A bazaar in connection with the Cook's Hill Superior Public School is to be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Auckland-street, October 6, 7 and 9. Alderman Shedden,…

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Cook's Hill School Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 6

A bazaar, in connection with Cook's Hill Superior Public School, will be opened by the Mayor of Newcastle, in the Oddfellows' Hall, Auckland-street, this…

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Cook's Hill School. Successful Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 4

A bazaar in connection with the Cook's Hill Superior Public School was opened in the Oddfellow's Hall, Auckland-street, yesterday afternoon by Alderman Shedden,…

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Sunday-school Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 October 1911 · page 6

The annual Sunday-school service conducted in connection with the anniversary of the British and Foreign Bible Society look place in the town hall yesterday…

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School Picnics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 October 1911 · page 6

The, annual picnic arranged by the parents and "children of the West Maitland Methodist Sunday School took place in Cole's paddock, East Maitland, on…

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Our Sydney Letter. Welcoming Sir John Kirk.—the Term "Ragged School."—a Notable Journalist Dies.—dr. Mawson's Hard Luck.—the Quaker and Carrying a Gun.—up-to-date Travelling Methods. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 October 1911 · page 4

Sydney has delighted to do honour to Sir John Kirk. Rarely do we receive a visitor from abroad with such a great claim on the admiration and respect of…

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