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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1913

246 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 13

Winter School for Farmers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the 1913 winter school for farmers to commence at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday. 24th June, and to…

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Church of England. Sunday School Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 5

The sixteenth annual meeting of the Newcastle Church of England Sunday School Union was hold in the Outhedral Parish Hull last evening. The Bishop…

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Schoolroom Humour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 3

Gems of unconscious humour from the schoolroom, gathered by Mr. H. J. Barker, M.A., are published by Jarrold and Sons in a shilling volume. "Little Humorists…

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School-room Humour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 3

The following are some specimens:— A class had been accustomed to sing a short "grace," beginning with the line: Weak and sinful though we be…

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Murders and Suicide. a Schoolboy's Crime. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 5

A Kieff schoolboy named Larinoff as[?]d a schoolgirl to marry him, but Coonel Glukovizeff, a friend of hers, pe[?]uaded her to reject him…

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Military Cookery Schools. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 4

As a result of Justified complaints from all States concerning the food supply at the compulsory camps, Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, is considering…

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Summons Cases. School Attendance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1913 · page 7

John Crook appeared to answer an information alleging that his son. Stanley Crook, had failed to attend school during the quarter ended December 31, 1912,…

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Letters to the Editor. Newcastle School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 3

Sir,—I would like to ask who is responsible for the general appearance of the ladies' reading room in the Newcastle School of Arts. The room looks as it…

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New Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 6

Work at the new public school building in Hamilton is now almost suspended, owing to the inability of the contractor to obtain Australian slates for the roof—…

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Baptist Sunday School. Anniversary Celebration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 3

The anniversary services in connection with the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday school were held on Sunday last, the Rev. C. Stark, who has been appointed the…

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Stockton. the Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 2

A meeting was held at the public school, Stockton, on Wednesday evening for the purpose of forming a parents and citizens' association. There was a…

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Baptist Sunday Schools. Meeting of the Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Newcastle and Northern District Baptist Sunday-school Union was held in the Islington Baptist Church on Saturday last. There…

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From Gaol to High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 4

Just when Sydney is at the very zenith of its prominence as promoter of industrial unrest, and when on all Sides men are giving signs of being ready for…

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Continuation Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 4

Mr. S. H. Smith, the inspector of continuation schools in New South Wales, has presented to Mr. Carmichael, the Minister for Public…

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The Child and the Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 15

Western education is based on complete distrust of the child, and does not encourage the freedom indispensable to natural growth. Instead of helping the child to…

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Winter School for Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 11

Short courses are provided at Hawkesbury Agricultural College at the slack period of the year for busy farmers and stock owners, who can devote only a…

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Public School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 3

The annual picnic of the Merewether Public School was held at Speer's Point on Saturday, and was largely patronised. The train of five cars engaged for the…

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Maitland District. Teachers at School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 6

As a part of the scheme of Australia's defence system, number of the teachers attached to the public schools are undergoing a course of training to fit them to…

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Cessnock. Methodist Sunday School Convention

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 6

A Sunday school convention was held in the Methodist Church, Cessnock, on Saturday, when the Rev. Harold Wheen, of Sydney, organising secretary to the…

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Outbreaks of Fever. School Attendance Affected. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

In connection with the fever outbreak at Lismore, the central health authorities point out that there seems to be no reason, so far, why the local…

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