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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1917

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Teachers' Journal

Northern Times · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 5

The Christmas issue of the "Teachers' Journal." issued by the Newcastle District Public School Teachers' Association, is a publication in which the…

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Merewether School of Arts

Northern Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 3

Mr. Adams (president), Mr. J. Dixon (vice-president) and Mr. E. E. Rowlands (secretary) met Mr. Wiggins, of the Newcastle Electric Light…

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Officers' School. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

The No. 6 Officers' School in connection with the A.I.F. will be held at Duntroon from February 1st to March 6th. The personnel of this school is…

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Turning Over New Leaf. Cessnock School of Arts

Northern Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 1

Regeneration is in the air at the Cessnock School of Arts. Recently a sub-committee was appointed to thoroughly investigate the system of…

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Kurri School. Association's Wishes

Northern Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 1

Recently the Kurri Kurri Progress Association had under consideration a number of matters concerning the Public School. Letters were sent to…

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Girls' Escapade. Escape From School by Twisted Sheets

Northern Times · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 7

A daring escapade was attributed to two bright-looking girls, isabella Shann, aged 15, and Mary Ellen Andrews, aged 13, charged at Hull with…

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No Zest for School Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 13

The defects of English business methods are due to the system of education, and this is defective because of the lack of zest and intellectuality with which boys…

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Fire in Sunday School. a Strange Outbreak

Northern Times · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 5

At 10 minuted to 12 to-day the Newcastle head fire station received call to St. Andrews (Presbyterian Church, Laman Street and a…

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Maitland Methodists. Sunday School Site Dought

Northern Times · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

The circuit quarterly meeting of the West Maitland Methodist Church was held last evening, when there was a good attendance…

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Maitland School of Arts. Library Scholarships. Effect of Daylight Saving

Northern Times · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1

At the regular meeting of the Maitland School of Arts committee held last night and presided over by Mr. W. C. Johnston (vice-president) the…

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Continuation Schools. Examination Results. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

The results of the examinations in connection with the Evening Continuation Commercial, Junior Technical, and Domestic Schools were made available…

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Schoolmasters for Albania. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 5

Italian schoolmasters, who have been pronounced unfit for military service, have been sent to teach it the Albanlan schools, which are reopening everywhere…

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Buddhist Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

Buddhists in Japan, determined "to hold the children of Japan for Buddha," inaugurated a Sunday-school movement at the time of the Emperor's Coronation in…

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Railway and Tramway Institute. Wickham School of Arts

Northern Times · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have decided to afford to the country branches of the Railway and Tramway' institute of New South Wales…

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School Teacher's Promotion

Northern Times · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. L. Egan, of Waratah, who for the last six years has been first assistant at the Public School, Newcastle East, has been transferred to…

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Presentation to Teacher

Northern Times · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. Charles Carman, teacher in charge of the Canoblas public school for the past nine years, has been [?]rred to Scaham, Newcastle…

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Merewether School of Arts. Half-yearly Meeting

Northern Times · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the Merewether School of Arts was held last night. The president, Mr. T. Adams, was in the chair, and there…

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New Neath School

Northern Times · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 7

The new school building at Neath is to be officially opened on Saturduy, February 3. The ceremony is timed to take place at 10 o'clock, and is to…

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Transferred to Dubbo. Departure of Wallsend Schoolmaster

Northern Times · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 1

Mr. J. Lydon, who has been headmaster, of Wallsend Public School for nearly four years, was given a farewell by the teachers and scholars of…

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Newcastle School of Arts. a Review

Northern Times · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Newcastle School of Arts will be held is the lecture ball on Monday evening next, when the usual reports will be…

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