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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Schools

Schools, 1900

12 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers

The School Petition. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 5

SIR,--During the week a petition has been handed round for signature, praying the Minister for Public Instruction not to close the present school when the new…

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That School Petition. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2

SIR,--Mr. George J. Boland's letter in your last issue proves him to be a man of nice scruples and nothing susceptible. He would not sign the petition because…

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That School Petition. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

SIR,--I see I have come in for a lot of abuse over the north side school petition, but I will defy any man to say that I put any man's name down besides my own;…

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The School. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 2

SIR,--Now that a provisional school has been granted for Long Flat, it seems to be believed that the present public school will be closed. If this is done, it will be a…

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A Monkey School

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 3

There has just been founded at Calcutta an institution for the education of monkeys (says the Paris "Journal des…

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He Could Fight. One Blow Secured a School for the Pale, Thin Young Man

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 3

In the mountains of the south the schools are still maintained upon the subscription plan. A travelling man just returned from that section gave the…

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Sunday School Picnic

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 6

The annual picnic, in connection with the Holy Trinity Sunday School, took place on Saturday last at a picturesque spot, on Mr. T. Bowman's…

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At a Boarding-School

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 3

After the boys at a large boarding-school had gone to bed, they used to get up and have a game of leap-frog in their night-shirts in the corridor…

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North Side School. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 2

SIR,--To go into the question at once,. I fail to see why the Improvement Committee of Manilla can for one moment entertain the idea of closing…

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Studies in Board Schools. Religious Lessons.--III. The Head Master Takes Some Smaller Boys

Manilla Express · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 6

And thus endeth the first lesson. The next morning Mr. Ellson himself took a class of little boys whose age was about 9 or 10. It was very simple, full of…

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The North-side School. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 2

SIR.--It was a surprise to me, as it was to several others, to read the reply of the Education Department to the request to have our school on the north side kept…

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Studies in Board Schools. Religious Lessons.--II

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 6

The Duties of Children to Their Parents. "Next verse" "Honour they father and mother; which is the first commandment of…

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