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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1890

37 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2

Clunes Annual School Picnic

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 4

WHEN the annals of [?] come to be written, the historian will refer with pride to the 1st January, 1890, for in that never-to-be-forgotten day the most successful of her many annual…

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The Public Schools Act

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

SOME important changes are apparently pending in regard to the administration of the public School Act. Speaking at Parramatta on Saturday, Mr. Deputy…

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School Children's Picnic

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

A MEETING for the purpose of arranging for a picnic to the School children of Coraki and Oakland was held at Quain's Club Hotel on Tuesday evening last, at which there was a…

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Public School Teachers

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 2

A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs. Elston, Thackeray, Speirs, Quinn, and others, representing; about 200 teachers of the public schools, waited upon the Minister for Public…

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Public School Cadet Force

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 4

THE regulations for the control of the Public School Cadet Force, which have been approved by the Minister for Public Instruction, provide for the formation of cadet corps in…

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South Pimlico Public School

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 2

SIR,—Your"Lower Richmond" correspondent has brought the position of this school-building prominently into notice by his called for remarks in your last issue. As a…

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School Children's Compositions

Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 5

THE following compositions were sent in for competition for Mr. J. Perry's (M.P.) prizes for best description of Alstonville show by children attending local public schools, and…

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—Lismore School[?] of Arts. Annual Meeting

Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 4

THE adjourned annual meeting of tho subscribers to this institution was held on Tuesday evening. The President (Mr. A. J. Simpson) occupied the chair, and there was…

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Public School Cadet Force

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 4

INDUCEMENTS OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT THIS. Hon. J. H. Carruthers, Minister for Public Instruction, has been very energetic in the matter of establishing a cadet force in…

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A Schoolboy's Essay on Noses

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 3

THE head-master of one of the Board Schools in South Shields sends the following essay, which, he remarks, is the first production of one of his scholars, to…

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State School Bursaries

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1890 · page 3

MR. J. H. CARRUTHERS, the Minister for Public Instruction, has decided on the conditions under which candidates shall compete for these rewards. In the…

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Home Lessons Given to Children Attending the Public Schools. Reply to John Oliver's (Bungawalyba) Note of 6Th March, 1890

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 5

mr. OLIVE,— Referring to your note which bears the abovementioned date, i must state that, containly, you are wrong in preventing your children from learning the reasonable…

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Home Lessons Given in Public Schools

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1890 · page 2

SIR,—In reply to a letter in your issue of the 12th instant, signed Messurier Joan Le Cheminant on the above subject, in which he undertakes to prove to his own satisfaction, by…

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Agriculture in the Common Schools. Prof. Charles E. Bessey, Nebraska

Northern Star · Saturday 29 March 1890 · page 6

I AM convinced that the next great advance in the public schools must be the recognition of the fact that education should fit for the life-work of the boy and girl, whether on the…

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Home Lessons Given in Public Schools

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1890 · page 3

SIR,—Please grant me space in your valuable paper to correct certain misstatements and blunders which Mr.John Olive made in his letter on the above…

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Home Lessons Given in Public Schools

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 2

SIR,—I would ask you to grant me a short space in your next issue to point out to the public that Mr. Cheminant has admitted in his last letter of 18th April that the lesson…

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Temperance and the Public Schools

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1890 · page 6

SOME time ago a deputation, representing the independant Order of Good Templars and other temperance organisation, waited on the Minister Public Instruction…

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The Northern Star. Saturday, 7Th June, 1890 Practical Education in Public Schools

Northern Star · Saturday 7 June 1890 · page 2

THE Minister for Public Instruction has recently issued a circular to Public School teachers, which may be considered a great innovation, but is none the less a movement in the direction…

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Weathersheds, &c., Alstonville and Tuckombil Public Schools.— Flying Foxes

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 4

THE following communications, to the Members in reference to the above subjects have been handed to us for publication:— "With reference to a letter from Mr. P. J…

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Public School Cadets

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 4

HIS Excellency Lord Carrington has consented to review the Public School Cadet Corps of the colony, at Moore Park, on Saturday, August 23. Eearly…

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