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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1897

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

Caning in Public Schools

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 2

LETTERS which appeared in the Daily Telegraph having drawn public attention to the subject of canning in State schools, inquiries were made at the Department…

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Lismore School of Arts. Annual Meeting

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the members of the above institution was held last Tuesday evening. Mr. W. Lockett (President) presided, and about 30 subscribers were present…

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Dairy and Farm. Agriculture in Public Schools

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 3

ARBOR day has now become a recognised institution in our land, aud it is now an exception to see a public sschool in either city or country without a few trees and flowers…

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Coraki School of Arts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1897 · page 8

THE annual meeting of the above was held on the 2nd instant, when there was a good attendance. The President (Mr. John M'Kinnon, J.P.), occupied the chair, and…

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Lismore School of Arts

Northern Star · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Committee, was held on Tuesday last. Present—Mr W. Lookett (President) in the chair, Dr. Connor, Messrs. G. Larkin, G. B. Somerville, E. W.Bentley, A. J…

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School of Arts Social

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5

The social arranged in aid of the local School of Arts, in the3 Bridge-street Hall, on Wednesday night last, was a highly successful affair, financially and otherwise,…

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Coraki School of Arts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 5

A MEETING of the Committee of the above was held in the hall of the Institution on Tuesday, 6th instant, Mr. John M'Kinnon (President), presiding…

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Lismore Superior Public School. Departure of Miss M'Lennan and MR. Nicholls

Northern Star · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon Miss M'Lennan and Mr. F. J. Nicholls (the former Mistress of the Girls' Department, and the latter Headmaster) of the Lismore Superior Public School, who have both recently…

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Lismore School of Arts

Northern Star · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 7

THE usual monthly meeting of the Committee was hold on Tuesday evening. Present — Mr. W Lockett, President, in the chair, Dr. Connor Messrs. F. K. Rutherford, A. J. Simpson, G. B…

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Coraki School of Arts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 5

The regular monthly meeting, of the committee of the above met in the hall of the institution on Tuesday evening last, when the following members were present—…

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Convent School v. Public School

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1897 · page 2

A match between the pupils attending the above schools at Coraki, was played last Saturday afternoon on the hill near the Public School, and, after an exciting…

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Public Schools Athletic Association. Annnal Meeting

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 June 1897 · page 3

THE first annual meeting of the above Association, formed here 12 months ago, was held in the Lismore Superior Public School on Saturday. Mr. P. Board, President, occupied the chair, and there was an…

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Public Schools Atheletic Asscoiation of Richmond and Tweed Rivers

Northern Star · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 8

A MEETING of committee was held in the boys' department of the Superior Public School, Lismore, on Saturday, 16th instant, Mr.Porteous in the chair…

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The Ballina School of Arts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 8

SIR,—I notice in the letter of your "accredited" (as the PILOT puts it) Ballina correspondent a paragraph in reference to the above-named institution, which I feel…

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Public Schools Athletic Association

Northern Star · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 7

A GENERAL meeting was held in the Superier Public School, Lismore, on Saturday last. The President (Mr P. Board) occupied the chair. It was agreed. That the committee hire a…

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New School Wanted

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1897 · page 2

For many years the unsuitability of the antiquated building used as a Public School at Coraki has been painfully apparent to the most casual observer, and…

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Public School Sports

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 3

THE second meeting of the Richmond and Tweed districts Public Sohools' Athletic Association was held on the Show Ground last Friday. The weather on Tuesday and Wednesday was not very…

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Public Schools' Sports

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1897 · page 2

The second annual sports, held at Lismore in connection with the Public Schools Athletic Association, on Friday, the 10th instant, was a decided success in point of…

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Sciptural Teaching in State. Schools

Northern Star · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 8

A CONTROVERSY which in the hands of ecclesiastical writers is sometimes too theoretical to hit the point, is being waged in Victoria, regarding the introduction of Scriptural lessons into the…

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Coraki School of Arts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1897 · page 5

THE monthly meeting of the Committee of the Coraki School of Arts was held on Tuesday night last, when the following members were present, viz:—Messrs, J. M'Kinnon, (chair),…

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