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Illawarra · Schools

Schools, 1949

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Strain on Schoolmasters

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 7

Children in classes taught by headmasters and headmistresses were not getting a fair deal, a delegate told-Newcastle District…

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£333,000 Expenditure on Three New District Schools Tech. High School and 'Varsity College Punned

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 1

Expenditure for three new schools in this district—one under construction at Corrimal and the new High and Junior Technical Schools at North Wollongong, for which tenders had now…

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P.s. Board and Teacher Stortage

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

The news that the Public Service Board has made the paltry offer to teachers of a yearly increase of 25 for men and £20…

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Infants' School Overcrowded Appeal to Coniston Parents

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

The overcrowded conditions at Coniston-Infants' School are 'appalling', and the Coniston Public School Mothers' Club…

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Britain's School Enrolment Million More By 1953

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

Another one million children will be at school in Britain by the end of 1953. Local authorities in Britain have just been…

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Coniston Public School Mothers' Club

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

The Coniston school Mothers' Club wish to bring before the parents of the children attendinng Coniston School, the appalling overcrowded…

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Public Service Board and Shortage of Teachers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 9

Sir,—The news that the Public Service Board has made the paltry offer to teachers of a yearly increase of £25 for men and £20 for…

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Mar Fined for Alleged Chase After Schoolgirl

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 24

A 37-year-old labourer, Vasil Stanozevich, who allegedly chased a school girl on the night of February 2nd, in Foster Street…

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School Notes

Kiama Independent · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 2

We welcome Mrs. Margaret Thompson who has returned as a casual teacher for a few weeks, prior to the appointment of a…

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Your School and You

Kiama Independent · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 2

Who has a greater right to know what is going on in a school, and what influences are being brought to bear on his child, than the parent?…

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Transfer of School of Arts To Kiama Council

Kiama Independent · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 3

The Town Clerk reported to the last meeting of Kiama Council on the taking over of the Kiama School of Arts as follows:—…

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Expediency or Justice Teachers' Fed. Replies to P.S. Board

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 1

The first re-action of the Public Service Board to the fact that the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation Council has…

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School Notes

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 6

Sixth Class pupils decided to send three large food parcels to the Scottish Red Cross. The parcels left last week…

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Kiama School of Arts

Kiama Independent · Saturday 26 March 1949 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Kiama Council, the Town Clerk said that there were two vacancies on the School of Arts Committee also…

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Kiama School of Arts

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 4

The first step in the process of the Kiama Council taking over the Library and assets of the Kiama School of Arts was enacted at a…

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W'gong Primary School P. & C. Assn

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 9

At the annual meeting of the above association great satisfaction was expressed by the headmaster (Mr. Tyler), the…

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Warrawong School Conditions Relief On Way

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 2

Following the publication of an article in the Mercury recently pointing out the conditions prevailing at the…

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School Notes

Kiama Independent · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 2

Congratulations to Neville Boyce and Roland Hill who represented the South Coast at the annual primary State Championship Carnival held…

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School Notes

Kiama Independent · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 6

Senior pupils attended an excellent performance of the Shakespearian comedy "Twelfth Night," in (Wollongong this week. The play,…

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Schoolboy Drowned At Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 2

A schoolboy wad drowned in the surf at Port Kembla yesterday afternoon. He was Robert Downes, aged…

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