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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1909

204 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 11

Public School Children. Their Physical Condition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 5

Arrangements were made in May, 1907, for the medical inspection of schools in Sydney, and later in the year the work was extended to Newcastle. A report…

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School Hygiene

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

The report presented to, the State Minister for Education, embodying the results of a year's medical inspection of schools and school children…

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School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 6

The committee of the West Maitland School of Arts are anticipating an innovation for the members of the institution, and intend hanging thirty pictures in the…

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Abermain School. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5

"For the last eighteen months," Mr. Charlton, M.P, remarked to-day, "I have been waiting for the erection of new school buildings at Abermain, but all my…

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School Hygiene. Inspection of Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 5

The recently-published reports relating to the medical inspection of school children in the metropolitan and Newcastle districts showed that…

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Infant School at Broadmeadow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 6

Sir,—I desire to draw attention to the existing necessity for an infant public school at Broadmeadow. Under the present circumstances parents are compelled,…

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Merewether. School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 3

The half-yearly meeting of the Merewether School of Arts was held on Tuesday evening. The president, Mr. D. Fisher, who occupied the chair…

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Sunday School Picnics. St. Andrew's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 4

The annual picnic of SL. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday-school. Newcastle was held at Tomago, when between 300 and 400 excursionists, including scholars,…

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Aberglasslyn School. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 5

Mr. J, Gillise, M.P., and Mr. H. C., Noble, secretary of the Aberglasslyn Progress Association, waited upon Mr. J. Hogue, Minister for Public instruction…

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Medical Inspection of Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 9

Mr. Walter Runciman, M.P., British Minister, for Education, recently opened the sixth home in connection with the Liverpool Queen Victoria District…

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Newcastle School of Arts. Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 5

The annual meeting of the school of arts was held last evening, the president, Mr. H. V. Harris, in the chair. The annual report presented by the…

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Newcastle School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 7

Sir,—I would wish to more fully explain the action taken by me at the annual meeting of the Newcastle School of Arts on Friday night last, and which is…

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Newcastle South School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 5

The erection of a new boys school at Newcastle South, and the alteration and improvement of existing buildings, has been entered upon. Mr. C. Davis, of…

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District News. Tighe's Hill. School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of members of the Tighie's Hill School, of Arts was held in the games-room last evening. A Mr. Rees, president, was in the…

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District News. Carrington. School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 3

The half-yearly, meeting of members of the Carrington School of Arts was held in the reading-room on Monday night, there being a fair attendance. Mr. A…

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Our Sydney Letter. When School Boys Strike.—out of the Mouth of Babes.—when It Is Necessary to Apologise.—our Own Little Navy!—a Bumper Farewell for Sir Harry.—the Fish War.—the Life of the Proprietary. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 4

"Wife, whatever is the world coming to?" We can picture an old man and an old woman at their fireside—It is quite bleak enough for one at the time of…

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Japanese in California. Exclusion From Schools. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5

The Californian House of Representatives have rejected the bill requiring the segregation of Japanese from whites, but agreed to another measure…

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Technical College. Address by Mr. J. W. Turner Continuation School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 5

The Director of Technical Education Mr. J. W. Turner, was present at the official re-opening last evening of the classes for the current wear at the Newcastle…

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Sulky and Train Collision. a Schoolgirl Killed. Wallendheen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 5

A good train from Cootamundra this morning ran into a sulk containing three school children, at Stockinbingal level crossing…

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Newcastle School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 3

Sir,—Some time since the annual meeting of the Newcastle School of Arts, owing to printer's error in the balance-sheet, was adjourned. As it is impossible to…

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