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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1914

217 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 11

Cradle to School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1914 · page 7

Parliament is to be asked to vote a grant in aid of the expenditure of local authorities and voluntary agencies in respect of institutions and other provisions…

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Adamstown. Lay Methodist School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

The anniversary of the Lay Methodist Sunday-school was celebrated on Sunday and Monday. Un Sunday two services were held. Mr. W. Bird, of Sydney, had…

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Taxing Teachers' Salaries. Deputation to Mr. Carmichael. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1914 · page 4

A deputation from the council of the Teachers' Association waited upon Mr. Carmichael, the Minister for Public Instruction, yesterday to protest against…

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Letters to the Editor. the Teachers' Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 6

Sir,—With regret I learn that the Teachers' Association in Newcastle is launching a display carnival for November 28th. That the object of the carnival is…

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Infectious Diseases. Effect on School Attendance. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 4

The effect of epidemics of infections diseases upon school attendance has long been a matter for speculation, but while there was no doubt that it materially…

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School Hygiene

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 4

The return dealing with the effect on school attendances of infectious diseases in this State is an interesting contribution to a question which only…

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District News. Wickham. Wickham Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Wickham Superior Public School Parents and Citizens' Association was held in the school last night. Mr. J. L. Fegan, the…

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Our Sydney Letter. an Extraordinary Story.—show We Felt Over Antweep.—the School Children's Day.—a Passing Phase on the Share Market.—safeguarding Food Stuees.—what Will the Cup Be Like? Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1914 · page 4

We had something to amuse us yesterday. Apparently the British censor allowed the cable sender to repeat something alleged to have appeared in the…

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Killingworth. School of Arts Bazaar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 5

A bazar in aid of the building fund of the proposed School of Arts was commenced on Thursday afternoon, in Stewart's Killingworth Hall…

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State Education. Country Teachers' Position. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 4

For many years the Department of Public Instruction experienced considerable difficulty in persuading teachers to accept appointments in the far west…

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Cessnock. School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the committee at the school of arts was held on Wednesday evening, when there were present: Messrs. A. E. Westcott, the president, A…

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School Hospital. Record of Useful Work. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 5

"Although the Travelling School Hospital has only been in existence 10 weeks," said Mr. Carmichael, Minister for Public Instruction, to-day, "I find that"…

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School-enrolment. Satisfactory Increase. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 5

The school population is still going up by leaps and bounds, for the attendance statistics for the quarter sanding 30th September show an increase in…

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An Australian School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 3

The experiences of a fourteen-year-old girl from the back of the Australian back-blocks at a Sydney girls' school form the subject of "The Girl from the…

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School Building to Be Used for Meetings. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 6

For many years there has been an embargo against using school buildings for any purpose other than school," said Mr. Carmichael, the Minister for Public…

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Schools' Empire Display

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 6

A combined schools Empire display, under the auspices of the Newcastle District Public Schools Association, is to be held on the Newcastle Showground on…

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School Medical Inspection. Success of the Scheme. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 5

When the scheme of medical inspection of schools was extended, towards the close of last year, to embrace the whole State, doubt was cast upon the practicability of…

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Merewether. Methodist Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 3

The anniversary services of Junction Methodist Sabbath School were held on Sunday. Each service was largely attended, and upwards of 250 children…

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Fire at Reform School. Ten Persons Killed. Mariana (Florida)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 5

A fire destroyed the main building of the Florida Reform School. Ten persons were burned to death. A hundred boys escaped by climbing through…

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A Teachers' Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 13

On last Saturday afternoon and evening, in connection with the anniversary services of the Methodist Sunday-school at Merewether, a teachers' conference in…

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