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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1917

468 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 24

Stockton School

Northern Times · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 5

The Public Works Department, New castle, has taken in hand the problem of the water supply for the children at the public school, Stockton, by having one…

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Teachers of Mothercraft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 12

I would like to see at least six woman on every health committee to propagate the art of mothercraft…

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Church Secondary Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 3

The Very Rev. the Dean moved, "That this synod desires to place on record its sense of the great value of secondary schools under the control of the Church,…

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Religious Topics. Sunday School Study

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 13

Reading.—John xii.: 12-19. April 29. Jesus Welcomed as King.—This incident of the triumphal entry is narrated in all the four gospels, and the other accounts…

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Medical Treatment of School Children

Northern Times · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 2

After explaining the political position, Mr. Griffith dealt fully with his work in the establishment of school clinics, which, he said, involved one…

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Teralba School of Arts

Northern Times · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 5

The Teralba School of Arts Committee met on Wednesday, the president (Mr. H. Thorncroft) in the chair…

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Empire Day in Schools

Northern Times · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 4

Empire Day will be celebrated picnic by the scholars of the Aberdare-Cessnock Superior Public School. Preliminary steps to…

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Cessnock School of Arts

Northern Times · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 4

Proceeds of the Japanese fair, held last week in Cessnock, will amount to between £80 and £90, to be handed over to the local School of Arts. Ten…

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Religious Topics. Sunday School Study. Reading—John xiii., 1-15. Golden Text.—Mark x., 44

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 13

(1) The deed of lowly service (verses 3-5). This washing of feet was customary. It was necessary for comfort and cleanliness, because of the use of…

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Cinemas in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 12

I believe that the day is not far distant when there will not be a public school without its cinema…

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Football. B.A. Rules. Schools' Competition

Northern Times · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 5

Newcastle South a and a teams met Hamilton on the Merewether Cricket Ground, in connection with the schools competition. The latter, A's, were…

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Tighe's Hill Public School. Honour Roll Bazaar

Northern Times · Monday 7 May 1917 · page 4

For the purpose of erecting an honour roll at Tighe's Hill Public School, a very successful bazaar was held in the school grounds on…

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Hamilton School Band. Appeal for Support

Northern Times · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 3

A letter from the Hamilton Parents and Citizens' Association was at the last meeting of the Hamilton Council asking for a subsidy towards the support…

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Teralba School of Arts

Northern Times · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 2

The members of the School of Arts Committee met on Monday night for the purpose of arranging for an entertainment to reduce the debt of…

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Hamilton Public School. Early Visit of Minister

Northern Times · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Hamilton Parents and Citizens' Association, over which the Mayor (Aid. T. Torpey presided, in the council…

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District News. Tighe's Hill. Public School Roll of Honour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 3

It bazaar was held in the Tighe's Hill Public School grounds in aid of the roll of honour fund on Saturday afternoon. There are already about eighty names to…

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Domestic Science. Wickham Evening School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 4

The evening school for domestic science which has been established at the Wickham Superior Public School is an important extension of the secondary education…

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Newcastle Schools. Visit of Minister for Education

Northern Times · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 1

Mr. A. G. F. James, Minister for Education, will arrive in Newcastle to-night, and to-morrow will visit a number of the public schools in the…

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Stockton School. Prinking Water Trouble

Northern Times · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 5

At the meeting of the Stockton Council, last night, the works foreman reported that he had taken the handles off the school pumps, and…

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Visit to Tighe's Hill School

Northern Times · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 5

A deputation consisting of the Mayor or Wickham (Aid. G. W. Jenner). Aid. Pepper, and Aid. Magin (president of the Parents and…

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