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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1920

364 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 19

Armidale School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 3

The Armidale School has received the promise of a magnificent benefaction at the hands of Mrs. C. C. Dangar. The headmaster, Canon Archdall, has received,…

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Treatment of School Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 6

Sir,—I was glad to see in your paper one parent taking up the cudgels on behalf of our school children regarding the too free use of the cane in schools…

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Football. Soccer Code. Catholic Schools' Competitions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon's football in both grades was of a pleasing character. Without doubt the two games of B grade were easily the best exhibitions of the code…

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Teachers' Salaries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 5

The salaries committee appointed by the Public Service Board and the six representatives of the Teachers' Federation have come to an agreement on…

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Sunday School News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 10

A young home missionary, in a Sydney suburban circuit, has built up a Sunday School, which for years had been inefficient, by personally gathering the…

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Treatment of School Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 8

Sir,—The letter of "Mother" was not only timely, but to the point. It is about time that children were treated as children, and not expected to have the…

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Pelaw-main School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 8

Sir,—In reading your paper I noticed that a certain building had been offered for school of arts purposes in Pelaw-Main. If such was the case, one would…

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The Young Idea Notes from the Schools Gy[?] for High School

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 3

There are so many "wants" in connection with the Newcastle High School that it would be difficult to cla[?]y them in order of importance…

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Stockrington School Why It Was Closed

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 2

A departmental reply to adverse newspaper comment upon the Stockrington Public School has been furnished by Mr. S. H. Smith, assistant…

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Westy School of Arts

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 5

The usual fortnight meeting of the West Wallsend School of Arts committee was held in the library last night. Doctor Hocken presided. The…

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High School Sports

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 5

The Sydney Girls' High School seal a team of hockey and tennis players to West Maitland to-day to compete against the girls from Maitland High…

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Rugby League High School Old Boys

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 August 1920 · page 2

The following team will represent the Newcastle High School Old Boys' against the High School at the Show Ground at two o'clock on Wednesday…

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Barrows of Pennies School Boys' Savings Mayfield Wants a Bank

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 August 1920 · page 5

In May the Mayfield Progress Association sought to have established in Mayfield East a Government Savings Bank and a registry office for births,…

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High School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1920 · page 6

To-night, at the Central Hall, the High School Choir, of 150 voices, assisted by Miss Mollie Ross, a pupil of Madame Slapovski, and Miss Tompson,…

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High School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 6

The fifth annual concert of the Newcastle High School was held night in the Central Hall, which was well filled by an appreciative audience. Prior to the inception of…

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Military Charge Crowds Riot in Dublin Suburb Attack on School Children Cork in a Ferment London. Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 1

The Belfast correspondent of "The Times" reports that a rumor that in the afternoon some Protestant children who were going home from…

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High School Concert a Happy Entertainment

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 4

In attendance and excellence of programme, the fifth annual concert of the Newcastle High School, in the Central Hall last night was a record…

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Schools' League NEWCASTLE v. SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 6

Newcastle team (6-stone division) will be: Thompson (Stock.), Gilmour (Ham.), Griffon (C.H.). Kirkaldy (Hum.). Smith (C.H.). R. Thomas…

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The Young Idea Notes From the Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 6

The most noticeable feature of the Newcastle High School concert, which was held in the Central Hall on Thursday evening, was the large attendance…

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Hygiene in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 4

The recommendation of the Australian Medical Conference that hygiene should be taught in schools is really a preliminary effort to establish on…

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