Brains or Brawn? The Rhodes Scholars Balance of Trade
Over a century ago an Australasian born student named William Charles Wentworth went to Cambridge. He wrote a poem about the crossing of the…
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Schools, 1924
511 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 26
School Displays
The display of the Newcastle district schools in the non-competitive section compares favourably with previous years, but it is the quality and not the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Band Contest
A feature of yesterday's proceedings, and one of the most popular events of the Newcastle Show was the schools' bands contest. Cook's Hill, Adamstown,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A School Boy's Complaint
A "School Boy" writes: "I would like to draw the attention of the school children and parents of the district, and at the same time protest against the absurd…
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The committee of the Newcastle Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Association deserves commendation for the encouragement it is giving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(Published by Arrangement.) School Students and Liquor
One of the most reprehensible features of Prohibition in U.S.A. is growing indulgence of college students in illicit grog…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cardiff School Additions Completed
At Edwards' Picture Theatre there was a large public meeting of residents of Cardiff for the purpose of arranging to mark in a public…
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The boys and girls' evening schools at Hamilton will re-open this evening. Intending pupils are asked to be in attendance at 7 o'clock. The subjects taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WONDERFUL School Bands' Tons
We again congratulate the teacher of the school B[?] The tone produced by the boys was wonderful…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hamilton Concert Sunday School Fund
To assist the picnic fund of Hamilton Methodist Sunday School a musical entertainment the programme of which was arranged by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shooting Accident. School Boy Seriously Wounded Sydney
A sensation was caused at Hurstville Public School to-day, when James Eldridge, one of the pupils, was shot. The bullet entered his cheat, and entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Among the Aldermen at Suburban Parliaments "Two Lots of Fools" Wallsend Town Hall Negotiators School of Arts Project Dropped
A notice of motion by Alderman Jones that the motion to take overt the main portion of the building of the School of Acts as a Town Hall be rese[?]ded, and that a sub-committee be formed to go into the matter of acquiring another and suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Breakaway Proposal School Teachers and the Show Discourtesy Alleged Boycott Scheme Rejected by Federation
A proposal to boycott Newcastle show in future, chielly owing to allegged discourtesy in connection with the school holiday, was rejected at a meeting of teachers this morning. There was only a fair gathering [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Resentment about Change of Holiday Causes School Teacher to Moot Show Boycott Novel Strike Income-tax Collectors How Would Blacklegs Fare? LONDON, Friday Night
What would be the most popular strike in industrial history is threatened by income tax collectors, who declare that they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Young Idea School Notes Show Prize Winners
Owing to an error in the catalogue of the Newcastle show, many of the names of students of the Newcastle High School appeared under the heading of Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£3000 SCHEME Stockton School Of Arts Ladies' Meeting
There was a full attendance of the ladies' committee of the Stockton library at a meeting held in the institute promises. The officers on the committee are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May Day at Kurri Are Scholars To Strike ?
"Train up a child in the way it shall go." At a meeting of the May Day committee at Kurri School of Arts on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Teachers Annual Meeting
Mr. J. A. Layton, B.A., presided at the annual meeting of the Newcastle Teachers' Federation held at the Bolton-street Public School on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parents and Citizens Newcastle South School Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of the Newcastle South School the annual report and balance sheet was read and adopted as being very satisfactory,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Minister's Visit Mr. Bruntnell Coming Opening School Additions
Mr. H. J. Connell, M.L.A. has been informed that the Hon. A. E. Bruntnell, M.L.A., will visit Newcastle on Wednesday, April 5, for the…
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