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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1928

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Schoolboys' Play

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 5

An early match between Paddington and Hamilton was keenly fought out. Paddington eventually won by 3 points to nil, W. Hayes scoring a try…

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Mayfield West. School Master Farewelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 5

In the Mayfield West school rooms last night a valedictory social was tendered to Mr. G. Hutchison, B.A., by the Mayfield West Parents and Citizens' Association, on…

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Cessnock. Teacher Farewelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 8

Mr. F. N. Byrne, who is leaving the district, after an association of three and a half years as headmaster of Bellbird Public School, was farewelled at…

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Hamilton School Manual Room Wanted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 8

The need for a manual training room at Hamilton Intermediate High School has long been stressed. The students, it is said, have insufficient…

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Singing Festival Baptist Sunday School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 8

Permission to hold a singing festival in Centennial Park, Cook's Hill on Saturday, October 27, was granted by the City Council las night to the…

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School Holidays Proposed Alterations

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 8

No notion was taken by the City Council last night when a request for co-operation in a protest against the Education Department's proposal to…

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Boys' High School City Council's Site

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 6

The Minister for Education will be advised "time the City Council desires that the boys' high school" should be created on the National Park site…

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Transfer of Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1928 · page 4

The Education Department yesterday announced the following transfer of teachers. —Teachers: Mr. L. Allen, from Mascot to Mayfield East. First assistants:…

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School of Arts President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1928 · page 4

The counting of votes east in the ballot for the election of president of Newcastle School of Arts was concluded at a late hour last night. The voting resulted in…

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Schoolboy Migration London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 7

Senator M'Lachlan, at a conference in the Colonial Officen, urged Australian and British co-operation in migration of public school boys with some capital, for whom…

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95 MEMBERS Waratah School of Arts

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 7

General disappointment was expressed at the annual meeting of the Waratah School of Arts members last night that out of a population of…

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To-day's Accidents Schoolboy , Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 7

While playing at a merry-go-round at Kurri, Cyril Pickering, 9, a schoolboy, of Deakin-street, Kurri, fell from a razzle dazzle and his right leg was…

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School Sports

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 4

The annual sports meeting of the Newcastle High School will be held at the Sports Ground on Friday, August 17…

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Our New Zealand Letter Bible in Schools. Wellington, August 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1928 · page 13

The annual attempt in Parliament to introduce Bible reading in the public schools of the Dominion was made last night, and once more it failed. The…

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Public School Eisteddfod

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1928 · page 6

Commencing on September 17, the second annual eisteddfod, under the auspices of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association, will be held in the Central…

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Girls' High School Building in Progress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1928 · page 7

Excellent progress is being made with the erection of the Newcastle High School for Girls on a black of land in National Park, between Parkway-avenue,…

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School Sports Cook's Hill Day

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 August 1928 · page 5

Cook's Hill Intermediate High School's sixth annual sports meeting will be held at the Sports Ground on Thursday, August 16…

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Schools' Match

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 August 1928 · page 5

Marist Bros. defeated St. Ethel's by 6 to 2 in the Maitland District Schools' Rugby League competition, at West Maitland to-day…

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Riley Memorial Cardiff School Function

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 August 1928 · page 4

A flagstaff, erected in the Cardiff public school grounds as a tribute to the memory of the late Martin Riley head master of the school during the years…

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School Football

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 August 1928 · page 6

Cook's Hill A grade primary was defeated by Lambton, 13 to 5, at the week-end. In the B grade primary Cook's Hill…

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