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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1928

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Some Schoolgirl "Howlers."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 12

Boys are not alone in the artless art of making "howlers"—girls are equally apt. At a lecture by Miss Spear, joint principal of Oldfield Lodge Secondary School…

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Catholic Education District School Blessed by Archbishop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 4

In the presence of a large and representative gathering the Most Rev. Dr. M. Kelly, Archbishop of Sydney, yesterday afternoon blessed the Newcastle District…

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School Site West Cessnock Need

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 2

For some time the Parents and Citizens' Association of Cesanock West has endeavored to complete the resumption of ground adjacent to the…

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Catholic Schools Plea for Endowment

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 3

The claim for Government support for Catholic schools, because of the secular education given, was made at Hamilton yesterday afternoon at the…

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Can't All Go High School Students No Room Newcastle Overcrowding

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

Newcastle High School staff has been set a problem that it cannot solve. It is: How to provide accommodation for at…

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Richmond Vale School

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 7

Following an interview with the Under Secretary for Education (Mr. S. H, Smith), Mr. Booth. M.L.A., has been assured that favorable…

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School's In! But What Kind?

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

During the hearing of a case at Newcastle Police court to-day, in which Mr. H. L. Wheeler appeared for the defence, mention was made…

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'OVER-ACADEMIC' Modern Girls' Schools New Headmistress London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 1

With the inauguration of a big girls' public school at Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, comes a new type of handmistress…

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Kurri School Plans for Additions

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 7

Mr. Booth, M.L.A., interviewed the Under Secretary of Education in reference to Kurri Public School. He pointed out that a stage had been…

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"INJUSTICE" No Richmond Vale School Shire Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 7

"It is an injustice to the people of the area, and if we do not act, it means that ice are going to stand by and sec the education of our…

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Richmond Vale School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 8

Councillor Butler referred to the closing down of the Richmond Vale School, at a meeting of the Tarro Shire Council yesterday. He said the school was opened…

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Schoolboys in India

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 5

The visiting Victorian school boys left Calcutta for Madras, after spending a week-end at Darjeeling. From Tiger Hill, a height of 8000 feet,…

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Additional Glasses Wallsend School Request

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 12

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) is to be asked to provide seventh and eighth classes at the Wallsend Public School…

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May Be Re-opened Richmond Vale School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 9

There is a possibility of the Richmond Vole school, which was closed at the end of last year, being re-opened…

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Kurri School Additions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 7

In reply to representations made by Mr. Booth, M.L.A., in reference to the necessity for repairs and addition to Kurri Kurri school, the Director of…

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Richmond Vale School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 8

Mr. G. Booth, M.P., has received a petition from the Department of Education to be signed by parents who are willing to allow their children to attend the…

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Fashions of the Day School Sewing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 14

A teacher of sewing in any school handles much material and many garments in her time, Sooner or later, her experience forces her to one…

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Newcastle Schools Staff Changes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 4

A number of changes have been made in the teaching staff of the Newcastle High School. Mr. F. B. Jones, B.A., from the Sydney High School, has taken…

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Original Story School Again

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 8

"Oh, June," said her sister Lola, "I am glad school starts to-day." "I am not," replied June "I hate school; I don't want to go to school,…

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Richmond Vale School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1928 · page 6

Mr. G. Booth, M.P., has been presented with a petition signed by every resident at Richmond Vale, giving the number of children who would definitely…

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