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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1928

696 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 35

Boolaroo. School Gala

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

A continental in aid of the school funds, promoted by the Boolaroo Parents and Citizens' Association, was held in the public school grounds on Friday evening…

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New Students Newcastle High School Enroll on

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 7

Students who have passed the high school entrance examination and who have not yet been admitted, should attend Newcastle High…

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Leap From Train School Girl's Mistake SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 12

Finding herself on a through train a school girl jumped off at Chatswood station, on the North Shore line, this morning, rolled over and over, and…

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A Rabbits' School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 12

I saw a little brown rabbit, Rushing across the plain; My dog gave chase, but it was too late—…

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Schoolboy Hurt

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 7

David Colemen, a schoolboy, of the Convent School, Parkway-avanue, Hamilton, fell down in the school yard and fractured his left elbow at lunch…

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New Girls' School Plans for New Lambton Infant Congestion

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 6

New Lambton is to have a new girls' school. The Parents and Citizens' Association has been advised through…

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The Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association was held on Tuesday night at the public school, Rev. G. T. Moore, president, in the chair,…

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Schools' Band Contest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. R. Dawson, L.A.B. was adjudicator in music, and Mr. B. B. Rodd judge of marching. Results:—…

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Schoolboy Drowned Stockton Beach Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

Stockton Beach was the scene of another fatality yesterday afternoon when William Keith Wallace, aged seven years, a schoolboy, who lived with his widowed…

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Newcastle High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

Students who passed the High School Entrance Examination, and who have not been admitted, should present themselves at the school to-morrow morning, to…

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Schoolboys to Tour Tasmania

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 9

Under the auspices of the Young Australia League a pasty of 100 boys will tour Tasmania during the Schools' Easter Vacation. The tour is open to…

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Belmont School Train Line Duplication First

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 9

For several months Belmont Parents and Citizens Association, in conjunction with Belmont Progress Association has been agitating for a 4…

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West Cessnock School Tender Accepted

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

The Minister for Education has informed Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., that the tender of Messrs. White Brothers, of West Maitland, had been accepted…

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Women Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 13

I have no wish to deprecate the expenditure of public money on the Higher Education of Women, or to regret the facilities by which outstanding boys and…

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Schoolboy "Howlers."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 12

A Welsher is a native of Wales. The sun never sots on the British Empire, because the British Empire is in the east, and the sun sets in the west…

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Speers' Point. Congregational Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 7

The 24th quarterly tea table conference of Newcastle and District Congregational Teachers' Association was held in the Speers' Point Church, Rev. J. Thomas…

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Methodist Conference Sunday School Progress. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 5

At the Methodist Conference yesterday it was reported that during the year there had been an increase in the attendance at Methodist Sunday Schools…

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Music Teachers First Annual Conference Special Lectures

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 4

The Musical Association of N.S.W. will hold the first annual conference of the music teachers of New South Wales in Sydney during the Easter…

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Adamstown School Many Improvements Parents Meet

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 4

The annual report of Adamstown Parents and Citizens' Association, was read at the meeting of that body last night, by the secretary.(Mr…

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Promotion of Teachers Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 6

The Education Department to-day announced the following transfers and promotions of teachers:— Teachers: Mr. L. Wilson, from…

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