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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1928

696 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 35

Schools' Match

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 11

The following team has been chosen to represent Newcastle Schools against Queensland at the Sports Ground on Monday next, commencing at 10.30 a.m.:—…

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More School "Howlers."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1928 · page 12

A welsher is a native of Wales. A fissure is a man who sells fish. A blizzard is the inside of a duck. Polonius was a mythical sausage…

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Carrington School Indignation Meeting Proposed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 April 1928 · page 4

A special meeting of the Carrington Parents and Citizens' Association will be held to discuss the action of the Education Department in refusing to…

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Public Schools' Display

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 6

The public schools' display, postponed from last Saturday, will take place at the Showground to-morrow afternoon, when 5000 children will be seen in maypole…

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FASTING That Schoolgirl Figure Many "Patients" London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 1

The maintenance of that school girl figure—so essential nowadays —by fasting has become so popular that many complaints have…

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Schools' Display Massed Drilling

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 8

Newcastle District Schools' Display at the Showground, which was to have been held on Saturday, will take place to-morrow. The committee of…

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New School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 9

The Minister for Education (Mr. Bruntnell) will be invited by the Stockton Parents and Citizens' Association to open the new wing of…

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Public Schools' Display

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 8

The public schools display which was postponed last Saturday on account of the inclement weather will take place on Newcastle Showground this afternoon. Over…

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Waratah School Opening Function

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1928 · page 6

At the next meeting of Waratah Council a deputation from Waratah Parents and Citizens' Association will ask the council if it purposes to have…

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Public Schools' Display Wonderful Spectacle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 4

Practically every Public School in the Newcastle district was represented on the Newcastle Showground yesterday, when over 5000 children, of all ages,…

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Deputation to Minister Crowded Islington School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 8

Wickham Council decided last night the Minister for Education in connection with tho lack of accommodation…

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School Danger Infectious Diseases Notice Delayed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 10

That remaining children of a family. one of which had contracted diphtheria and had been sent to hospital, continued to attend Abermain public…

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Character Development a School Experiment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 6

Those who are engaged in scholastic work seem to never tire of asserting that the real aim of education is not merely the imparting of mere knowledge, but the…

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Parson to Answer Charges Concerning Village Inns and a Schoolmistress Our Tennis Hopes Serious Practice at Monte Carlo Tournament Play Crawford, Patterson Hopman Impress Monte Carlo

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 1

In typical sunny Riviera weather, members of the Australian Davis Cup team bad their first serious practice in the first round of the tournament, in which the French champions are also playing…

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Public Trial Charges Against English Clergyman Frequented Inns Alleged Misconduct With Village Schoolmistress LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1928 · page 1

The old world town of Gloucester will stage to-morrow the first Ecclesiastical trial of the 1926 Act. The Bishop of Gloucester (Dr. Headlam) has ordered the public trial of Rev. O. Hayden, rector of the village of Avening…

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Started at 5 to 4 on; Shrewd Syndicate Got 5 to 1 Against Head of River Great Public Schools' Race Hard Training Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 2

Easter holiday time made no difference to the many G.P.S. oarsmen in training for the much-discussed Head of the River contest to be decided on…

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New Waratah School Opening in June

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 4

Waratah Parents and Citizens' Association is anxious to have the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) to unveil one of the tablets of the…

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Schoolboy Howlers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1928 · page 8

A Welsher is a native of Wales. A fissure is a man who sells fish. A polygon is a dead parrot…

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Schoolmaster's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 4

"The writer of this letter was a man of wide culture and fine thoughts," said the coroner at an inquest on Horace Pitt, B.A., a Newcastle schoolmaster, who…

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High School Wanted Minister's Reply. SINGLETON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1928 · page 7

A letter was read at the monthly meeting of Sing[?]eton Parents and Citizens' Association from the Director of Education with regard to the status of…

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