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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1929

920 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 46

INJUSTICE! Crowded High Schools Admittance Refused

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 4

Claiming that it was an unwarrantable injustice to parents and children alike, that provision had not been made to accommodate at…

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New Lambton School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 8

Reporting on the activities of New Lambton Public School during last year, the headmaster (Mr. H. Whitfield) gave some interesting details to…

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The High School Lock-out

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 8

THE lack of adequate high school education in the Newcastle district has become a scandal. A city with a population of more than 100,000 people has less facilities for higher education than many inland towns with populations under the 10,000 mark…

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Scholarships Teachers' Colleges Successful Students Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 7

The following students have gained scholarships tenable at the Sydney on the Armidale Teachers' College Subject to the fulfilment of regulation conditions…

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The Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association was held in the Institute Hall on Wednesday evening. Rev. F. W. Walker, President…

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Mandalong the Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 6

Mr. Booth, M.P. has submitted to the Education Department the name of a lady resident of Manadalong, who is prepared to reopen the public school…

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School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 3

At a meeting of the ladies' committee of the School of Arts. Mrs. T. Robin presiding it was decided that the bazaar be held on April 25, 26, and 27. It was…

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School Bands

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 4

Lord Stonehaven, the Governor-General, who opened the Newcastle Show on Thursday, favourably commented on the school bands. Speaking to Mr. H. E. Kerry,…

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Hunter Secondary Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Hunter River District Secondary Teachers' Association officers elected were: President, Mr. Charles H. Christmas…

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Holmesville Sunday School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 6

The Saint's Sunday School at Holmesville held their annual picnic at Speer's Point on Saturday, under ideal weather conditions. Three char-a-banes taxed to…

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Education Teachers' Transfers Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 9

The following appointments and transfers in the public schools' teaching service are announced by the Education Department—…

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School Cricket Newcastle v. Queensland

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 3

A cricket match between a representative team of Newcastle secondary schools and touring Queensland school boys is being arranged by the…

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In Debt Merewether School of Arts Carnival Arranged

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 6

With an overdraft of £150 and the bank asking for it to be reduced, the Merewether School of Arts committee is finding it hard to carry on…

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School Ground "Chasms"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 7

With a chasm six feet deep and three feet wide, yawning across the gateway of the school grounds, pupils of Cooranbong Public School daily…

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Newcastle High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon. Mr. H. J. Connell, M.P., asked the Minister for Education whether his attention had teen drawn to the serous…

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High School Problem Removal of the Girls Choas Predicted

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 6

When the overcrowding problem seemed like being settled by the building of the new girls' High School at Hamilton, another problem, even more…

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Speech Night Newcastle High School Special Prizes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 6

Revived after a lapse of four years. Newcastle High School's Newcastle High School's Speech Night will be held to-night. The function has been organised…

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"The Old School" Annual Speech Night Novocastrians Celebrate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 8

Enthusiasm displayed by students was a notable feature of the speech night of the Newcastle High School—"the old school on the hill"—which was revived,…

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School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 2

The ladies' committee of the School of Arts held a coin evening on Wednesday in connection with the popular girl competition. There was a good attendance…

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Adamstown Council School "Tuck" Shops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 11

Adamstown Council met on Wednesday night, when there were present Ald. Wiggins (Mayor), Cameron, Haddow, Lloyd, MacDonald, Wade, Coote,…

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