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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1931

1,268 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 64

School Sport Primary Winter Competitions Open To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 6

To-morrow the Primary winter competitions in basket ball, Rugby League and soccer will begin. The teams were intensely disappointed last week when…

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Another Jumper Ulenjoy Schooled at Broadmeadow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 14

Ridden by Gordon Delaney, Ulenjoy cleared six flights of hurdles at the Newcastle Jockey Club's racecourse at Broad-meadow yesterday morning…

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"£50,000 WASTED" Armidale Teachers' College Statement by Minister Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. M. F. Brauxner asked the Minister for Education (Mr. W. Davies) if he had been correctly reported at Armidale…

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Schoolboy's Death Evidence at Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 8

After evidence had been given at the inquest conducted at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the death of a schoolboy, John William McLelland, 8, of…

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Rural School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 7

At the monthly meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association of Wallsend Rural School, it was resolved that the school entertainment in aid of Wallsend…

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Wallsend School

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 6

The usual Empire Day sports have been dropped by Wallsend Public School this year, and an entertainment by the pupils substituted…

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School Overcrowded Complaint at Merewether

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 6

The drive for members made by the president (Mr. MacMillan) and the secretary (Mr. H. Lockwood) of the Merewether Parents and Citizens'…

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School Girls' Championships

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 10

On the Newcastle Grammar School Church-street courts to-morrow, the schoolgirls' tennis championship final matches will be played…

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Lion Breaks Away Panic in Schoolroom Girl Critically Hurt Cincinatti (U.s.a.), April 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 9

A lion cub, which, with several other wild animals, was being used for a lecture, and for exhibition purposes, at Whittier School, at Cincinatti, to-day…

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Fixing The Blame For Airship Disaster Rugby Union Inter-city High Schools Opening Games

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 7

This year, for the first time in regular Rugby Union competitions Newcastle and Maitland High Schools will be pitted…

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Schoolgirls' Tourney Finals Day 70 Players Competed

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 5

Continued from a fortnight ago, the School Girls' Tennis Championships were played at the Girls' Grammar School courts to-day…

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Country's Defence Schools Before Warships Mr. Davies's Opinion Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 6

"The first line of defence in any country is education. Schools are far better than battleships, and teachers are far better than admirals," declared the…

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School Girls' Tennis Tourney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

Girls from Newcastle High, Church of England Girls' Grammar, Wickham, Cook's Hill, Pla[?]sburg, and Central schools participated in the tournament held at the Girls' Grammar School courts on Saturday…

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School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the School of Arts Committee, Mr. D. R. Stell presided over a good attendance. The Secretary reported that the musicale arranged…

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Milk for School Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 4

Scholars at Moree District School, thanks to the action of the Parents and Citizens' Association, are now being supplied with milk. A Moree dairyman…

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Lambton Entertainment for School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 5

An entertainment promoted by the Lambton Parents and Citizen Association in aid of the public school funds, was held in the Coronation Hall, last…

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Wallsend Methodist Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 6

In connection with an effort having as its object the erection of a hall for Sunday-school and social purposes at the rear of the Devon-street Methodist…

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School Sport No Matches To-morrow Empire Celebration

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 6

Empire Day celebrations will be conducted to-morrow in the schools this year because May 24 falls within the school vacation…

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Empire Day Schools Celebrate To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 5

To-morrow will be Empire Day in the public schools, because Empire Day proper (May 24) falls within the school vacation…

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Over the Hurdles Schooling at Broadmeadow Ulenjoy and Maltstock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1931 · page 9

At Broadmeadow yesterday morning, onlookers were treated to a fine exhibition of hurdling by Ulenjoy, who had Gordon Delaney in the saddle. He was…

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