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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1931

1,268 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 64

Charlestown Presbyterian Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 10

The annual distribution of prizes to children attending the Charlestown Presbyterian Sunday School was made at a special service in the Presbyterian Church…

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Annual Meeting Newcastle Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Newcastle Teachers' Federation in to be held at the Bolton-street School next Saturday at 10.30 a.m…

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Extra Lighting New Lambton School Minister's Statement

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Davies) has turned down the request of the New Lambton p. and C. Association for the installation of electric…

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New Headmaster Hamilton High School

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1931 · page 4

At to-night's meeting of the Hamilton Parents and Citizens' Association. Hamilton Intermediate high school's new headmaster (Mr. Porter) will be…

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Wallsend Intermediate High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 8

The Parents and Citizens' Association of the Plattsburg Intermediate High School, at its first meeting for the year, last night, instructed the Secretary (Mr…

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Extra Rooms Newcastle High School Ready Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 4

Action to relieve congestion at Newcastle High School is well under way. The Head Master (Mr. R. Harvey) has been promised that three portable…

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Teachers' Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Northern District Congregational Sunday-school Teachers' Association was held in the Congregational Church at Stockton on…

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School Sport Primary Cricket Matches Division Plan

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 3

It has been decided to hold the primary schools cricket competition in one grade, but in several divisions. The number of divisions will depend on the number of…

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"Left Over" High School Admissions Hamilton Query

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 4

"How is It." asked Mr. Little, rising suddenly at the meeting of the Hamilton Parents and Citizens' Association last night, "how is it that so…

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Citizens Help Schoolboy Cricketers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 4

When the acting headmaster of Waratah Public School (Mr. Abbott) appealed to members of Waratah Parents and Citizens' Association last…

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Girls' High School Additional Students SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 5

Additional candidates who have qualified for admission to the Newcastle Girls' High School are— Joyce A. Alder, Ida V. Andrews,…

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Books for School Collection Suggested

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 4

What are the boys of the primary department of the Intermediate High School to read? There's 500 of them, and a library…

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Boys' High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 9

It is expected that shortly the two weatherboard classroom from the West Cessnock School will be re-erected at the Maitland Boys' High School to relieve…

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The Schools Reasons for Congestion Special Classes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 7

The school year is now in its second week, and the congestion at High and Technical schools is well on the way to being remedied…

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Holidays and School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 8

Verdun Shearer, a very well-known Sunbeamer, has sent along her account of her holiday, and her return to school. Sunbeamers will be…

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School Appointments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 8

Mr. H. Daniels has been appointed to the teaching staff, in place of Mr. H. Collins, who has been transferred to Mayfield East. Owing to the increase in…

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Coal Industry Has Big Export Opportunity High School Girls Lack Books None to Come From Department Parents Must Pay

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

With only a meagre quantity of books in stock, the position at the Newcastle Girls' High School is deplorable, for word…

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Interstate Public School Sport Fixtures School Sport Interstate Fixtures Australian Rules?

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 10

The scheme of interstate fixtures for 1931 provides for:—Cricket carnival in Sydney. Two Rugby League teams from…

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Early Morning Collision Schoolmasters Are Involved Damages Claimed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 7

AN early morning collision on the Maitland-road, Mayfield, last February, when three high school masters were involved, was the…

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School Reopened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 12

After having been closed for 13 years owing to the small attendance, the public school at Avondale, on the South Coast, was reopened by the Minister for…

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