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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1931

1,268 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 64

Fences for Firewood Raid at Islington School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 6

"Is firewood included on the dole slips?" asked the secretary of the Islington Parents and Citizens" Association last night…

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No Room at School for Infants Protest Made at Islington Congested Building

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 5

"Children on reaching 12½ years of age were forced to leave Islington School and attend the Wickham or…

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Girls' High School to Have Separate Association Parents and Citizens Movement Can't Mend Breach

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 5

The breach in the Newcastle Parents and Citizens' Association, which it was anticipated would ultimately result…

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Schoolboy Punishment Offending U.S. Motorists

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 2

According to reports, Judge Callenden, of Detroit. U.S.A., has devised a new method for dealing with offending motorists…

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School Sport

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 3

It may seem strange, writes our Schools correspondent, that the P.S.A.A.A. cricket competitions are starting towards the end of the…

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First Awards for Newcastle Show District School Exhibits Police Ruse in S.P. Betting Case Gave Money to Tram Conductor Innocent Decoy

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 5

How a tram conductor was used as an innocent decoy for police officers, who were endeavoring to trap an alleged…

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Schools' Column Special Classes Teachers' Exams

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 6

PROVISION has been made by the Department for the benefit of boys and girls who have failed at the Intermediate examination, or…

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High Schools Girls' Association Action by Head Mistress

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 6

The Secretary (Mr. D. Jones) announced at the meeting of the Newcastle High Schools' Parents and Citizens' Association, held at the Newcastle East School last…

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Cardiff School Regraded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 11

Cardiff Public School has been regarded from fourth to third class, and the Head Master, Mr. Mitchell, was also graded to the same class, and remains in the charge…

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Temporary Room New Lambton Schoolboys

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 9

Arrangements are being made, according to the Mayor of Hamilton (Ald. Richardson), for temporary accommodation at the Hill for boys…

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School Boy Howlers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 10

The father of the famous Black Prince in English history was Old Kind Cole. What is the Sublime Porte?…

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Lords Differ School-age Bill Debate Question of Cost Anglican Leaders' Support (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, February 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 7

Moving the second reading of the School-Age Bill in the House of Lords, Lord Ponsonby described the measure as a small stop forward on the educational ladder…

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School Baseball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 11

At a meeting of the council of the Newcastle P.S.A.A.A. on Monday afternoon, the subject of school baseball was mentioned to me by a number of sports…

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Evening School for Girls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 6

Miss McCabe, of New Lambton Public School, advises that arrangements have been made for the reopening of the evening school for girls at Hamilton. The…

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School Sport Ball Games at Show Friday Afternoon

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 February 1931 · page 2

The Show committee has reconsidered its decision regarding the Ball Games, and agreed that the competition…

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Free School Books 10,000 Victorian Applications MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 10

No fewer than 10,000 parents and guardians have applied to the Education Department for free grants of school books for children, on the ground that they…

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Thrown Out School-leaving Age Bill Action by Lords May be Introduced Again (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, February 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 9

By the overwhelming majority of 168 votes to 22, the House of Lords to-night rejected the School Leaving Age Bill, by which the Government sought to make…

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School Needs Newcastle Accommodation Minister's Statement

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 6

The Minister for Education (Mr. Davies) wrote to Mr. Connell, M.L.A., to-day, informing him of what is being done by the Education…

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Waratah School of Arts

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 6

Last night members of Waratah School of Arts paid a social visit to Raymond Terrace at the invitation Raymond Terrace Schol of Arts…

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Affairs Abroad The Crisis in Spain Revised Constitution Lords Reject School Age Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1931 · page 5

The Spaniards are a passionate people, carried to extremes by their likes and dislikes, and their country, for the last several years, has been a seething…

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