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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1933

1,494 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 75

Schoolgirls' Tennis Postponed

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 7

The schoolgirls tennis tourney, which was to have been continued to-day at the Girls' Grammar School courts, was postponed owing to the…

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Back to Maitland Week Mooted High School's Jubilee Residents Keen

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 3

The idea of a "Back to Maitland" Week in conjunction with the Maitland High School's Jubilee this year, has…

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Schoolboy Howlers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 8

There are two kinds of volcanoes—dormat and instinct. Egyptian temples had cravings on the walls…

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Denied High School 3000 Children, Says Teacher Victorian Fees Criticised Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 4

One of the delegates at the Teachers Union conference at Maryborough yesterday severely criticised the Government for its action in increasing high school fees…

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Helping Schools Parents and Citizens' Work Newcastle Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Newcastle District Parents and Citizens' Federation was held in the Hamilton Mechanics' Institute There were 26 members…

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Apprentice Jockeys School at Randwick Opened SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

Following the decision of the Australian Jockey Club Committee to establish a school for apprentice jockeys, about 60 youthful riders assembled at the…

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Thieves Enter School Gained Little Reward

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 1

Ash Island Public School was entered by thieves during the week-end, but the only reward they found was that schools do not offer very lucrative…

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School Cricket Maitland Junior Technical

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 5

The Maitland Junior Technical schools' No. 2 team has a clear lead of ten points in the schools A grade cricket competition at the close of the…

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Improvement to School Grounds Extra Grant Made Available

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 9

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) has decided to authorise an additional expenditure of £195 to permit of the filling being procured…

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School Sport Annual Meeting Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 2

Attention has been directed to the fact that the annual general meeting of the Newcastle Public Schools Amateur Athletic Association which was scheduled for…

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Stanford Merthyr School Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 9

The pupils of the Stanford Merthyr Infant School were taken to Newcastle Beach on Saturday for a picnic charge of the teacher (Mrs. I. P. Doulang)…

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MOTHERCRAFT The School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 10

Strictly speaking, the subject of the school, library may not come under the heading of mothercraft, but those mothers who are loyal members of the Parents…

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Helpful School Books

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 6

In collaboration with Mr. A. T. Williams, a teacher at Belmore Public School, Mr. J. G. Arthur, Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur of Elwood-street,…

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Training Girls Commercial Courses Continuation School Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 6

Newcastle will soon have the first girls commercial continuation school in New South Wales, if the hopes of the Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations…

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School Rugby League Annual Weighing

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 10

In connection with the Rugby League competition, the annual weighing of Primary School boys will take place at John Reid and…

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Want Their Money Teachers Storm Town Hall Chicago Turmoil Chicago

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 8

A jeering and heckling mob of 3000 unpaid school teachers stormed the office of the Mayor of Chicago,…

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School Strike Huge March of Protest Chicago Teachers' Pay (Australian Press Association.) CHICAGO, April 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 10

Protesting against the failure to pay their teachers' salaries, thousands of Chicago High School students walked out on strike from their class rooms to-day…

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Science School Ground Improvements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 8

Referring to personal representations by Mr. H. Connell, M.L.A., regarding the grading and improvement of the grounds of the Newcastle Girls' High and Central…

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For Schoolgirls New Footpath at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 8

The girls attending the two big secondary schools in Hamilton South will soon be able to walk on a first-class footpath between the tram and their schools. At…

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Merewether School Staff Room

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 15

Mr. Hugh Connell, M.L.A., has received the following from the Minister for Education: "In response to your personal representations on behalf of the…

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