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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1934

1,530 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 77

Arrested in Tokio British School Teacher Communist Activities Tokio, March 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 7

The British subject, William Bickerton, teacher in the first High School in Tokio, has been under arrest for 10 days, and is suspected of being involved in Japanese…

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School for Teachers Instruction in Horticulture Programme for Next Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 5

Arrangements have been completed for the forthcoming horticultural school for teachers on April 4, 5, and 6. Sessions will be conducted in the Assembly Hall…

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Islington School Gala Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 2

To make the final preparations for the Islington Public School's gala day, a special meeting will be held at the school ball on April 4. For several weeks an…

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Education Reform Appeal by Headmaster of King's Report Shelved School Cramming Condemned SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 7

The present educational system compelled the cramming of children for two years in preparation for the intermediate certificate, said the Headmaster of the…

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N.Z. Teacher's Arrest in Tokio London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 1

The New Zealand High Commissioner (Sir James Parr) conferred to-day with Foreign Office officials, who promised to take up the case of…

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N.Z. Teacher's Arrest English People Astonished Gave Money to Communist Tokio, March 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 5

The Foreign Office and the police are most reticent concerning William Maxwell Bickerton, the New Zealand schoolteacher, who was arrested on suspicion of…

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Newcastle Boy's High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 7

Sir,—In a paragraph in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" on March 28, you refer in bold type to the new school building nearing completion at Waratah as the…

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Toronto School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Toronto School of Arts Committee was held in the library on Wednesday night. Mr. D. R. Steel was in the chair…

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Stockton Sunday School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 3

With a picturesque setting depicting an Eastern scene, to which an illuminated cross and an effective representation of the rising moon added colour, the Easter…

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Building Loan Charlestown School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 10

A special general meeting of the members of the Charlestown school of Arts was held in the Institute for the purpose of electing three trustees for the Literary…

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Arrest in Tokio N.Z. Schoolteacher's Case Foreign Office Statement Tokio, March 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 7

The Foreign Office spokesman said: "The charges against W. M. Bickerton are rather serious. If they are true, he was contravening the law for the…

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Easter School At Y.W.C.A. Rooms Organisation Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 11

The Easter training school, held under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian Association, began in the Association rooms at Newcastle…

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Samoan Schools New Education Scheme Combining Teaching Native Arts and "Three R's"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 11

A new experiment in melting-pot education is to be tried, and the South Sea Islanders have been picked for the tryout, states "The Christian Science Monitor."…

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They Have A Pleasant Job--:--Winners Of School Gardening

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 3

IT'S NICE WORK.--One of the very arduous tasks for judges of the Royal Show. Testing wine entrics Above (from left to right), standing: Messrs. J. McMahon, J. Angus, Somerville and E. E. Herrod. Sitting: Mes[?]rs. L. Salter and T. C…

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Young Women Easter Training School Y.W.C.A. ACTIVITIES

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 4

During the Easter week-end a training school for young leaders was held in the Young Men's Christian Association building by the combined Y.W.C.As. of…

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School Resumes To-morrow Five Days' Easter Vacation

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 7

Newcastle school children, with thousands of others throughout the State, will trudge to school more or less cheerfully…

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Schoolboy Boxers Tournament to Be Held

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 7

Nearly 100 scholars from Newcastle, the coalfields, and Wrong areas will, it is anticipated, enter in the schoolboys' boxing tournament, to be…

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School Sport Rugby League Opens on April 18

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 2

The Rugby League football competitions for Secondary and Primary schools, conducted by the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic…

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Schools Resume To-day "Holidays Were Not Long Enough" Pupils' Opinions

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 8

"Not nearly long enough. . .'' This was the general opinion of pupils and teachers regarding the Easter school vacation, which…

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School for Teachers Growing Trees and Flowers Aid to Children

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 8

The first of its kind in Newcastle, a school of instruction in Horticulture and Elementary Agriculture was opened…

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