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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1934

1,530 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 77

Extra Train Wanted Transport for Scholars to Central School

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 3

Representations for an additional morning and afternoon train from Newcastle to Broadmeadow, with seating capacity for…

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Maitland District West Maitland Teachers' School Final Sessions Held Yesterday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 11

The last session of the Teacher's School, in Agriculture and Horticulture was held yesterday in St. Mary's Parish Hall, West Maitland. In the programme for the…

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West Wallsend Schoolboy Footballers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 17

A meeting of representatives from the schools interested in the West Wallsend district Soccer football competition was held on Thursday evening Mr. W. R…

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Boys' High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 17

Sir,—It is interesting to note the point drawn by Mr. T. H. Hughes, B. S., President of the Old Novocastrian Association, regarding the Newcastle Boys'…

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Parents and Citizens New Girls' High School Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 11

Mr. W. Barton presided at a meeting of the West Maitland Parents and Citizens' Association in the School Assembly Hall on Thursday night, when…

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School Jubilee Mulbring Celebration Answering Roll Call

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

A gathering was held at Mulbring on Easter Monday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the present public school building, and was attended by…

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Horticultural School Final Session Yesterday "Wonderful Three Days"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 10

About 70 teachers and friends attended yesterday's concluding session of the horticultural school for teachers, which was opened on Wednesday and continued on…

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Schoolboy Boxing Tournament to Begin Next Month

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 9

Following a conference with the manager of the Newcastle Stadium (Mr. Cousins), officials of the Cook's Hill Parents and Citizens'…

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Interesting Pupils Fairfax Cricket School LONDON, April 6

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 7

The Maharaja of Cooch Behar, now attending Harrow School, is the latest pupil of Mr. Alan Fairfax's cricket school. Fair fax describes him as a natural batsman…

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Dora Creek Sunday School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 5

At the Sunday School anniversary services, held in the Dora Creek, Methodist Church on Sunday, the scholars, conducted by the Superintendent, Mrs. J…

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Schoolboys' Tour Two Months in India LONDON, April 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 7

Twenty boys belonging to 12 British public schools returned to London yesterday afternoon 6000 miles tour of India. The journey was organised by the School…

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Schools' Music Week Concert Director of Music to Adjudicate

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 8

The committee in charge of arrangements for the schools' concert, to be given in the Newcastle Town Hall during Music Week,…

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Construction of Schools Great Expansion in Past Year

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 2

A feature of Newcastle's building activities during the past 12 months has been the comparatively large amount of work put…

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What People Think Free Milk In Schools- Should Juries Be Abolished — Australian Navy—Test Team's Welcome Free Milk

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 6

I would like to ask the Minister for Education if it is intended to supply all schoolchildren, those attending denominational and public schools,…

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Diphtheria Spread at Dora Creek Child's Death Reported Doctor Recommends Closing of School Safety Precautions

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 7

While the number of diphtheria cases in Newcastle Hospital has slightly decreased over the week-end, there is…

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Free Transport for Scholars

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 4

Why will not the Government grant free transport to school children on trams and 'buses?" asked Mr. Moylan (president of the…

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Wallsend Rural School P. and C. Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 3

The Plattsburg District Rural School Parents and Citizens' Association is organising another effort to secure the free transport of school children who are…

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High School Swimmers Life-saving Awards Gained

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 2

As a result of the tests carried out by the secretary of the Royal Life-saving Society of New South Wales at the Ocean Baths, the following…

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Schools' Choral Contest Sixty-three Entrants in All Classes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 4

Sixty-three choirs will compete in the Newcastle schools' choral contests, to be held in the Central Methodist Mission Hall next…

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Redlands School Jubilee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 3

The Redlands Girls' School at Neutral Bay was established in 1884, and will celebrate its jubilee by various functions during the next few months. There are many…

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