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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1934

1,530 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 77

Boys' High School Full Occupation Delayed Ready by End of Month

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 6

Hopes that the examination classes attached to the Newcastle Boys' High School, which have been working in the old premises on The Hill since the…

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School Sports Every Boy Must Play Headmaster's Announcement Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 6

The headmaster of the Sydney Technical High School (Mr. R. Mackinnon) has decided that every one of the 700 boys attending the school must join in some…

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Close Attention Diphtheria in Lake Shire School May Be Closed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 6

Health authorities are closely watching the progress of the diphtheria outbreak in the Lake Macquarie shire, where three additional cases were reported yesterday…

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Waratah School of Arts Opening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 9

To celebrate the completion and official opening of the new additions to the Waratah School of Arts a concert and social were held last night…

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To Stand Trial N.Z. School Teacher in Japan TOKIO, April 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 8

The police have completed their investigation into the activities of William Maxwell Bickerton, a New Zealander, who taught in a Tokio high school, and…

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School Teacher Missing From Willow Tree

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 12

Newcastle police have been asked to assist in a search for Miss Olive McKenzie, school-teacher, from Willow Tree, who has been missing since…

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Wickham Council Junior Technical School Request Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 11

The Mayor (Ald. Lance Grahame) presided at the meeting of the Wickham Council last night, at which a letter was read from the Department of Education,…

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Whitebridge Sunday School Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 5

Whitebridge Methodist Sunday School celebrated its anniversary on Sunday and Monday. The scholars contributed the choral items and solos at the two services…

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Diphtheria Epidemic Additional Cases Reported Closing of School?

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 11

Two more cases of diphtheria, one from Wallsend and one from Cessnock, were reported to the Newcastle…

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Teachers' Claim to Restore Wage Cut Newcastle Move

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 11

Representatives of every school in the Newcastle District attended a special meeting of the Newcastle branch…

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Overcrowding in Laboratory at Cook's Hill School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 8

Overcrowding in the Cook's Hill Intermediate High School's science laboratory will be brought under the notice of the Director of Education by…

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School Broken Into

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 8

Thieves who broke into the manual training works room attached to the Cook's Hill High School, found little in the way of reward waiting for…

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Autumn School Vacation Railway Excursions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 8

Public schools will close for the autumn vacation on May 10, and, so that teachers and parents may make their holiday arrangements well in advance…

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Junior Technical School Minister's Reply to Wickham

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 9

Dissatisfaction with the reply of the Minister for Education with regard to the erection of a Junior Technical School at Wickham was…

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School Boy Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 11

Ernie Payne, 12, living with his parents in George-street, Horseshoe Bend, West Maitland, fell against a desk at the Maitland Boys' High School yesterday…

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Charlestown School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 7

Mr. A. Avery presided at the fortnightly committee meeting of the Charlestown School of Arts. It was decided to hold social evenings once each quarter. A…

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Swimming Teachers' Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 10

The Teachers' Swimming Club will hold its 440 yards club championship to-day. Other events to be swum will be a 50 yards club handicap and a 25 yards handicap…

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Boys' High School House. System in Sport Many Benefits Claimed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 8

The sport in the Newcastle Boys' High School is being reorganised on the "house system." This system is winning favour among high schools, particularly in…

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Toronto School Exhibition of Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 10

In spite of the bad weather, there was a good attendance at the opening of the Toronto Public School exhibition of works of art and flower show, held at the Hotel…

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Imprisoned in Japan N.Z. School Teacher Tokio

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 1

The British Consul has arranged for counsel to represent William Maxwell Bickerton, the New Zealand born teacher, who Is charged with having…

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