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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1935

1,520 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 76

Wangi School Additions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 8

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has been advised by the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) that he has authorised the calling of tenders for additions to…

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High School Champion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 14

E. BURMESTER, winner of the Newcastle Girl's High School championship, at the swimming carnival held at the Ocean Baths yesterday…

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Girls' High School Swimmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 14

Outstanding competitors at the annual swimming carnival of Newcastle Girls' High School, held yesterday at the Ocean Baths. Above: The line out in the senior breaststroke championship. Centre: P. Mills, winner of the junior breaststroke championship…

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Fatal Tram Collision In Sydney Teacher Under the Wheels Hundreds Were Shaken Scenes at the Crash Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 11

One man, a master at Fort-street High School, was killed, and six other persons were injured…

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Waratah Teachers Entertained by Mothers' Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 13

There was a very happy gathering at Waratah on Tuesday, when the members of the Waratah Infants' School Mothers' Club entertained the teaching staffs of the…

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School Improvements Cabinet May Spend £150,000 SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 6

The Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond), stated to-day that Cabinet was considering the spending of £150,000 on school improvements during the coming…

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Schoolboy's Death Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 12

Rev. Woolley, 13, of Taree, who fractured his spine while diving in a water-hole at Casula yesterday, died in hospital to-night. He was a pupil of the…

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Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 10

A report issued to-day states that 453,592 children attended schools throughout the State last year. This number includes 93,211 scholars who attended non-State…

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Newcastle "High" Work at Boys' School Education and Industries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 8

There has been much criticism of the curriculum of High Schools. There has been more misunderstanding of the aims and aspirations of these schools. Many…

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School Cricket Team Selected for Sydney Match

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 10

The following schoolboys have been selected to represent Newcastle in Sydney next Friday against a Sydney representative schoolboys' cricket…

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School Teachers Transferred in Newcastle and the North

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 2

A number of school-teachers in the Newcastle and Northern district have been transferred, according to the additional list of transfers and…

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State Aid Denominational Schools Methodist Opposition Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 11

Opposition to the suggested subsidising of denominational schools was expressed by the New South Wales Methodist Conference to-day…

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Schoolboy Cricket Newcastle Representative Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 6

The team to represent Newcastle Public Schools, in the inter-district cricket match against Sydney, at University Oval, next week, was selected yesterday, as…

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"Tuck Shop" Day Wickham School Event

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 6

It was "tuck shop" day at Wickham Public School yesterday. Scholars, instead of observing the time honoured custom of taking their lunches to school, had…

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Clerical Summer School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 10

From February 25 to March 1, a number of Anglican priests spent a very happy and instructive time at Tanilba House, Port Stephens. The course of their study…

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Alas! They Must Go Back To School

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 4

ONLY half an hour was needed before the clock would strike midnight, when slowly a window in a house in Henry-street, Punchbowl, was raised, and, crawling cautiously through, a figure slid silently to the ground. With a rug…

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Mayfield West School Frolic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

The grand frolic organised by Mayfield West Parents and Citizens' Association, which was held in the school grounds on Saturday afternoon, proved an unqualified…

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Alteration to School of Arts Toronto Project

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

At a meeting of the Toronto School of Arts plans for alterations to the building were approved by the committee…

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Jumpers School at Randwick Spanker and Sunny Sing Together Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 4

The Rosebery trainer, W. Pratt has added to his team J'Accuse who had been spelling at Maitland. Spanker and Sunny Sing went out…

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Police Essay Contest Qualities of Good Citizenship for School Pupils

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 8

To inculcate the qualities of good citizenship in youths, the N. S. W. police Department had decided to hold an essay competition which will be open to all…

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