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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1936

1,414 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 71

Warner's Bay School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 4

In reply to representations by the Newcastle District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations, the Director of Education (Mr. G. R. Thomas) has…

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Schools Struck by Lightning

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

Two schools were struck by lightning during a storm in England recently. Harrow School sanatorium was set…

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Visit to Australia Boys from British Schools LONDON, January 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 8

The party of 23 boys from 15 British public schools, which leaves for Australia by the Orontes on January 4, will return home via Panama on the Rangitata. The…

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Jumpers Schooled

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

After several months absence from the saddle, D. McNamara rode Underwood over three hurdles at Randwick this morning. Ladorus…

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Too Much of Gamble Present School Examinations "Must Reform Tests" London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 1

The shortcomings of the examination system were referred to to-day by a noted educationist, Sir Michael…

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Teachers' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 11

Sir.—I notice in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of Saturday that the President of the State Executive Council of the Parents and Citizens' Association (a…

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Modern Parents Condemned by Teachers' President 'Pampering, Short-sighted' Hobart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 10

The annual conference of the Federated State School Teachers of Australia was opened by the Minister for Education (Mr. E. J. Ogilvie) in the Hobart Town…

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Maitland News West Maitland Old Land Mark Removal Suggested Tree at Public School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 11

A Cypress tree, planted by the late Sir Henry Parkes many years ago in the grounds of the West Maitland Superior Public School, is an obstacle being raised…

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School Teachers and Arbitration HOBART

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 5

Deiegates at the council meeting of the State School Teachers Federation to-day decided that the part of the association's constitution…

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School Teacher's Loss

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 7

Pleading guilty, at West Maitland Police Court to-day, to a charge of having had in his custody on Decem­ber 24 a wallet, rensonably suspected…

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Schoolboys on Tour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 6

A party of 15 schoolboys from the various Baptist Churches of Victoria will leave Melbourne to-night for a trip to Brisbane. They will be under the…

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Political Science School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 6

Arrangements are being made for the meeting of the annual Summer School of the Australian Institute of Political Science, at Canberra, from January 24 to…

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Victorian Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

A party of 20 Victorian schoolteachers will visit Newcastle at the week-end. They are on an educational tour, but will play cricket against Newcastle schoolteachers,…

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Maitland News West Maitland Police Court Had Schoolmaster's Wallet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 7

At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., a plea of "Guilty" was entered by Harold Oliver Shaw, 18, of Homeville, who was…

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Approach to Court Schoolteachers' Decision Conference at Hobart Hobart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 6

The conference of the Federated Teachers' Association of Australia to-day carried a motion urging that that portion of the constitution applicable to the…

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Aviation Course in Secondary Schools Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) has sought the cooperation of the Federal Government with the object of establishing a special course…

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Schoolboys' Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

Merewether will be represented by C. Davis. H. Wlebe, G. Wiebe, H. Johnson, Egan, A. Crawford. C. Smith, L. Gavin, W. Kelly, R. Glover, D…

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Teachers Game Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 11

The match between the Teachers' team and the "Newcastle Morning Herald" side, for Breadmeadow to-day, has been postponed…

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Raise School Age Unemployment Solution? Geneva to Discuss Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 8

At the next conference, to be held at Geneva in October, the central administration of the International Labour Office will investigate the possibility of raising…

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Schoolboys' Tennis Tourney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

Railway Club will hold a schoolboys' tournament to-morrow at Broadmeadow, commencing at 1 p.m…

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