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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1936

1,414 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 71

School Repairs

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 5

Mr. J. G. Arthur. M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) that he has authorised the carrying out of…

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New Infant School for Junction P. & C. Report

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 6

That plans and specifications are being prepared for a new infants school is mentioned in the annual report of the Junction Parents and…

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Sidelights At Maitland Show To-day— —Secondary Schools' Swimming Carnival

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 8

Above:—On parade at Maitland Showground to-day. At left:—A sidelight at…

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Oxford Reason Boycott of Heidelberg Scholars Maltreated London, March 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 10

References to Nazi ill-treatment of distinguished scholars were made by Sir Farquhar Buzzard, a member of the Hebdomadal Council, in an address before the…

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Newcastle Teachers To Move for Wage Restorations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 11

Indignation and resentment were expressed at a special meeting of the Newcastle Teachers' Federation last night at what members claimed was the continued…

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Between Events at Schools' Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 14

A group of boys examine the programme between events at the combined secondary schools' annual swimming carnival, held yesterday at the Ocean Baths…

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The Sun Stop Press High School Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

Under 14 championship: 33 yards breast stroke, first division, final: R. Fraser (Nele.) 2. Second division, final: A. Swann (Nele.) 3. Third…

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Two Schoolboys Missing

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 9

The assistance of the police has been sought in an effort to locate two scholboys at Teralba. The boys, James Bruderlin, aged 15,…

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Restoration of Wage Cuts Newcastle Teachers to Move

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 11

With the object of launching a campaign for the restoration of Public Servants' wages and salaries to award rates, a special meeting of the…

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School of Arts Meeting to Be Held in Camera

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

Discussion at the meeting of the Newcastle School of Arts Committee to-night on the proposition made by the Minister for Education (Mr…

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Public Schools' Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 13

Sir,—After witnessing the manner in which the P.S.A.A.A. sports were conducted at the Ocean Baths on Wednesday, March 4, I and many others consider that…

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Health Week Junction Infants' School Impressive Display

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 10

Enthusiasm in Health, Milk, and Safety Week was manifest yesterday, when a crowd witnessed a lunch-hour display in Wheeler Place by a group of infant girls…

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Boys' High School Examinations and Careers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 18

There seems to be a way in which many students and parents console themselves for poor and mediocre passes—in the cry "Brilliant scholars do not succeed in…

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A School History

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 13

"The History of All Saints' College, Bathurst, 1873-1934," is an important volume published as the result of a decision reached at the end of 1931 by the…

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Hanging From Rafter Schoolboy's Body Found SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 12

Worried because he was not making as much progress as he desired at school, Harold James Parsons, 14, of Homebush, left home this morning, apparently for…

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Schoolboy Heroes Won Swimming Glory Triumphant Homecoming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 10

Three Newcastle High School boys went to Sydney, swam, and conquered. One left his name large on the scrolls of school swimming fame, which are the record…

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Free Library Alternative Scheme School of Arts Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 10

The committee of the Newcastle School of Arts expressed itself last right as unfavourable to the suggestion of the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H…

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Primary Schools' Swimming Carnival— —Many New Records Were Made

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 10

Brilliant weather favored the Annual Swimming Carnival of the Combined Primary Schools conducted by the P.S.A.A.A. at the Newcastle Ocean Baths this afternoon. Hundreds of boys and girls competed and many new records were established. These pictures show some of the happy youngsters who took part…

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School Inspector Farewelled Coalfields Amenities

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 2

Schoolteachers who were disappointed when transferred to the Coalfields were often agreeably surprised on their arrival, the Chief Inspector…

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Big Sunday School Demonstration Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 8

It was announced to-day that ten thousands Church of England Sunday School children will take part in the demonstration in connection with the Broughton…

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