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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1937

1,315 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 66

Kurri Grant for School Grounds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 9

The Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) has advised Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., that he has approved of ground improvements at Kurri Kurri Public…

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Loves Girl of School Days She Married His Best Friend (Dorothy Dix—Copyright)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 6

Dear Dorothy Dix,— I am a bachelor in my late 30's. Since my school days I have been in love with a girl who married my best…

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Last Series in School Cricket Holiday Fixtures

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 2

Hamilton, the only team that has won all its games outright in the schoolboys vacation cricket competition, will meet Wallsend to-morrow at…

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Cessnock High School Accommodation Complaint

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 9

"I have been informed that there is not sufficient room at the high school to take the students who have passed the entrance examination," said Alderman J. Brown…

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Not Enough Room in High School Council News. Cessnock Council Is Concerned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 7

Several children who passed their primary final examinations at Cessnock will be unable to get into the High School…

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School Cricket Hamilton Wins Competition Nears End Unbeaten in Four Rounds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 4

Defeating Wallsend by 29 runs on the first innings at Learmonth Park yesterday, Hamilton finished on top of the points-score table in the school vacation…

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New Pavilion At Empire Park— Apt Pupils At Swimming School

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 8

THIS LITTLE GIRL serves to give an idea of the size of the landing wheels of the Douglaes airliner at Mascol Above: New grandstand bring erected at the Empire Park Sports Ground, Bar Beach. The playing area was rebuilt by the City Council under the relief work scheme…

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Teachers and Coronation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 10

A number of teachers have applied to the Department of Education for leave of absence without pay to enable them to attend the Coronation celebrations…

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Schoolboys at Cricket Umpiring of Matches

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

Hamilton and Waratah schoolboy cricket teams will meet to-morrow at Wickham in the final of the District Association's schoolboy competition…

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From the Outback Teachers Come to Town Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 6

From Cow Flat. Little Run River, Five Day Creek, and Two Tree Plain, teachers from subsidised schools…

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School Holidays to Be Altered Coronation Service Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 7

School holidays will be altered so that the children will be under the control of teachers during the Coronation celebrations. Ordinarily the State…

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The Coronation Celebrations in Sydney School Holidays Rearrangement is Probable SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 7

Wednesday, May 12—Coronation Day—will be a public holiday in New South Wales. It is probable that the May vacation for schools,…

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School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 11

At the monthly meeting of the Abermain School of Arts Committee, presided over by Mr. R. Naylor, it was reported that during the past six months £20 had…

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Many Reforms Subsidised Teachers Mr. Drummond Explains Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 16

Speaking to-day at the annual summer school organised by the Department of Education for the further training of subsidised school teachers, the Minister…

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School Cricket in Good Position Hamilton's Handy Lead Vacation Competition Final

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 5

Hamilton is in a fair position against Waratah-Mayfield in the school vacation competition final which is in progress at Wickham Oval. Hamilton made…

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Teachers' Plan Ease Unemployment Children's Health Affected Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 7

Many suggestions for the relief of unemployment were advocated at the annual conference of the Victorian Teachers' Union which was continued to-day. The…

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No Obligation Subsidising of Schools Department Third Party Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 14

Addressing the Subsidised Teachers' Association to-day, the Director of Education (Mr. G. Ross Thomas) stated that there was no obligation on the part of…

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LEFT £16,573 Schoolboy's Large Estate MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 11

Derek Thomson Manifold, 13-year-old student of Geelong Grammar School, who died on December 1, left a personal estate valued at £16,573. The estate, which…

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Committee Appointed Returned Soldier Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 10

The Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) has advised Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., that he has appointed a committee, consisting of the Assistant Chief…

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School Cricket by Three Runs Hamilton Beats Waratah C. O'brien Scores 101

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 21

Hamilton defeated Waratah-Mayfield by 3 runs in the school vacation cricket final at Wickham Oval yesterday. Waratah-Mayfield made an excellent recovery,…

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