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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1937

1,315 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 66

Schoolboy Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 13

Geoffrey Moylan, 14 sustained a probable fracture of his right thigh yesterday afternoon, when he fell in the playground of Marist Brothers' School, West…

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Loss of Espana First Warship Ever Sunk by 'Plane Crew Abandoned Mostly Teachers and Clerks (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, May 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 8

The Spanish rebel battleship Espana, which was sunk by a Government aeroplane on Friday, is the first warship in history to be sunk by aircraft. It lies…

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Winter Schools for Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 2

It is proposed to hold the usual winter schools at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from June 22 to July 9. The duration of the courses of…

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Schoolboys' Matches

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 7

Marist Brothers' School (27 defeated Newcastle Junior Technical School (nil) in the opening Rugby League match at Wartah Oval this…

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High Schools' Soccer Competition Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 8

The N.S.W. Soccer Association will conduct a knock-out competitions for High Schools. Matches will be played on Saturday mornings. The…

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The Schools Parents and Citizens' Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 2

The Secretary of the Newcastle District Council of Parents and. Citizens' Associations (Mr. J. T. Croft) has made available copies of correspondence relating, to…

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All State Schools Holiday on May 13 SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 7

The Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) announced to-day that he had decided to grant a school holiday on Thursday, May 13, to all schools of…

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Vandals Break Into School Serious Damage to Furniture Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 1

Risking their lives, vandals climbed 30ft. up a water pipe at Ultimo Public School to a second floor window and almost wrecked the school…

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Lunch in Bags For 8500 Schoolchildren Coronation Display Programme for Two Days

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 8

The Newcastle Coronation Celebrations Committee has arranged with a caterer to provide lunch in bags for the 8500 schoolchildren who will give a Coronation…

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Empire Day in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 6

Empire Day will be celebrated in all public schools in New South Wales today. It is the wish of the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) that…

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Coronation Display "Fears Are Absurd" Escort for 100 SCHOOLCHILDREN

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 8

Suggestions made at a meeting of the Newcastle Coronation celebrations committee yesterday afternoon that there…

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Wallsend School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 9

Wallsend School Band led the procession in the Empire Day celebration, which were held in the school rooms this morning…

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Empire Day Observed in the Schools Pleas for Brotherhood of All Nations

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 9

Empire Day was observed in all the primary, intermediate and high schools throughout Newcastle and district to-day. The keynote of the celebrations was a united and fervent appeal by many speakers for a better understanding between…

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Central School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 9

At Central School there was a function presided over by the captain of the school (Jack Mattley). He referred to the absence of the…

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Plattsburg School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 9

More than 800 children from Plattsburg school attended the Empire Day celebrations at the Empire Theatre. Wallsend, this morning…

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Waratah Public School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 9

Empire Day celebrations at Waratah public School were attended by approximately 1000 children and parents. The celebrations were held in…

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Pupils Speak The Danger of Jingoism Boy's High School Function

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

"We have [?] right to be proud of the might and glory of England, but we must not be too proud. If we become arrogant and haughty we are not being patriotic,…

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Textile School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 8

A new school for preparing students in all phases of treating and weaving wool was opened yesterday by the Victorian Minister for Education at Geelong. It…

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An Empire's Unity Its Influence for Peace Dean at Girls' High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

The Dean of Newcastle (Very Rev. T. M. Armour) was the chief speaker at the Empire Day celebrations held in the Newcastle Girls' High School assembly…

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Schools Celebrate Empire Day Desire for Peace Britain's Responsibilities in Troubled World Children Told of Empire's Aims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

Newcastle district schools, in common with others throughout New South Wales, celebrated Empire Day yesterday. This was done because Empire Day (May 24) falls in the school vacation that will begin next week…

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