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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1939

1,251 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 63

MAITLAND—KURRI—CESSNOCK West Maitland School of Arts Closed End of 84-Year-old Institution

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 13

West Maitland School of Arts, established in 1855, closed at 9 o’clock last night. The institution has declined in recent years, and in view of the…

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Over Limit in Criticism Minister for Education Complains Singleton School Action if Injunction Sought SINGLETON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 7

The Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) told a public meeting yesterday in the agitation for a new Intermediate High…

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Minister Impressed Benefits of Open-air School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 8

Mr. J. G. Arthur, M.L.A., said yesterday that last week he and Messrs. F. H. Hawkins and R. Cameron, Ms.L.A., interviewed the Minister for Education (Mr…

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School Sport Hunter Valley Council Meeting Football Fixtures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 9

Fixtures for school football were arranged at the annual meeting of the Hunter Valley Council of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association…

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A Glimpse Inside Watt Street Special School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 5

Watt-street Special School: Boys of "the top school" having their handiwork criticised by Nurse Hayes…

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Watt-street Special School Even Uniforms Are Abolished

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 6

Officially, the Watt-street Mental Hospital is not in many respects a mental hospital. The Government name is the Watt-street Special School. "IT IS THE only institution of its…

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By Post Lessons for Young Patients Teachers' Suggestion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 9

Suggestions to overcome the lack of educational facilities for infantile paralysis sufferers in the Newcastle Infectious Diseases Hospital were made at the…

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Seek Help of B.M.A Council's Immunisation Campaign Children of Pre-school Age

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 11

The Health Committee of the Greater Newcastle Council decided last night to seek the help of the Newcastle branch of the British Medical Association in its…

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Ease Congestion New Super-Primary School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 9

Because of the crowded condition of the Central Domestic Science School, Hamilton South, and the Central Technical School at Broadmeadow the Waratah…

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Portable Rooms for Singleton Public School Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 7

"Action to remove the causes of dissatisfaction at Singleton Public School and Grafton High School is being taken." said the Minister for…

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Sewering Cessnock School "Just A Little More Hopeful"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 8

"The same old reply," remarked Alderman Anstey when the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) informed the Cessnock Council last night…

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Cannot Carry on Adamstown School of Arts Trustees Advised

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

Unable to carry on through lack of finance the committee of Adamstown Mechanics' Institute has decided to advise the trustees of the institution's…

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Randwick Council Withdraws Its Prosecution Education Dept. And School Sewerage SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 7

A prosecution by Randwick Council against the Education Department for failure to comply with a notice to sewer the Maroubra Public School…

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Close Upstairs Section Singleton School Portable Rooms to Be Used Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 5

Action was being taken to remove cause for complaint at the Singleton Intermediate High School and the Grafton High School, said the Minister for…

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Private Trade Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 6

The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. H. M. Hawkins) has advised Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., in reply to representations on behalf of the Hunter River District…

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Spending on Schools Minister's Survey "Extravagant Charges of Neglect" Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 6

"The extravagant charges of neglect of the proper maintenance of schools and educational facilities made in certain quarters are not substantiated by the facts."…

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Newcastle Boys' High School DISCONTENT

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 10

The statement made at the annual meeting of the Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations about the futility of Parents and Citizens' Associations…

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Australian Rules School Match on April 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 9

The meeting of the Newcastle National Rules Football League, held on Wednesday at the League's club rooms, 132 Maitland-road, Islington, carried a vote of…

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To Dry Clothing Warmth at Domestic Science School Department Approves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 4

The Department of Education has agreed to pay half the cost of installing heating and drying apparatus in the Central Domestic Science School, Hamilton. The…

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Failed to Sewer School Council Prosecution Withdrawn Work Is to Be Done Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 4

The hearing should have begun at the Central Summons Court to-day of the prosecution by Randwick Council of the Education Department for failure to…

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