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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1939

1,251 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 63

High School Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 11

Maitland and Cessnock High Schools first nod reserve grade Rugby League teams met on the Maitland Showground yesterday afternoon in the first series of the high school competitions…

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Coalfields High School Rugby League

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 18

Due mainly to the loss of the ball in the scrums, Maitland High School was defeated in a Rugby League match, at West Maitland yesterday,…

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Boys' High School the Scientific Mind

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 8

"The future of our civilisation depends upon the widening spread and deepening hold of the scientific habit of mind," said Professor John Dewey…

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Heating in Schools Improvements in Cold Areas Mr. Drummond's Promise Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 14

Heating would be provided in schools where it was required daring winter, the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) told the Legislative Assembly…

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Boys' High School Speech Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 4

Newcastle Boys' High School will hold Its annual speech-night at the City Hall on June 1. At the function a play will be presented by the…

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"The Sun's" Cookery Service Lunches for the Schoolbag

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 4

Now that school has re-commenced one is faced with the daily task of putting up a lunch which, while it must be…

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Teacher for Waratah Hospital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 16

The Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) has advised the district members that the question of an appointment of a teacher-in-charge to the…

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Schools to Close on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 13

The Minister for Education (Mr. D H. Drummond) has approved the request of the May Day Demonstration Committee that a holiday, be granted to the…

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High School Fete

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 13

To raise funds to provide the school with additional equipment, Cesnock High School Parents and Citizens' Association has organised a fete to be held in the…

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Cessnock Governor's Visit Will Address Schoolchildren

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 13

On his visit to Cessnock the Governor (Lord Wakehurst) will address the pupils of the primary schools of the district on the sports ground on Tuesday…

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Primary School Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 13

The primary school football competition was continued yesterday afternoon. Marist Brothers defeated West Maitland 29 to nil. T Lucas and J O'Brien each scored three tries, C. Maher…

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Condition Of The Waratah School

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 2

The Waratah Public School Parens and Citizens' Association has called a meeting for Tuesday night to discuss the statement by the Minister for…

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National Rules Schoolboys' Match Newcastle v. Mascot

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 10

The National Rules football match between the combined teams. Newcastle Schoolboys and an 18 from the Junior Technical School. Mascot,…

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Governor's Visit to Cessnock: School Holiday?

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 7

School children in the Cessnock district may benefit by the forth-coming visit of the Governor (Lord Wokehurst) to the extent of receiving…

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Popular Dance Girls' High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 3

The monthly dance held by the Parents and Citizens' Association of the Newcastle Girls' High School was well attended on Saturday night. Many…

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Devonshire Tea Function for Wallsend School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 3

Blooms from the school garden decorated the tables for a Devonshire tea conducted on Saturday at the home of Mrs. W. M. Greene, in Metcalfe-street,…

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Teacher Dies After Road Collision Burnie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 8

Marjorie Kidd, 26, schoolteacher, of Launceston, was fatally injured when a car collided with a motor-lorry near Deloraine…

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Raise Dairy Standard New Technology School in Victoria MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 4

The first term of the new dairy technology school built by the Department of Education, at the State research farm at Werribee, will be opened on May 15…

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"At Own Expense" Amateur Tennis Players as School Coaches Association Opinion Sought Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 11

Claiming that amateur players are infringing their status by coaching in schools, Mr. L. Hall, a professional tennis reach, has asked the Australian Lawn…

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Assembly Questions Minister's Rebuke Teachers and School Heating SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 5

"It is a matter of profound regret to me that officers of my own department should be guilty of a loose statement of the kind, which tends to react on the…

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