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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1939

1,251 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 63

Australian Rules Football in Public Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 10

The Newcastle National Football League decided last night to make a grant to the Newcastle schoolboys' team which will visit Sydney on June…

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Screen Fare Youngsters to Have Screen Training Cinesound's New School

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 3

Shirley Temple or Freddie Bartholomew may find a Sydney counterpart as a result of the in auguration of the juvenile classes…

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JOCKEY W. Elliot Breaks His Leg While Schooling Horse Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 9

W. Elliott, leading Melbourne jockey broke his right leg to-day. He was Riving Chatsbury barrier practise when his left stirrup broke…

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Fire Destroys School At Huntington WAUCHOPE

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 7

A party of motorists late last night discovered the public school at Huntington blazing fiercely. It was too late to save anything and the…

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Tuition School for Motor Drivers Traffic Police on Newcastle Need

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 12

Traffic police believe that a motor-driving tuition school is urgently needed in Newcastle. A test officer of the Newcastle Traffic Office declared that the primary reason for failure to obtain licences was lack of proper teaching…

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School Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 13

The primary school football competition was continued at the West Maitland Park yesterday afternoon. Marist Brothers defeated Homeville 11 to nil. B. Burgess and M. Burke scored…

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School Debate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 13

Cessnock High School debating team will meet Canterbury High School team in a debate on Thursday, in the HumeBarbour shield competition. The…

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High School Debate at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 7

A debating team from Cessnock High School will meet a team from the Canterbury High School in the first round of the Hume-Barbour…

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Crowded Hall For High School Dance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 3

Each dance held in the Assembly Hall at the Newcastle Boys' High School, at Waratah, seems to attract more dancers than the last. The Women's Auxiliary…

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Vitamin Capsules in School Meals

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 6

Oranges and vitamin capsules form part of the "simple life" luncheon supplied free to needy schoolchildren at Kirkgate-street, Wisbech, Combs, England…

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Pupils of Catholic Schools Divorced Man's Objections Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 7

Protesting that his two children, who had been christened in a Protestant Church, were now being brought up as Roman…

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To-day's Accidents Schoolgirl's Injury

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 7

Betty Gillard, 14, of Allandale Road, Cessnock fell from her bicycle while on her way to school to-day. She was treated by Cessnock…

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Nursery Schools Proposal for Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 8

The Mayoress of Newcastle (Mrs. G. W. Jenner) has called a meeting for Friday afternoon to consider formation of a branch of…

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Plans Ready Flying School Near Wagga MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 9

The survey has been completed and plans are now in the hands of the Commonwealth Works Department for the Riverina flying training school near…

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First Aid Classes for Teachers Ambulance Board to Assist Superintendent and N.E.S.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 8

Newcastle teachers may use the lecture hall at the Newcastle Ambulance Station for first aid lectures, it was decided at the board meeting last night. Materials…

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Newcastle Schoolboys' National Rules Team To Visit Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 18

The schoolboys who have been selected to play Mascot Junior Technical School on Erskineville Oval on Saturday are requested to meet on…

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School Lessons on the Stage Modern Methods Of American Woman New York, May 30

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 6

Recently in a suburb near New York, a community long favoured by parents who seek the proper environment for their children, the local movie theatre had to resort to posting this order: "All children must park guns before entering…

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Newcastle Boys' High School the Difficult Age

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 22

One of the chief objections to the Intermediate Certificate examination is that it comes at an age of change for most boys. It is found that between the ages…

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High School Debate at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 8

By a narrow margin, Canterbury High School defeated Cessnock High School last night in the first round of the Hume-Barbour Debating Shield…

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To Serve Country Schools Teacher-Librarians First Group Appointed Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 12

The first group of teacher-librarians to be appointed under the Education Department's plan for the extension of school library facilities in country districts will…

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