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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1939

1,251 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 63

Captured in Newcastle Four Boys From Gosford School Five Still Missing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 10

Newcastle detectives recaptured yesterday three of the eight boys who escaped from Gosford Training School on Thursday night. Another boy who had escaped…

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"No Letting Up" Campaign for Free Milk in Schools P. AND C. Council Determined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 10

"There will be no letting up in this campaign; the Government will have to give us very good reasons before we will be convinced that the scheme is…

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Cessnock Central Heating for High School 'Fireplace System a Disgrace'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 13

Cessnock Parents and Citizens' Association will ask the Department of Education to install a central heating system at Cessnock High School. Members…

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Suburban Round The School Bell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 6

There is a bell at a Newcastle suburban school which cannot be heard by pupils outside the school grounds. The Parents and Citizens' Association attached…

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High School Debate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 13

Canterbury High School defeated Cessnock High School in a debate in the Hume-Barbour shield competition, by three points. The Cessnok team, which…

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School of Arts Broadside Library Issue Not Intention to Hand Over Assets

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 7

The Free Library project controversy has been revived by the action of three members of the Newcastle School of Arts Committee issuing to each of the members a circular declaring that the committee has made no offer to hand over the assets…

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Interests Will Be Protected Assurance to School of Arts Members Free Library Negotiations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 8

An assurance that their interests will remain paramount and that nothing final will be done without their consent in negotiations with the Greater Newcastle…

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School Sport Trial Games on Saturday P.S.A.A.A. Teams to Be Chosen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 9

The Hunter valley Council of the Newcastle District Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association decided at West Maitland on Saturday to arrange trial Rugby League and Soccer games…

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Schools Compete at Gosford Gosford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 11

On Grahame Park yesterday afternoon scholars from Mayfield West Public School competed against Gosford in a sports programme. In the ball games Gosford won by 14 games to…

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Subsidised Trainee Scheme Teachers to Submit Case SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 4

The Council of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation decided yesterday to appoint a committee to organise, a case for submission to the Parliamentary…

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Newcastle Schoolboys' National Rules Team Defeats Gardener's Rd

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 9

For the sixth successive time Newcastle schoolboys defeated Gardener's Road Junior Technical School at the National code at the Erskineville Oval…

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School Library Scheme Start Of "New Era" Says Minister SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 8

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

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N.E.S. Lessons at High School "Should Be Held After Examinations" Parents Protest "Boys Becoming Nervous"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 10

The introduction of national emergency service and first aid instruction at the Newcastle Boys' High School was criticised at a meeting of the 'Parents and…

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The School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 8

It may be presumed that the chief purpose of the circular which has been issued to subscribers to the School of Arts is to assure them that their…

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Training Schools For Women Ambulance Drivers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 8

Colonel H. L. Jonnson, of the N.R.M.A.. Sydney, conferred with the Chief Warden of the Newcastle National Emergency Services (Lt.-Col…

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Exam Candidates First-aid Instruction Unfair High School Teachers Agree

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 9

High School teachers in Newcastle said yesterday that they agreed with students and parents that it was unfair for the Education Department to force first-aid…

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Gaol for School Thefts Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 14

Sentence of 12 months' imprisonment was imposed on David Ross Collie, 20, at the Paddington Police Court to-day, on 10 charges of theft…

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Cessnock Take Over School of Arts Area Committee's Proposal for Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 11

A proposal to purchase the School of Arts building and convert it into a club will be placed before the Cessnock. Area Committee to-night by the Secretary…

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Hurdlers School at Caulfield

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 17

Spectacular hurdling.—Kialla Kate (F. Mc Motion), on the ra[?], and Haste Away (J. Regan) taking the third last jump in the hurdle school at Caulfield. Kialla Kate finished ahead of Haste Away…

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Topics for Women School Colors in Flowers Marist Bros; Ball at City Hall

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

Poppies, marigolds and delphiniums, expressing the school colors, of blue and gold, were used liberally on the supper tables at the Marist Brothers' annual ball at the City Hall last night. Large branches of poinsettia Were banked across the stage…

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