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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1939

1,251 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 63

"Not for Working Man" Housekeeping Methods at Domestic School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 3

Girl at domestic science schools were taught housekeeping methods which would be suitable only for the household of a man earning £10 a week, said Mr. S…

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Women In Two-up School SYDNEY, [?]

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday. "There were ten women in a two-up school when we raided it." said Sergeant Jurd to Mr. Sutherland,…

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Heavy Enrolment At Domestic Science School

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 7

The Acting-Headmistress of the Central Domestic Science School (Miss Sutherland) revealed to-day that the enrolment for the school this year had…

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School Crossings Case for the Motorist Patrols Not Enough Teachers and Parents Can Help

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 10

At a recent meeting of Hamilton Parents and Citizens' Association, a member accused motorists of being indifferent to the safety of school children at school…

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The Schools Medical Survey Physique of Newcastle School Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 5

During the past 12 months important charge has been made in the system of school medical examinations. The old type of examination has been abolished…

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Naval Reservists in Action: Infants Settling Down to School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 5

Setting down: children recently enrolled in a State school react differently to the news that "baby bear's bed was this big."…

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Sunday School Classes to Cease in N.Z. Hospital Auckland

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

Sunday school in the children's wards of the Auckland Hospital is to be discontinued. The board made it clear that it had full sympathy with the Sunday School authorities, but was concerned about the unsettling…

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Schoolboys' Championship Swimming Sixty Entrants for 300 Metres Title

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 11

Sixty school boys will contest the 300 metres schools teams' championship, which will be held at the Newcastle…

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School Unsewered at West Mayfield

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 8

Aid. Travers asked the President (Mr. C. G. Schroder) whether the Board, in its extension of the sewerage system at Mayfield, would…

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Board Says "No" Sunday School Classes in N.Z. Hospital Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 9

The board of Auckland Hospital has decided to discontinue Sunday School classes in the children's wards. The Chairman man described the classes as "a…

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Kurri Technical School Third Year Class Wanted

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 7

On behalf of Kurri Parents and Citizens' Association, Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has urged the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) to…

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Public Schools Show Exhibit

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 7

A committee of teachers from district schools were busy at the Hamilton Public School to-day mounting the non-competitive primary schools'…

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Types Of Meals Prepared At Science Schools SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 1

How to save food and prepare meals economically is the chief thought behind the course of instruction in domestic science schools, said leading…

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Class of Boys Sent Home at Waratah School Precaution In Case Of Paralysis

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 1

As a result of one of its members contracting infantile paralysis, the fifth class of the Waratah Boys' Primary School—about 45 boys—has been sent…

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Primary School Cricket Fixtures

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 9

The P.S.A.A.A. has arranged the following primary school cricket fixtures for Friday:— C Grade.—8. Delves Cup, second…

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"Cheaper Than Men" Idea Women Teachers' Resolution

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 3

Women should get rid of the idea that they are of less value than men, declared Miss B. M. Pearson (Tottenham), vice-president of the National…

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School Teacher's Sentence Was Suspended SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 9

At Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day James Sydney Tyson, 20, school-teacher, was called up for sentence. A Jury yesterday convicted Tyson of…

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Teacher Convicted Indecent Assault on Pupil SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 8

James Sydney Tyson, 29, schoolteacher, was convicted at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having indecently assaulted a pupil in his class…

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School Swimming Carnival Season Started This Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 20

The schools' swimming carnival season began at Newcastle Ocean Baths this week. The first carnival was held by Wickham Girls' School on Tuesday afternoon…

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School Boy Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 10

Falling from a bicycle last night, Ronald Cox, 7, of Lang Street, Kuril sustained concussion. He was admitted to Kurri District Hospital for…

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