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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1940

1,336 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 67

Donations of Books to Carrington School

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 7

Mr. H. Coe, President of the Carrington Parents and Citizens' Association, last week offered to Mr. O. Salter, Headmaster of Carrington…

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Teachers and the Minister

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 5

The President of the Newcastle branch of the Teachers' Federation (Mr. A. G. Morgan) hopes that the disagreement between the…

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Candid Comments in Chalk Vandals at a School

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 5

Candid opinions of matters connected with school routine were found chalked upon walls and presses when teachers entered the Tighe's Hill…

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Keeping Children in Coal Strike Teachers to Take Private Action

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 5

According to the President (Mr. A. G. Morgan), the Newcastle branch of the Teachers' Federation is not likely to take any official action to…

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For Coalfields Children Lunches at Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 5

The Kurri Kurri Strike Committee is preparing to distribute lunches for schoolchildren attending all schools in the Kurri Kurri area…

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Hexham Sunday School Anniversary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 8

Prizes were presented to members of the Hexham Methodist Sunday School at the Church Hall, Hexham, last night. Rev. G. Moore presided. A tableau,…

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Suburban and District Buy Films for School Islington Parents Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 8

Islington Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to buy £2 worth of films for the Islington Public School…

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School Film Library: Islington Proposal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 2

Islington Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to purchase a number of films as a nucleus of a school film library…

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Parents Objected To Transfer Of Woman Teacher

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 7

Junction Parents and Citizens' Association was notified to-day by the Education Department that the transfer of Mrs. Minnikin from Junction…

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Free Lunches for School Children

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 5

Members of Kurri Strike Committee are preparing to distribute lunches to school children at schools in the Kurri area, including Kurri Public,…

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School Concert Cancelled

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 7

Because of the coal strike. Islington Parents and Citizens' Association last night decided to cancel a concert arranged for April 30…

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Visit of Teachers' Leaders at Meeting To-night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 7

The Senior Vice-President of the Teachers' Federation (Mr. N. McKinnon and three other members of the central executive,…

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School of Arts; Free Library

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 7

The turning-point in the deadlock between the City Council and the School of Arts on the cultural centre proposal is expected to be…

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Survey Report at End of May Replies Already Received From Some Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 2

It is expected that a full report on the survey of school sporting areas and facilities being conducted by the Hunter Valley Council of the Public Schools'…

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Centres Chosen New Empire Air Training Schools CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 14

New schools for training under the Empire air scheme would be located near fairly large centres of population wherever feasible, the Minister for Air (Mr…

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Public Schools Doomed Opinion Grows in England LONDON, March 21

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 14

Leading educationalists seem to believe that the war has sounded the death-knell of the public school as it is at present. There has been much controversy on the…

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Dispute with Mr. Drummond Teachers' Offer to Settle "Must Be No Loss of Self-respect"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 11

An assurance that the Teachers' Federation was prepared to settle its dispute with the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond), provided there…

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Film Library At Waratah School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 7

The system of visual instruction as an aid to modern education finds two firm supporters in the Headmaster of the Waratah Public School (Mr…

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Will Not Cooperate, Is Forecast School Of Arts And Free Library

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 5

At its adjourned meeting last night the committee of the Newcastle School of Arts made up its mind whether it would cooperate…

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"Find Way Out of Impasse" Teachers And Minister

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 5

Teachers should try to find a way "out of the impasse" in their dispute with the Minister for Education (Mr. D. H…

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