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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1940

1,336 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 67

Rugby Union Competition for Public Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 17 April 1940 · page 8

The Newcastle branch of the Rughy Union has decided to hold a Saturday morning competition for boys attending primary schools…

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Winter School for Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 13

Winter schools for farmers will be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, from July 2 to 12. Courses of instruction will be poultry farming and…

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School Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 11

Rules governing the primary schools' football competition for the Kerr Cup were finalised at a meeting of the Maitland branch of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic…

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Adamstown As Site for New School Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 1

Some time ago a departmental committee, on which other bodies were represented, investigated the school requirements of the…

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School of Arts Says 'No' Request by Council Mayor Receives Letter

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 7

"No" is the answer of the School of Arts Committee to the request by the City Council Cultural Centre sub-committee that it…

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Dudley School Residence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 9

Renovations to Dudley Public School residence will be carried out by the Department of Education's painting and repair staff as soon as possible, the…

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Minister Did Not Receive Letter Gosford Parents Demand New School GOSFORD

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 13

Gosford Parents and Citizens' Association was informed to-night that its threat to disband unless new school buildings were provided had not been…

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Free Library Inquiry School of Arts Will Not Take Part

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 13

"Whatever step is taken now will be solely a matter for the council. The question will be discussed by the council next Wednesday night, but I have no…

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Saving Scheme at Waratah School Empty Tooth-paste Tubes Collected

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 7

Some time ago, the authorities at Waratah Public School asked the children to save empty tubes which had contained tooth-paste, shaving cream,…

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Suburban and District Wallsend School Extensive Improvements Listed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 14

Wallsend Parents and Citizens' Association has been advised that the proposed scheme of extensive improvements at the school, plans for which had been…

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Schools to Train Air Crews Commanders Appointed CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 10

The appointment of commanding officers to the first three training schools for air crews established under the Empire air scheme was announced to-day by the…

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Bulahdelah Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 14

The annual meeting of the Bulahdelah Teachers' Federation was held at Bulahdelah School. It was decided to continue with non-competitive exhibits at…

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MUSIC The Schools Make Musicians

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 18

From the roots of school training springs the tree of knowledge. That is the reason that music in schools is so important…

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Dungog School Fete Successful

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 18

At Wednesday night's meeting of Dungog Parents and Citizens' Association, the Treasurer (Mr. W. E. Wilson) reported £21 in hand from the school fete. It was…

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School Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 11

Five schools have entered teams in the primary schools' annual football competition for the Kerr Cup. Boys were weighed yesterday afternoon. The first games will be played next…

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Schoolboys' Game

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 6

In the early match at the Kuril League ground this afternoon Cessnock schoolboys defeated Kurri by 3 points to nil after an evenly contested game…

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Minister's "Help" Put Teachers On Map LITHGOW

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 April 1940 · page 6

"In this dispute the Minister for Education has been a blessing in disguise," said the president of the Teachers' Federation (Mr. A…

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Erected Voluntarily New Sunday School for Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 2

A ceremony at Crest-road, Wallsend, yesterday afternoon, marked the consummation of more than 12 months' organising and efforts to provide a building…

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Missing Schoolboy Found at Taree Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 6

Missing since April 7, when he disappeared from a Great Public School, Peter Mansfield Shelley, 10, was found at Taree…

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Anzac Day School Services

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 April 1940 · page 7

The Anzac commemoration service at Adamstown School will be held on Wednesday, April 24, at 3 p.m., it the Monument in the school…

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