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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1940

1,336 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 67

Teachers Meet To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Teachers' Federation will be held at 9.30 a.m. to-morrow at Bolton-street School…

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Want Free Milk in Schools P. and C. Council Forms Committee Request for Cheap Apples Refused

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 10

"It would be interesting to know how many volunteers were rejected from enlistment with the army just because they had not had enough milk. This country…

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Fire in Girls' Grammar School Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 10

A fire which broke out in the basement of the Forbes-street Church of England Girls' Grammar School. Darlinghurst, tonight, was quickly quelled by the…

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Bolton Point Presses for School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 16

Bolton Point Advisory Committee decided to press for an immediate decision on the building of a school at Bolton Point. Many parents were reluctant to…

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Canberra High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 16

FEDERAL ARCHITECTURE is good to look at, even if there is no one in the capital to look at it. This is the entrance to the new High School…

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School Near Abattoir Favoured by Sandgate Parents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 11

The Greater Newcastle Council refused a request by the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations not to erect a public school on the site of…

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School Needs to Be Assessed Prepare for Deputation to Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 9

Before inviting the Minister for Education to meet a deputation at Newcastle, the Newcastle District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations…

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School Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 11

The first games in the annual primary schools' football competition for the Kerr Cup were played at West Maitland Park yesterday afternoon…

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Cant Accept Employment Teachers Awaiting Appointments

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 5

Claiming that many girls, who bad graduated from Newcastle schools to the Teachers' Training College, had not been employed by the department,…

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Primary School Sport

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 7

D grade: Adamstown 9 goals (Porter 4, Lewis 2, Myles 2, Andrews 1) defeated Charlestown 0. Adamstown led 1—0 at half-time, but its forwards…

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"Skating on Thin Ice," Say Teachers Political Moves of Federation Special Meeting to Be Held

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 5

The Newcastle branch of the Teachers' Federation will call a special meeting of its members and of associated branches in the…

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School Site at Sandgate P. and C. Council Objection

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 5

The District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations refused last night to approve of a letter sent to the Greater Newcastle Council, asking it…

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DISTRICT and Suburban No Cheap Apples for Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 5

Disappointment was expressed by delegates to the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations last night at the…

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Air Training School Ottawa, April 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 8

The University of Manitoba has evacuated a section of its buildings to permit the establishment of a Commonwealth air training wireless school…

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SINGLETON R.A.F. School Plan Singleton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 12

Singleton Council discussed in committee a proposal to secure the establishment of a Royal Australian Air Force training school at Singleton…

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Enterprise in Theatres at Waratah School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 5

Children of Waratah Public School should leave the school with knowledge for ahead of average 14-year-olds, for the school is equipped with two film…

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Teachers and Politics "Skating on Thin Ice" Special Meeting to Discuss Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 5

Participation in party politics, whether by direct or indirect means, was skating on thin ice, said the President (Mr. A. G. Morgan) at meeting of the…

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High School Boys Rush N.c.o. Jobs in Cadet Corps

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 7

The first drill for prospective N.C.O.'s in the Newcastle Boys' High School Cadet Corps will take place next week. There are 32 vacancies for the…

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Secondary Teachers Independent Take Own Action, Says President

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 7

The President of the Newcastle Secondary Teachers' Association (Mr. N. R. Mearns) said to-day that he wished to…

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Schoolroom at Children's New Hospital Department Likely To Build It

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 7

It is considered likely that the Department of Education will build the schoolroom at the proposed Crippled Children's Hospital at Waratah,…

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