Spitfire Canoe Derby Six Schools in "Head of River Race"
Six schools will be represented in the "Head of the River Race" to be rowed on Throsby Canal in conjunction with the Spitfire Canoe Derby on January 18…
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Schools, 1941
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"Few School Children Under-nourished"
SYDNEY, Thursday.—An examination of more than 100,000 school children in New South Wales had shown that fewer than 1 per cent. suffered from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Branxton School of Arts Dance
A successful dance was held in the Branxton School of Arts in aid of the institute on New Year's Eve. The hall was crowded. The ladies' euchre prize was won by Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pilot Killed in Crash Accident at Training School
NARRANDERA, Sunday.—Sergeant-Pilot Arthur Lloyd Bernard Smith, 24, of Darling Point, was killed yesterday when a Tiger Moth training plane he was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Vacation Cricket Fifth Round Games Played To-day
The fifth series of games in the School Vacation cricket competition arranged by the Newcastle District Cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys School WYONG
Norahville Public School was tota[?] destroyed by fire at midnight. The cause of the fire is not known…
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WYONG, Monday.—Police are investigating a fire which destroyed Norahville Public School early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Schools Cricket
Teams for the annual cricket match between Newcastle schools and Newcastle District Cricket Association will he selected on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suburban and District Rubbish Dumped Near School Progress Body Complains
Complaints that refuse was being dumped without sufficient covering, near Junction Public School, were made at a meeting of Merewether Progress Association…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ourimbah Parents Hostile Removal of School Rooms
GOSFORD, Tuesday.—Hostile to a decision of the Education Department to remove a wing of the 60-year-old Ourimbah Public School to Wyong, members…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extend School Age to Reduce Unemployment
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Endowments for children so their parents could main-or two, were suggested by Mr. H. or two were suggested to-day by Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Building Plan for School of Arts Minister Says Tenders May Be Called
The Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond indicated in Newcastle yesterday that the rebuilding scheme for the School of Arts might have to be done by public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Garbage Dump Near School Merewether Objects
Claiming that refuse was being dumped near the Junction School, Merewether Progress Association decided last night to make further…
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Most of the refuse near Junction Public School was dumped by private people, said Ald. Norris, member of Greater Newcastle Council for Sooth Word,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Refuse Dump Near Junction School
Refuse dump near Junction Public School (background, right), to which Merewether Progress Association has raised rasied objections. Above, left: Another photo of refuse, strewn on land. Inset: Dead pidgeon finds last resting place. Health Committee says it has tipped nothing there: that the onus is on the Education Department. Members of Junction Parents and Citizens' Association claims that council carts have tipped rubbish there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Source of Rubbish on School Land Is Mystery
LAND on which rubbish was being dumped near Junction Public School was owned by the Education Department, the Medical Officer of Health in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Idle Children Reasons for Higher School Leaving Age
HOBART, Thursday.—Statistical information regarding the flow of children from schools revealed that serious consideration would have to be given…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Building Programme Northern Schools to Share
A new building expected to cost about £36,000 is to be built for Maitland Boys' High School. Junction Infants, Wallsend, Sandgate,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Privileges for All Classes British Public Schools
LONDON, Jan. 10. A.A.P.—The idea that headmasters of public schools were opposed to sons of poor men attending their schools was exploded by Mr. P…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rebuilding of School of Arts
The Newcastle School of Arts rebuilding scheme was revived this week, when the Minister for Education (Mr. Drummond) announced that tenders might now…
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