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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1944

929 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 47

Mass Meeting of Schoolteachers for Next Month

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 3

A mass meeting of school teachers from the Newcastle. Lake Macquarie. Technical and Secondary branches of the Teachers'…

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Charlestown to Press Claims Secondary School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 2

A public meeting at Charlestown discussed the possibility of establishing a secondary school in the area. Officials of the District Council of…

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School Needs in Weekly Broadcasts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 4

Weekly broadcasts of Parents anti Citizens' Association matters were suggested by Mr. Spitzkowski, of Hamilton association, at the District…

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Size of School Exercise Books

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 2

In a letter to the District council of Parents and Citizens' Associations last night, the Minister for Trade and customs (Senator…

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Baffle Walls in Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 2

The Minister for NES (Mr. Heffron). in a letter to the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Association, said that the Prime…

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Rotary Address Us. and Our Schools Are Compared

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 3

Two forward moves being made in Newcastle for education - the first for the abolition of all school examinations and the second, for…

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"Teachers Not Teaching" Staff Shortages at Central Technical

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 2

Apparently teachers are available for everything except their first duty teaching," said the Secretary of Central Junior Technical School…

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School Destroyed by Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 2

Congewai public school, a small weatherboard building, was destroyed with its contents by fire on Monday night. No water supply war…

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School Aid Post. to Remain

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 6

The first-aid post at Waratah Infants' School cannot yet he disbanded, the NES District Operational Controller (Mr R…

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Free Milk Scheme in Jeopardy at Waratah School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 6

Distribution of free milk to children at Waratah Infants' School would have to be discontinued if more voluntary helpers…

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Staff Shortage at Central School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 6

Members of the Central Junior Technical School Parents and Citizens' Association last night complained of the shortage of…

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Dawn Rising for Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 2

Schoolteachers had to rise shortly after dawn if they wished to book seats on the Filer, to get to school in time, said the…

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School Playing Areas: Parents Concerned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 3

At meetings of two Parents and Citizens' Associations last night concern was expressed in regard to the playing areas at respective…

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Schoolboy Knocked Down on Road

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

Terence Toriko, aged 9, of Teralba Road. Adamstown. was admitted to Newcastle Hospital suffering from extensive lacerations…

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Sunday March Affected Sunday Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 2

The Sunday march organised by the May Day Committee was deplored by Newcastle United Churches' Association at a meeting yesterday…

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Suburban and District School Effort at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 6

Plattsburg District Rural School grounds it Wallsend were brightly lighted last night when Mr. Booth, M.L.A., opened a continental in an effort…

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School Needed at East Lambton

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 2

Members of the Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association last night instructed the secretary (Mrs. P. W. Gray) to see Mr. R…

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School Improvements

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 2

Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association received advice last night from the Minister for National Emergency Services (Mr. R…

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Shortage of Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The shortage school teachers had reached such grave proportions that there was now hardly a school fully staffed,…

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Ten Teachers in Beaufort Unit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 2

Schoolteachers dominate the officers' mess of a Beaufort squadron somewhere in North Australia. There are 10 in all, comprising representatives…

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