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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1944

929 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 47

W.e.a. Summer School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 8

Forty members of the Workers' Educational Association, Newcastle will visit the summer school at Newport on the King's Birthday…

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Beauty School For Tram Women

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.—A beauty school for women tram conductors is being opened by the Capital Transit Co. It has…

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Girls' High School Reunion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 3

Ex-students of Newcastle Girls' High School brought their children to the reunion on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. C. Carter (left) with her son, Peter, and Mrs. A. Thompson with her daughter, Janet Ann…

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Difficulties in Education Shortage of Teachers, Buildings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 4

The fact that 1700 had been absorbed by the fighting forces since the beginning of the war was the main cause of the shortage of teachers,…

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Ex-students' Union for High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 4

The first meeting of Newcastle Girls' High School Ex-students' Union was held in the school library on Saturday. It was decided to extend…

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870 at Plattsburg School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 5

"Except for the usual large number who seem to want a fortnight when a week is the holiday term the attendance has been satisfactory," the…

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Suburban and District Adamstown School Raid Trench Puzzle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 5

Adamstown Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to approach the Government Health Officer (Dr. Shannon) in an effort to…

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What a Boy Should Take From School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 2

The Director of Education (Mr. J. G. McKenzie), speaking at the Technical High School speech night said that the school spirit…

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School Band For Adamstown

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 2

Adamstown is to have a school band. The formation of the band was decided upon last, night by the…

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Road Safety Branch At Adamstown School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 2

Adamstown Parents and Citizens Association last night decided to organise a branch of the Junior Road Safety Council at…

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100 Children for Camp School-time Scheme Begins June 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 4

First of the National Fitness school-time camp will be held at lake Macquarie and Mona Vale on June 20…

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New Cardiff School to Be Opened

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 5

The Bishop of Maitland (Most Rev. E. Gleeson, D.D., C.SS.R.) will bless and open the Catholic school at Cardiff on Sunday, June 18, at…

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School Needs More Chairs

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 6

If a teacher, at Waratah infants' School wants to sit down in any part of the building apart from her own room, she has to…

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Ward Had Long Schooling

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 7

Tommy Ward, promising Sydney welterweight, who fights Les Hardy at Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night, is regarded by…

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Trades Hall Interest. Junior Technical School Play Area

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 7

"We could paper a room with the correspondence in relation to the school playing area," said the headmaster of the Central Junior…

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School Record Guide To Employment

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 7

Because luture Intermediate Ex­amination posses would not In dlcate the standard or the pupil's paper. It was necessary lor the boys to take every opportunity to study, the headmaster (Mr. R. j Stove) told members of the p and O. Association last night…

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Schoolchildren's Prayers For The Invasion

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 4

School children in Newcastle commemorated the beginning of the invasion of Europe today either by special prayers and…

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Three Teachers for 170 BOYS Tighe's Hill School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 2

Tighe's Hill boys' school with an enrolment of 170, has only three teachers, said the President of the Parents and Citizens' Association…

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Ask Unions to Press School Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 5

Because of departmental delay. Central Junior Technical School Parents and Citizens' Association's claims for an improvement scheme on the school…

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Another Burglary at Central Junior School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 5

Another burglary at the Central Junior Technical School was re ported to the Parents and Citizens' Association by the Headmaster (Mr…

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