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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1945

880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 44

Inspect Lake Schools Mr. Heffron Here on

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 2

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) will arrive in Newcastle on Thursday to visit a number of district schools…

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Regulate Private School Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A meeting of the Teachers' Federation yesterday decided to ask the Government to regulate teaching hours in private and…

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Newcastle Rugby League to Encourage Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 6

As part of its policy to encourage school football, Newcastle Rugby League decided last night to grant representation to the newly formed…

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School Sport

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 11

The Newcastle District P.S.A.A.A. has decided that the winter competitions for secondary boys' and girls' schools will not commence until May 2. The primary…

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More Schools Get Free Milk

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 6

Children at all schools at Mayfield, public and denominational, were now receiving supplies of free milk, it was stated last night at a meeting of…

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Technical Pupils Learn Russian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 3

A Russian course limited to fourth-year students has been introduced into the curriculum at Newcastle Technical High School…

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Musical Treble to Schoolmaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 4

Three of the four sections in the A.B.C.'s Australian composers' competition were won by Mr. Arnold Mote, senior master of music at…

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Bad Ventilation at Junction School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 2

More windows for cross-ventilation of classrooms were needed at the school, said the Headmaster of Junction School (Mr. E. L. Maguire) at…

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New Technical School Wanted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 4

The vital need for construction of a technical high school building in Newcastle will be placed before the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron)…

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Charlestown School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 6

A report to the Charlestown Parents and Citizens' Association stated that money is available to purchase a projector for the school, and it was decided…

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Telephone for Lambton School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 13

Because the school was situated on the outskirts of the suburb, Lambton P. and C. Association has decided to make an…

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Want N.E.S. Telephone For Infante' School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 6

Waratah Infante School's Mothers Club has decided that, as the aid post at the school is no longer manned, an application should be…

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School Milk Vendor's Complaint to Heffron

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 5

A contractor supplying milk to schools in the Newcastle and Lake districts told the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) in Newcastle today that he did not see how he could continue as he was working on a profit of three farthings a gallon…

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School Cricketers For Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 15

A representative cricket team of Newcastle primary school boys will visit Sydney and play against a combined Sydney primary team at Moore Park tomorrow…

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Thanks and Requests Mr. Heffron Inspects Lake Macquarie Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

THE USUAL requests for school improvements were varied by thanks for work started or approved when the Minister for Education (Mr…

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"Revolting Orgies" at Auburn School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Almost nightly youths and girls broke into North Auburn public school to indulge in "revolting orgies," said Ald…

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High School for Lake Mr. Heffron Views Sites

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Alternative sites at Belmont and Charlestown for the proposed Lake Macquarie High School were discussed during the tour of Lake schools by…

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Need for Reserve of Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 7

If married women, formerly school teachers, in the Newcastle district were induced to return to the service, they should be retained in…

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Tasmanian Schools Close; No Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 4

HOBART, Friday.—Because of a serious shortage of teachers, 11 more Tasmanian schools have been closed, the Minister for Education (Mr…

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Relief Teachers' Pool Urged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 2

Formation of a permanent relieving staff for schools in Newcastle district is advocated by the President of Tighe's Hill Parents and…

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