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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1945

880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 44

"Pushed Into Background" O'Reilly on Cricket in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 2

"Cricket is being pushed well and truly into the backgrounds in schools," said Mr. W. J. O'Reilly, Test cricketer, at West Maitland on…

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Schools May Close For Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 6

Teachers wishing to attend the education conference in Newcastle on June 13, 14 and 15 will be permitted to dismiss their…

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Scheme To Overcome Teacher Shortage

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY.—The Minister for Education (Mr Heffron) is considering a proposal that he should introduce a Tasmanian scheme into New South…

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School Cricket Decline Explained

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 8

The desire of school children to participate in sporting activities, rather than to look on was one factor behind the fact…

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Empire Day in the Schools Pupils in Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 4

Forty-three years ago the Earl of Meath determined to bring home to all schoolchildren the significance of the British Empire to encourage…

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Teacher Nearly Swooned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 2

"NAME some famous men of other days," a teacher in a district primary school asked. A dozen hands were lifted…

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Cook's Hill School Wants Wireless

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 6

To raise funds for a wireless' installation, Cook's Hill Parents and Citizens' Association will hold a pet and dog show in July, a social, a…

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Cook's Hill School Wants Radio Set

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 6

Cook's Hill School P. and C. Association last night discussed a number of functions to raise funds to buy a radio set for The school…

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Empire Day At Cook's Hill School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 5

The headmaster (Mr. W. A. Schuemaker) told members of the Cook's Hill P. and C. Association last night that arrangemeits had beei made to…

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Boys' High School Speech Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 8

The annual speech night of Newcastle Boys' High School will be held in the City Hall on Friday. It will be attended by the Director of…

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Cook's Hill School Repairs

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 8

Headmaster of Cook's Hill School (Mr. W A. Schuemaker) told members of the P. and C. Association last night that a splendid job was…

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Victorian Teachers Threaten Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Unless they are given an independent tribunal by the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) Victorian Government school…

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Teachers Support Returned Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 2

Newcastle branch of the Teachers Federation, on the motion of Mr. W. E. Gollan, will inquire what is the federation policy on repatriation…

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£1,100,000 Raised by Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 2

The Teachers' Federal War Service Auxiliary had raised £1,100,000 for war service appeals, Mr. W. Davies, representative on the…

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Want Release of 1100 Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 2

A campaign to press for remedies to overcome the shortage of teachers, inauguarted by the Council of the Teachers' Federation, will, be…

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"Every School Burgled"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 6

"Every school in the district, I think, has been burgled at some time or other," said the president of Newcastle District Council of Parents…

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Adamstown School Mothers' Club

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 6

The Adamstown Infants' School Mothers' Club raised more than £20 from a school concert and sale of goods yesterday afternoon…

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One Way to "Fix" School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 10

When the president of the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations (Mr. W. A. Gibbs) last night told the R.S.L. District…

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Work at Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 7

Sir,—The boys who were seen cleaning the grass and weeds from the front of their school should be congratulated…

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High School Celebrates Empire Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 4

A section of the big crowd of schoolboys assembled at Newcastle Boys' High School Empire Day celebrations. The boys are singing heartily…

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