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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1945

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"Use Coutts Home As Teachers' Hostel"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 6

USE of the Coutts Memorial Home as a hostel for women teachers has been suggested by Newcastle Housewives' Association as a…

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Relief Staff of Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 11

It was time something was done to provide a relieving staff of school teachers in Newcastle, said the president of Tighe's Hill…

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Elimination Of School Trams "Shocking Step"

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 4

Cancellation of special transport services for school sporting activities was described last night by Mr. W. E. Stauffer, president…

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Coutts Home As Teachers' Hostel

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 3

Newcastle Housewives' Association has a use for the Coutts Memorial Home, which Newcastle Hospital Board has been unable to open as a temporary maternity block because of staffing difficulties. The association suggested at a…

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War Before School Needs at Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

Members of the Parents and Citizens' Association of the Waratah Public School last night wished each other "a merry Christmas" and a…

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A.b.c. Concerts for Newcastle Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 6

The District Inspector of Schools (Mr. J. W. Mann) has been advised by the Australian Broadcasting Commission that the Sydney Symphony Orchestra would give two school…

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After School Play Centres Open

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 8

Three after — school play centres were opened in Newcastle yesterday and will be available to children for the…

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One Tap for Pupils at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

Hamilton Parents and Citizens' Association was told that only one drinking tap was available for children. Lavatory accommodation was…

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Traffic Near Waratah School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 4

No funds were in hand for reconstruction of Coolamin-road, Waratah, the Town Clerk (Mr. Wells) advised the Secretary (Mrs. W. J. Power) of…

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Suburban and District Books for Stockton School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 4

Advising Stockton Parents and Citizens' Association to buy books for the school library from private owners, the Headmaster (Mr. R. H. Dixon) said…

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"Central Most Robbed School"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

Describing the Central Junior Technical School as the "most robbed school" in the district, the Headmaster (Mr. R. Stove) told the…

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"Trams for Races None for Schools"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

"It is wicked that special trams to carry children to swimming baths and playing areas have been eliminated while trams are running to…

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Central School Staff Reduced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

Staff shortages were responsible for the school being slow in getting under way, said the Headmaster (Mr. R. Stove) at Central Junior…

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Tram Restrictions Kept At School Today

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 6

Decision of the Transport Department to cut out special trams for the transport of school children to sporting areas resulted in hundreds of children who would normally haev gone swimming spending most of this afternoon…

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School's 20 Robberies in Two Years

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 6

As further evidence why a caretaker should be provided by the Department of Education at Central Junior Technical School, the Parents and Citizens' Association will inform the Minister that the school was robbed five…

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Council Will Protest Ban on School Trams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 2

Greater Newcastle Council Health Committee will protest against the ban on special trains for school-children. The Commissioner for…

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Facilities Lacking at Hamilton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

In this small, asphalted yard (top) half the girls of Hamilton school spend their playtime. The rest play in Gregson…

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Plattsburg Rural School Protest on Trams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 3

Plattsburg District Rural School Parents and Citizens' Association at Wallsend criticised the Transport Department's discontinuance of trams for school…

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— The Letter Box — Teachers' Salaries

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 6

The Education Department pays its temporary married women teachers, who have come to its assistance in difficult times, the…

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For Better Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 6

THE Minister for Education, Mr. Heffron, the other day outlined a scheme for postwar improvement of the State schools which might…

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