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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1945

880 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 44

Girls' High School Ex-students

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 6

At the first committee meeting this year of the Newcastle Girls' High School Ex-Students' Union, Miss Weddell. the new headmistress,…

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Build Swimming Pools in Schoolgrounds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 8

Playground swimming pools are advocated by Mr. J. J. A. Walker, Headmaster of Waratah Public School, as a postwar development…

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High Award for Dancing Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 8

Miss Jessie Brownlie, Newcastle teacher of dancing, has been informed by Miss Frances Scully, organiser in Sydney for the Royal…

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American Games Ousting Others at School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 8

American ball games are gaining popularity with Newcastle schoolchildren. The games include softball and volley-ball. Their…

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Night School Passes in Intermediate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 9

Pupils of the Hamilton Evening Continuation School, who sat for individual subjects at last year's intermediate certificate examination,…

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Lake Macquarie Teachers Active

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 4

In his annual report the Secretary (Mr. C. V. Northam) said that in two years the membership of the Lake Macquarie branch of the…

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Teachers Complain of Accommodation Rates

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: Teachers in many country towns were forced to pay up to £3 a week for accommodation when their fortnightly salary amounted to…

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Aldermen Find School Filthy Action Sought For New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

In a week-end inspection of New Lambton School premises, to which 12 classes of girls and boys have returned after three years'…

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Teachers Criticise High Board Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.—It was stated at a meeting of the Teachers' Federation that teachers in many country towns were forced to pay up to…

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Criticism of School's Condition

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 4

Conditions at New Lambton school were inspected by members of the Parents and Citizens' Association and…

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New Lambton School Work Might Take Three Months

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Work on New Lambton School might take up to three months to complete after a contract, was signed, said the…

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School Robbed 21 Times

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 8

The sixth case of theft from Central School Broadmeadow, since November occurred last night—15 tennis balls and six cricket balls being…

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Suburban and District School Library at Mayfield West

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 4

Mayfield West School now possessed the nucleus of a fine library, the Headmaster (Mr. D. F. Millar) told the Parents and Citizens' Association last night…

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"Pleasure To Teach In School Now"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 2

It was a pleasure to teach in the Junior High School since it had been renovated, said the Headmaster (Mr. R. K. Scott) at the Parents and…

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£30 for School Library

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 4

Votes of £25 for general purchases and £5 for the purchase of special reference books were made for the school library by Mayfleld West…

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Trams For School Sporting

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 4

Newcastle Technical High School's Parents and Citizens' Association will support the protest against with-drawal of special trams to transport…

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Junior High School Swimmers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 3

The top of the diving tower afforded a grandstand view to this happy group of schoolboy spectators at the Junior High School's swim ming carnival today at the Newcastle Baths…

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"School Caretaker Job for Digger"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 5

Adamstown Returned Soldiers' League decided, after an appeal by the Treasurer (Mr. W. Hamilton), to cooperate with the Parents and…

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"Like School Vacated by Japs"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

Greater Newcastle Council will ask local members of Parliament to meet a deputation at New Lambton School to inspect the "shocking condition in…

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Move N.e.s. Structures From School Grounds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) said in the Legislative Assembly that he was just as anxious to get rid of…

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