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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1947

1,083 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 55

Says Jesmond School Repairs Urgent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 2

Telegrams will be sent to the Premier (Mr. McGirr) and the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) asking that repairs be carried out at…

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"Plain Stupidity" Suggested In School Planning

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 2

"I often wonder if we are wasting our time even talking to the Education Department," said the Secretary of Newcastle District Council of…

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Get Coupons For Outsize Pupils Through Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Schoolteachers attended to the details of children entitled to extra clothing coupons because of their height or weight…

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Pay Rise Sought For University Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Sydney University Senate has asked the State Government to bear the cost of proposed salary increases for the…

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Teachers Oppose Raising Of Cash In Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 2

A decision by the Newcastle Teachers' Federation last night may affect the raising of funds in schools for the War Memorial Cultural Centre…

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Islington School Vote

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 5

Islington Parents and Citizens' Association last night decided to hold a baby show on May 3, at Islington School…

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Suburban and District Plattsburg School Fete

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 5

The Mayoress of Greater Newcastle (Mrs. Quinlan) will open a fete, organised by Plattsburg Parents and Citizens' Association, in the Masonic…

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Teachers To Help University Move

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 3

The Newcastle Teachers' Federation will support both locally, and in Sydney, the move for a university in Newcastle…

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Lay-by System For School Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 8

For the Mothers' Day gift stah to be held by the Women's Auxiliary of the Technical High School on May 8, a lay-by system of purchase…

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Temporary Teachers "Mushroom"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 4

One in eight teachers and one in four of women teachers were temporary, the organiser of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation…

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Library Scheme Planned For Lambton School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 2

Following a report by the headmaster of Lambton School (Mr. A. P. Goodenough) that there were only small library facilities…

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Big Increase In School Soccer Teams

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 11

Feature of the P.S.A.A.A. winter sports competitions, which begin tomorrow, is the big rise in the number of Soccer teams…

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Teachers Won't Raise Money For Cultural Centre

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 5

The decision of the Teachers' Federation in Newcastle to refuse to raise money in the schools may prove a serious obstacle to…

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1791 Players in School Sport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 12

One hundred and sixty teams, comprising 1791 players, will compete in Newcastle P.S.A.A.A. Secondary Schools' winter competition which…

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School Concert At Wallsend

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 15

There was a large attendance at the Wallsend Masonic Hall last night when the P. and C. Association conducted the annual school concert…

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V2 Bomb Emptied Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Absenteeism in schools around Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale reached record proportions this morning when the V2 rocket bomb, being transported to Sydney for display for the Third Security Loan, was due to arrive…

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Savings Drive In The Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 7

To publicise the sale of 6d. savings stamps and to encourage the thrift habit among the boys and girls of this State, the…

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Schoolboy Football Begins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 10

The accent was on action in this match yesterday between Maitland and Technical High under 5st. 7lb boys at Islington Oval. Schoolboy football began in Newcastle yesterday…

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Suburban and District Wallsend School Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 5

A bright programme was presented by pupils of Wallsend School and local artists at a concert organised by the Parents and Citizens'…

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Music Teacher Awarded £175 Over Grand Piano

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: A music teacher, who claimed £250 damages for a breach of warranty in respect of a grand piano, which, she alleged, had…

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