Says Builders Unreasonable On School Work
SYDNEY, Thursday.—An ambitious school building programme in city and country areas was being held up because contractors were not…
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Schools, 1947
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Rail Concessions for School Holidays
Children's 6d railway tickets (for single or return journeys) will be issued in the autumn schools vacation, from Friday to Monday, May 19,…
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SYDNEY.—Delegates at the annual conference of the Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations today unanimously decided to protest to…
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Three students wearing masks try to enact the three witches from "Macbeth." They were photographed at the Old Vic. Theatre school sponsored by the Joint Council of the National Theatre and the Old Vic, in association with the Arts Council…
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NEW YORK, Monday: Australia had much to learn in the provision of modern, school buildings, said N.S.W. Director of Education (Mr. J. G. McKenzie) after a survey of U.S. schools. Mr. McKenzie was greatly impress[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Musket, Loaded For 50 Years, Wounds Schoolboy
DETROIT, Tuesday.—A blast of shot from a 75-year-old musket, loaded 50 years ago, critically wounded David Beatty (11)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Lost" Boy Took Job At Riding School
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Robert Austin Slater, 12, of Cressy-road, Ryde, for whom police in Sydney and Lismore had been searching since…
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Extensive improvements and renovations to Lake Munmorrah Public School had been authorised, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron)…
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Thirty aboriginal girls from the Native Workers' Training College at Singleton will visit Newcastle next Saturday night at the invitation of…
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The reason for the delay in the erection of a new school at Adamstown was the inability of the Government Architect to complete plans…
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The Railway Department has announced the running of additional trains for the reopening of schools on Tuesday…
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SINGLETON, Thursday.—An agricultural high school will be built in the Hunter Valley, but the position has not been determined…
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A puppet theatre would be purchased for the school, the Mayfield East Mothers' Club decided at the last meeting. The club had a credit…
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Warner's Bay Parents and Citizens' Association decided at its last meeting to ask the Education Department to provide a portable room…
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"In a campaign for "a new deal for health," the Health Committee of the N.S.W. Federation of P. and C. Associations…
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[?] the Lambton School, the Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association last night decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jesmond Parents Bar Shed Classes; Pupils At Home
Parents of most of the children in two classes at Jesmond Public School yesterday, refused to allow the children to 90 to school. Only…
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Newcastle Boys' High School Parents and Citizens' Association will ask the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) to authorise repairs to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain Cancels School Sport
Mr. S. Delves, President of Newcastle P.S.A.A.A., said all P.S.A.A.A. secondary schools sport, set down for to-day, both fifth-year and third-year…
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Faces were not as bright as on Monday, when schools resumed yesterday. Boys at Newcastle East Public School (top) expressed the spirit of the morning. Lower left: Jimmy Carruthers gets back to work. Right: Dianne Bowles, Wendy Townsend. Judith Sharp…
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