Ron Roberts Gave Promise In School Team
Ron ("Lanky") Roberts, Waratah-Mayfield 14-stone centre three-quarter, who has been selected in Newcastle team to play Southern…
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Schools, 1948
772 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 39
Deep Foundations Needed For New School
Because of the difficulty in getting firm foundations, 256 piles were driven from 25 to 32 feet into the ground arid 2ft. into a layer of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High School Football
In the interdistrict High School Rugby League competitions yesterday, Cessnock defeated Newcastle High School in the fourth grade by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Radio Players Aid Nursery School
Maitland Town Hall was packed last night when a "Star Parade" was presented by Hal Lashwodd and "Mo" (Roy Rene) in aid of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recorder Band at Dudley School
Children of Dudley Public School have a recorded band of 70 players. The children, whose ages range from 8 to 12 years,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Start Catherine Hill Bay School Work
It was expected that work to improve Catherine Hill Bay School and the residence would begin within three months, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Funds To Install School Phones
South Maitland Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations asked the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) to install telephones…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boys Fire Rifles Into Teacher's Home
NEW YORK, Fri. (O.S.R.): Seven schoolboys, aged between 12 and 16, have been arrested in Brooklyn for having riddled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ask Speed-Up Of School Of Arts Transfer
The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) will ask the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) in Sydney on Thursday to expedite the transfer of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schools' Winter Sports
Newcastle District P.S.A.A.A., has arranged for a lull programme of winter sporting competitions for secondary schools tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pupils Have To Sit On Floor
More than half the pupils of classes using the library almost every period of the week had to sit on the floor, the Headmaster of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Deal For Country Pupils Urged By C.W.A.
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A plea for better conditions for schoolchildren in country areas was made by the State President (Mrs. Brooks) at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell at School
Ronald Williams, 13, of Harle-street, Abermain, fell while playing at Marist Brothers' School at West Maitland yesterday. Suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Foundation Flooded
A fire engine, pumping 1000 gallons of water a minute, was used yesterday to pump out 500,000 gallons which flooded the deep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To Editor School Conditions at Toronto
During Centenary Week, I visited Toronto Public School and was surprised at the conditions under which pupils and teachers work,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Teachers Want Say On Art
The Cultural Centre Committee will be asked to allow two representatives of the Newcastle Teachers' Federation to sit on the Centre…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Regard Schools As Sanctuaries"
Schools should be looked upon by motor vehicle drivers as sanctuaries where the utmost care should be taken, the Secretary of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri School Repairs Lessen Rat Nuisance
It was reported to Kurri Kurri Parents and Citizens' Association that the rat nuisance at the school had been considerably checked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Urge Speed-up Of New High School
The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) will be asked by Kurri Kurri A.L.P. to expedite the establishment of a new high school at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Levelling Grounds At Merewether School
Levelling of Merewether Public School grounds would be started soon, the Minister for Education (Mr. R. J. Heffron)…
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