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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1948

772 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 39

New Plattsburg School Planned

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 4

A new school for Plattsburg was planned and an early start on the building was anticipated, Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., told…

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EDITORIAL School-Leaving Age

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 1

TO THOUGHTFUL CITIZENS who have pondered the question of education's relationship to the increasing sum of knowledge the comments of the Headmaster of the Newcastle…

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Suburban and District More Pupils For Plattsburg School Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 4

Plattsburg Parents and Citizens Association decided last night to ask Mr. D. Drake, Inspector of Schools, to have defined a geo…

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£20 for Carrington School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 4

Carrington Parents and Citizens' Association voted £20 to buy books for the school library. Proceeds of all fixtures held this…

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Minister's Promise On School Ground

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 5

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron), replying to a complaint by Hamilton North School P. and C. Association…

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For School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 4

In a personal canvass, approved by the Headmaster, Mrs. George Cremor has raised £20 for the library of Carrington Public School…

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Free Soup For Wickham Schoolchildren

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 2

FROM Monday, schoolchildren from Wickham School will receive free soup in their lunch-hour. The Newcastle City Mission,…

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Country League To Organise Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The New South Wales Country League intends bringing every school in the State into its schools competition…

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After School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 4

WE HAVE a playground at the end of our street and when school is over and we come home and get changed, my mates and I…

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Merewether School Gets Projector

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 3

A visual education projector has been bought by Merewether Parents and Citizens' Association for £35…

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Off To School In The Rain

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 2

TO SCHOOL IN THE RAIN. Graham Sargent escorts Barbara Riley and Leyland Martyn to school in the rain in Bolton-st. this morning…

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Schoolboys' League on

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 8

Three representative schoolboys' Rugby League games will be played at Newcastle Sports Ground on Monday as "curtain raisers" to the match…

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New School Sought For Marks Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 4

Marks Point Parents and Citizens' Association will urge the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) to grant an early priority for the…

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Teachers From Armidale At Junction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 2

Eleven students from Armidale Teachers' Training College who had begun the practice teaching section of their course at the Junction…

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Warner's Bay School In Danger Of Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 4

Warner's Bay Parents and Citizens' Association will ask the Department of Education, through Mr. Booth, M.L.A., to repair or replace…

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Teachers Start Practical Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 4

Eleven students from Armidale Teachers' Training College are engaged in the practice teaching section of their course at Junction…

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Deputation to M.L.A On School Repairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 3

Tighes' Hill Parents and Citizens' Association will ask Mr. Hawkins, M.L.A., to meet a deputation to discuss repairs to the school…

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Film Record For Junction School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 4

After the meeting of The Junction School P. and C. Association the headmaster (Mr. E. L. Maguire) gave a…

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Canteen Trust School Plan For Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 3

A scheme laid down by truistees of the Services' Canteen Trust Fund, to provide educational aid to children of deceased…

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French Crisis On School Aid Averted

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 3

PARIS, Fri. (A.A.P.): Threat of a new Cabinet crisis over Stare aid for private and church schools has been averted. Government coalition parties…

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