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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1948

772 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 39

Vic. Bowlers Leave: School Sports

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 6

Top: Victorian bowlers who left Newcastle by T.A.A. plane last night for Brisbane to continue their tour…

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School Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 8

Australian Rules Primary Schools competition matches played yesterday resulted: Wickham 3-5, 23 d. Newcastle East 3 goals. 18, Islington…

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Exhibit Hobbies at School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 3

A wide range of interests will be covered by the second annual hobbies exhibition at West Maitland Public School on August 24…

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N. Lambton School Building Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 7

Greater Newcastle Council will be asked for support in a request by New Lambton P. and C Association for the erection…

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"Wagged" School to Be Jockey

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 4

David Mountford, who rode his first winner on Hisign in the Trial Handicap at Newcastle on Saturday was so anxious to be apprenticed to A. J. Miller that he "wagged" it from school the last two days…

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N.s.w. School Soccer Side Has 3-0 Win

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The New South Wales Under 15 school Soccer team defeated Queensland, 3-nil, yesterday. Scorers were—C…

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Our School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 4

I GO to Lambton School. It is very old and made of bricks. There is a large playground with a lot of children. Last week we…

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Against School of Arts Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 2

Establishment of a full-scale free library in the Newcastle School of Arts building was impossible, and it was doubtful if the State Library Board would subsidise library services there, the New South Wales…

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Soldier's Decoration For Old School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

Mrs. Jeffries, mother of the only Newcastle-Coalfields man to win the Victoria Cross, yesterday presented the bronze medallion and…

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School's 220yd. Record Broken

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 6

TOP: A. Johnson, who (in a heat ) broke the school record for the 220 yards junior championship at Newcastle Junior High school…

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High School Boy Lowers Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 6

K. Gosper lowered Newcastle Boys' High School 440 yards under 15 running championship record yesterday, when the first finals at…

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Schoolboy Athletes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 4

Youthful Junior Boys' High School athletes watch a fellow competitor while awaiting their turn in the broad jump event at their school sports meeting. The essence of smartness is depicted in…

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School Sports Postponed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 8

Owing to the death of a member of the teaching staff (Mr. C. E. Jacobs, the athletic carnival of the Newcastle Boys' High School,…

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Schoolboy Took Gelignite

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 4

A 14-year-old boy who admitted having broken into the magazine of the Wallsend Brick Company and stolen 56 plugs of gelignite,…

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Two Broadcasts Of 'School For Scandal'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — People in the country will have two chances of hearing the broadcast of the Old Vic Company's…

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School Sports Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 6

Newcastle Boys' High School athletic carnival, set down for Waratah Oval to-day, has been postponed till next Tuesday, because…

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Minister Refuses Flyproof Containers For School Milk

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 2

Cook's Hill School P. and C. Association received as unsatisfactory a reply from the Minister for Education (Mr…

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School Of Arts Transfer "For Minister"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 2

The transfer of Newcastle School of Arts to Greater Newcastle Council was a matter for the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) the…

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Press For Booragul High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 3

Parents and citizens' association at Wangi, Toronto and Teralba are pressing for the early erection of a new high school at Booragul…

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N.S.W. Schoolboys Win Second Soccer Test

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1948 · page 8

BRISBANE, Friday. — The New South Wales team of schoolboy Soccer players again outclassed Queensland in the second Soccer…

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