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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1948

772 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 39

£79 Credit in School Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

Newcastle East School Parents and Citizens' Association would begin the year with a credit balance of £79, said the Headmaster…

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Girls' School Swimming Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 6

St. Aloysius Girls' High School, Hamilton, held its swimming carnival at the Ocean Baths yesterday. The picture suggests there…

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Preparing Plans For New School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

Sketch plans are being prepared for the new Cook's Hill Intermediate High School. Mr. Hawkins. M.L.A., said…

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Invite Old Hamilton Pupils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

The Headmaster of Hamilton School (Mr. P. J. Cunningham) hopes former students will visit the school during the New South…

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Spent £235 on Jesmond School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

More than £235 was spent on Jesmond School in 1947 by the school Parents and Citizens' Association, the Secretary (Mrs. E…

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School Floor "Dangerous"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

A wooden classroom at Jesmond School had windows which could not be opened and a floor dangerous to walk on the Headmaster…

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Fire Hazard in Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) thinks that the installation of fire extinguishers generally in Newcastle…

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Schoolchildren Crowd Ocean Baths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 6

More than 3000 children from Newcastle schools crammed into the Ocean Baths for a swimming carnival yesterday afternoon. Top: Home Science girls waiting to enter the baths. Below: K. Mckay, of Central School, in No. 2 lane, wins the Intermediate…

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School Working Bee At Kotara

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 3

A working bee at the school had protected the grounds from the effects of wet weather by digging drains around the area, the…

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Fair Provided for School Stage Needs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 4

A fair held in July by the Girls' High School P. and C. raised £105 towards £108 needed to alter the stage and purchase…

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Schoolboy Hikers Safe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Monday.—Four schoolboy hikers for whom police began a search this morning, arrived at Katoomba this afternoon…

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Convent School Swimmers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 5

(Left): Barrackers cheer on their schoolmates at the combined Convent Schools' swimming carnival. (Above); Pam…

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Teachers Fail In Text Book Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 2

All teachers but one at Newcastle Junior High School agreed that text books were more important to the progress of the children at the…

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Merewether School Gets Radio Set

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 3

The main achievement of Merewether Parents and Citizens' Association during the year was the installation of wireless equipment…

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Court Rules Against Religion In U.S. Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 3

WASHINGTON March 9. A.A.P.—The Supreme Court ruled that religious training in public school buildings was…

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Schoolboys Off to Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 6

These four Newcastle schoolboys have been selected for the New South Wales team which will compete in the schoolboys' cricket carnival in Melbourne this month. Left to right: J. Smyth, R. Harvey, A. Vaughan and T. Burke leaving Newcastle in yesterday…

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School Library Aim For Centenary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

To celebrated the centenary of education in Australia, Junction Parents and Citizens' Association hoped to found a reference and…

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Pictures Given To Junction School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 3

A the annual meeting of Junction Parents and Citizens' Association) last night, the Lord Mayor (Ald. H. D. Quinlan) gave the…

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£1105 For School Since 1940

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 3

Mayfield East Parents and Citizens' Association has spent £1105 on the school since 1940. This was announced at the…

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New Library For Junction School

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 4

An up-to-date library of reference books and classical and semiclassical fiction will be established at Junction School…

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