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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1949

1,007 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 51

"Practice" School At Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 2

Waratah Public School will be a practice school for students from Newcastle Teachers' College. The Deputy Headmaster (Mr. H…

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High School Boys At Council Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 6

Welcoming a contingent of Newcastle High School boys to Newcastle City Council meeting last night, the Lord Mayor (Ald…

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Junior Tech. High School Prize List

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 9

Good prospects of expanding the training scheme for boys between 15 and 16 years were forecast by the headmaster of the Newcastle Junior Technical School (Mr. R. J. Stove) at the speech night held in the City…

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Migrant Triplets Find School Easier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

The triplets came to Australia two months ago in the liner Georgic. With their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Bayley, and their brother,…

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More Students, Fewer Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 2

There would be 100,000 more children in the schools in the next five years while the number of teachers entering the service was…

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Teachers' College Athletics

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 2

A lengthy sports programme, arranged by the Athletic Club of the Newcastle Teachers' College for its first annual athletic…

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Teachers in the Making

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 April 1949 · page 4

These Newcastle Teachers' College students were watching events at the college's first athletic carnival at No. 1 Sports Ground…

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Marks Point School Plan Approved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 April 1949 · page 6

Plans for a new school submitted by the Department of Education were approved by Marks Point Parents and Citizens' Association…

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Schools Adopt Softball in Victoria

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 April 1949 · page 8

MELBOURNE.—The greatest advance Softball has made this season in Victoria has been the official adoption of the game…

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Maynard Heard Jockey Call As Schoolboy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 6

MERVYN MAYNARD, who rode his first winner when Paragon won the Flying Handicap at Wyong on Saturday, wanted to be a jockey…

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"Strike" Threat At Wyong School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 2

WYONG, Sunday.—The withdrawal of the 283 scholars from the Wyong Primary School next month is threatened unless repairs to the…

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Seek Inquiry On Communist Schoolteachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Lang Labour Party will ask the Department of Education to investigate the activities of Communist…

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Famous Plane Builders Make "Prefab" Aluminium Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Mon. (O.S.R.): Britain's first three aluminium schools have just been opened in Bristol. They were built by the famous Bristol Aircraft Company—turning their wartime experience of building in aluminium to peacetime use…

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How Boy Spent School-Time Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 10

LONDON.—"I thought he had been going to school all the time," said the mother of a 13-year-old boy, when she was…

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114 Men, 1 Woman At Cookery School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 8

A cooking school in Connecticut (U.S.A.), aspires to become the culinary centre of America. Its student body consists of 114 men—and one woman. All except five of the men…

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Maitland Teachers Commend School Football Decision

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 12

The headmasters of Maitland Boys' High and Marist Bros. School today commended the action of Maitland District Junior League in banning schoolboys from week-end football competitions. The League, decided on the…

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Final Fling of School Break

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 5

It was the last day of the Easter school break for these children in Gregson park, Hamilton, yesterday. They were having a final…

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Ban Schoolboys From Maitland Junior League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 5

Maitland Combined Junior Rugby League decided last night not to allow schoolboys to register for its competitions…

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Schools Reopen

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 2

Thousands of children returned to school today after the Easter holidays. The next school holidays will…

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School Choirs On Radio Still Favoured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 4

Newcastle branch of the Teachers Federation last night rejected a notice of motion that the federation should dissociate itself from…

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