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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1949

1,007 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 51

Cessnock High School Sports

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 3

On Tuesday a party of Conterbury High School boys will be entertained by Cessnock High boys at a social and dance in…

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School Ban Sought On "Oliver Twist"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, June 3. A.A.P.—A suit has been filed in the State Supreme Court to try to force New York public schools to ban Charles…

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Big Bonus Paid To Schoolboy Baseball Star

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 1

CHICAGO, June 3. A.A.P.—An 18-year-old schoolboy has received a bonus, believed to be about £15,625, for signing a…

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School to Ask Coal Board for Grant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 4

Newcastle Central Junior Technical School Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to ask the Joint Coal Board to grant…

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Stories From the Classics School's Last Class

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 5

ALSACE, on the borders of France and Germany, has barley had time to judge, during history, whether it was French of…

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East School Tuck Shop Profit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 4

A profit of £11/8/3 for the month on the tuck shop was reported at a meeting of Newcastle East Parents and Citizens'…

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Furniture Needed In School Library

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 5

Because the Department of Education had not yet provided furniture for the school library the Newcastle Central…

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Repairs For Stockton School Yard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 6

The Department of Education had ordered repairs and additions to the aspnalt portion of the grounds of Stockton Public School,…

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For Women... Handicraft School For Country Women

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 5

A handicraft school for members of rural branches of the Country Women's Association will begin at the Seaside Home, Merewether, early in July. The Secretary of the home…

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Football Carnivals for Schoolboys

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 15

Newcastle P.S.A.A.A. has arranged for representative teams to take part in three football carnivals at the end of this month…

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Around The Schools: Gowrie Bursaries to Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 5

From thousands of applications from students throughout Australia, two of the 16 Gowrie Scholarships for 1949 have come to Newcastle. THE SCHOLARSHIPS were…

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Kotara Schools To Get Heater

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 4

A tender has been accepted for the installation of a heating system in the new classroom at Kotara School…

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Lake High School Tenders To Close

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Tenders to build a new high school at Belmont would close this month, the Minister for Education (Mr…

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Central Council May Unify School Sport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 10

A MOVE will be made this afternoon at a conference in Newcastle of representatives from Public School Amateur Athletic…

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Enthusiastic Supporters At School Sports

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 6

Excitement was high in spite of the dull, cold weather for the Home Science High School's annual sports meeting at No. 1 Sports Ground this afternoon. Snapped in the grandstand, Shirley Jarvis and Dorothy Nix (Allunga House) and Jan Saunders (Currong House) cheered on their classmates…

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Letters To the Editor Hamilton North School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 2

AS PRESIDENT of Hamilton North Parents and Citizens' Association, and a mother of a pupil attending the school at Hamilton…

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Home Science High School Sports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 8

Girls from Newcastle Home Science Girls' High School cheer their favourites at the school's annual athletic carnival at the…

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School League Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

"Following the introduction The Newcastle School Rugby League games set down for to-day are cancelled, because of the school…

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Cross Roads School To Open July 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 4

Two portable schoolrooms erected at the Cross Roads were waiting for roofs, the Secretary (Mr. F. E. Manuel) told Cardiff West…

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Want Bridge Before School Opened

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

New Lambton Progress Association is to ask Newcastle City Council to provide a footbridge over a stormwater drain…

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