Suburban and District Tax Act "Not For Relief In School Costs"
The Income Tax Assessment Act was not the appropriate means for affording relief to parents for extra costs of educating their…
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Schools, 1949
1,007 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 51
At School
When I go to school, I play until the bell rings. Then I wash my hands and get into the lines. Our teacher stands out in front and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tighe's Hill School Of Arts For Library a
The trustees of Tighe's Hill School of Arts had agreed to hand over the building, for a branch free library, the Town Clerk (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Introduces Co.-Ed, Schools In Air Force
NEW YORK, Tues. (O.S.R.): At Lackland Air Force base, near San Antonio, Texas, the U.S. Air Force has embarked on a new and evolutionary coeducational policy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensions Planned for Girls' School
Extensions, estimated to cost £3000, will be made to the Newcastle Church of England Girls' Grammar School, the Architect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New School of Arts for Ourimbah
Permission has been given to build a £3500 School of Arts for Ourimbah to replace the hall burnt to the ground early this year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Around the Schools: Practical Science Slowed By Strike
The traditional Bunsen burner of the school science room has gone out, and practical science lessons at high schools are being upset. STUDENTS of chemistry and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Honours Easy in High School League
GOSFORD, Wednesday.—Honours were easy when teams from Newcastle Marist Brothers' School and Gosford met to-day in the high…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Interstate Schools Sport Cancelled
All interstate sport for schoolboys this year has been cancelled and all inter-district fixtures postponed indefinitely…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nord's Wharf School Site To Be Acquired
Five acres would be acquired at Nord's Wharf for a new school site, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) advised Mr. Booth,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Surplus Labour "Could Repair Schools"
A suggestion will be made to the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) by the District Council of Parents and Citizens'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schoolboy Heroes Of Our Youth
You remember Tom Merry, Harry Wharton, Frank Nugent and, of course, Billy Bunter and his sister Bessie? All of them, except Bessie, went to Greyfrians and St. Jim's Schools. We once read about them in those boyhood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Want Fire Escape At Hamilton School
Hamilton School P. and C. Association has been trying for more than three years to have a fire escape provided for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gosford School Wins League Semi-Final
GOSFORD, Sunday.—In the semi-final of-the University Shield Rugby League competition, which is open to all schools in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Teachers Form League To Oust Communists
A Teachers' Anti-Communist League has been formed "to reform the Teachers' Federation from within, by amending the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schoolboy King of Iraq
King Feisal, of Iraq, now a Harrow schoolboy, meets his uncle, Emir Abdul Illah, the Regent, at London Airport. Emit Illah was in London as the guest of the British Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suburban and District Waratah School Seeks New Weather Shed
The Department of Education will be asked to demolish the weather-shed at Waratah Public School and to build a new shed with provision…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lambton Move for New School
Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association will ask the Minister or Education (Mr. Heffron), through Mr. R. Cameron, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bolton Point Seeks Access to School
Bolton Point-Marmong Parents and Citizens' Association will ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to form an approach to the driveway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firms "'Dislike" School Jobs
Firms were reluctant to tender for school repairs and renovations because of the length of time that elapsed before they were paid by…
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