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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1949

1,007 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 51

Tree-Planting At School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 5

On Friday morning eight Lombardy poplars will be planted on the Union-st, side of Cook's Hill Intermediate High…

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School Sewerage At Belmont

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 6

The contractor was finding it difficult to get steel for reinforcement needed for the new closet blocks at Belmont School, the…

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Around The Schools: Australian Voice "Most Popular"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 5

A class of boys, after hearing a speech delivered in American, Australian, English and Siamese voices, votes the Australian voice the most popular. One of the first experiments in…

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Schools of Arts 'Should Realise Responsibility'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 3

The rapid increase in membership and the growing popularity of the Newcastle City Council's free library branches "should make the…

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Suburban and District School Of Arts At Tighe's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 6

Officers elected at the annual meeting of Tighe's Hill School of Arts were— President, Mr. L. Squires; Senior…

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School Of Arts Loses On Year; Fewer Members

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 4

Newcastle School of Arts had a debit balance of £486/2/11 on June 30, the President (Mr. H. L. Wheeler) said at the annual…

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Schoolboy Breaks Arm

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

Neville Laing, 7, of East Greta, fractured both bones in his right forearm when he fell from a culvert on his way home…

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Conservation Day In Local Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

Eight Lombardy poplars, the first trees to be planted at Cook's Hill Intermediate High School, will commemorate…

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New Cook's Hill High School To Be One Of State's Best

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

Plans for the new Cook's Hill Intermediate High School, to be situated in Union-st., opposite National Park, have been received by Mr. D. Drake (Inspector of Schools). The specifications cover…

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Secondary Schools' Sports

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 6

Winter sports competitions arranged by the Newcastle P.S.A.A A. for Secondary Boys' Schools were continued on Wednesday. SOCCER A Grade: West Wallsend forfeited…

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Hungry Schoolchildren Steal Food, Minister Declares

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: Hungry children at Herne Bay settlement school are stealing each other's food, according to the Rev. R. C. Dempsey, Kingsgrove Methodist Minister. Mr. Dempsey declared: "More…

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Conferences at Night Urged To Help Pupils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 2

Newcastle District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations will be asked to consider urging that educational conferences be…

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U.s. Teacher Visits School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 5

U.S. TEACHER'S VISIT.—Miss Lillian Armstrong, principal of the U.S. Grant Elementary School, Long Beach, California, who visited Junction School yesterday, chatting with a group of boys, including Geoffrey Hole, Brian Walton…

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School Interest In Newcastle Book Festival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 2

Parties of schoolchildren will attend the Newcastle book festival at the City Hall from September 19 to 23…

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U.S. Schools Also Overcrowded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 2

Although the United States had some of the most modern schools in the world, its education problems were similar to those in…

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Newcastle High School Beaten

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 6

KEMPSEY, Monday.—Losing one player sent off soon after half-time and another through injury, Newcastle High School was…

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School Girl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 4

By Maureen Eade, 13, of Bona[?]us-street, Young Wallsend. Ten points…

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Grafton Schools Team To Visit Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 12

A Rugby League team of primary schoolboys will arrive in Newcastle from Grafton next Friday morning to play a series of games in the…

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34M. Pupils for Soviet Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

MOSCOW, August 2. A.A.P.—About 34 million pupils will attend more than 220,000 schools in the Soviet Union this autumn,…

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Schools Of Arts Have "Outlived Usefulness"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 2

Schools of Arts had outlived their usefulness since the Library Act of 1939 was passed. By refusing to transfer to the council, they…

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