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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1949

1,007 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 51

Presentation for Mayfield Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 September 1949 · page 3

Mr. W. Barnes, who has been a voluntary Sunday school teacher at Mayfield Undenominational Chapel. Dull-street, for 18 years, has…

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School Gets Table and Press At Last

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 September 1949 · page 3

After two years of agitation and representations a table and press had been provided at Hamilton North School, the…

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Piano For Lambton Primary School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1949 · page 4

Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to assist with the purchase of a piano for the primary school…

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Suburban and District Infants Problem At Redhead School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1949 · page 4

Redhead Progress Association would be asked to give the names, ages and addresses of children not known to the teacher, to add to the…

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Compulsion Denied On School Of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1949 · page 2

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) last night denied that "someone in the council" had attempted to have an Enabling Act passed to…

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Tenders Soon For Kahibah School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Tenders would be called for a kindergarten school at Kahibah as soon as possible, the Minister for Education…

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Alteration In School Bus Service Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 4

New Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association decided to ask the Department of Transport for a seven-minute alteration in the…

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Boys' High School Presents Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 5

Newcastle Boys' High School last night presented a choral and dramatic concert in Legion House. The programme consisted of…

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Lakeside Schools Hold Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 3

Lakeside schools held a combined sports carnival at Speers Point park yesterday. Top: A group of the children who took part…

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School Cricket Ground Cost £510

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 4

The cost of preparing arid maintaining 15 turf cricket pitches for schools on the council's grounds at New Lambton Oval, Mitchell Park…

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Most Expensive School Is For Bad Boys

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 11

LONDON: The thoroughly bad boy is the lad who gets the most expensive education these days— he's almost in the public school class when it comes to cost…

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Electric Clock Presented To Junction School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 6

The deputy-president of the Junction School Parents and Citizens' Association (Mr. E. Edmunds) has given an electric…

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Boys' High School Annual Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1949 · page 5

The Newcastle Boys' High School annual fair and gala night will be held in the school grounds at Waratah on Oct. 7…

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School Teachers to Form Club

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 2

Approval has been given to teachers of small schools to form [?] originated during the recent…

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Gosper Lowers Two High School Records

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Newcastle High School runner Kevan Gosper lowered a 30-year-old record in his heat of the 100 yards at the…

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Flood Loss Aid Sought For Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 2

Newcastle branch of the Teachers' Federation last night decided to ask the Education Department to reimburse teachers for flood…

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Teacher Lectures on Deafness

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 5

Newcastle branch of the Australian Association for Better Hearing heard a lecture last night by Mrs. B. Bateman, who is in…

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Around the Schools Schools To Feature In Health Week

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 8

"You don't have to be sick. Be more health conscious," is the slogan which is the essence of the objectives of Newcastle's Health Week, which will start on Friday, September 30…

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Teralba School of Arts Transfer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 7

At the annual meeting of Teralba School of Arts it was decided that the officers should continue in office till the hall and land was…

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Query On Communism Among Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner), in the Legislative Assembly to-day drew the attention of the…

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