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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1950

1,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 56

Schoolboy Stole 3d From Pocket

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 3

LONDON.—The problem of the boy of 12 who stole threepence from another boy's jacket pocket came before Finchley…

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1000 New Teachers This Year

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY.—Nearly 1000 new pupil-teachers would be available during 1950, Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) said…

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Schoolgirl Paid For Protection

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1

ROCKFORD (Illinois), Wed. (A.A.P.).—Two girls aged 12 and 13 were handed into custody of the juvenile…

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Police Stop Schoolgirls' Racket In U.S.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 4

ROCKFORDI (Illinois), Jan. 5. A.A.P.—Two girls aged 12 and 13 were handed into custody of the juvenile authorities after they had…

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Grade Cricket Star Weaker In School Games

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 8

Walter Wellham, 16-year-old Belmont player and most promising bowler in Newcastle District Cricket Association first grade competition,…

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Move For School At Gateshead

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 4

The Newcastle Trades Hall Council will meet a delegation from the Gateshead Progress Association as soon as possible…

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Chinese Teacher Deported

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 6

HONGKONG, Tuesday (O.S.R.) : A Chinese headmaster of a large school here has just been…

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Intruders Put Ink On Floors At School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 4

The Headmaster of Newcastle Junior High School (Mr. R. K. Scott) reported to the police that staff rooms had been broken into…

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Government May Import Prefab. Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—To meet increased enrolments of schoolchildren in 1950, the Government is considering importing…

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Transfer Homesville School Of Arts

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 5

The offer of the trustees of Holmesville School of Arts to vest the property in the Lake Macquarie Shire Council was…

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Stoves for Plattsburg Central School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

Heating stoves had been ordered for soldering irons in the manual room at the Plattsburg Central School, the Minister for Education…

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Two Maximum Leaving Passes At High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

Newcastle Boys' High School gained two maximum passes—by Robert Williams and Gordon Brown—at the 1949 Leaving Certificate…

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Teachers Ask For £100M For Education

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 3

HOBART, Thursday.—The Australian Teachers' Federation conference to-day passed a resolution urging the Commonwealth…

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New School Site For West Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 3

The Department of Education advised Northumberland County Council yesterday that it would consider acquiring a new school site…

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Camp For Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

AT TEACHERS' NATIONAL FITNESS SCHOOL—Keith Cowan, of Ratherwood School, offers Joan Carey, from Abermain Public School, the salad at their first camp meaL First camp chore for Althea Williams, of Cardiff Infants'…

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De Luxe Camp For Young Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: In a camp de luxe—with hot showers, refrigeration, excellent meals and comfortable beds—120 young schoolteachers are spending part of their summer vacation in a National Fitness…

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Army life for schoolboys

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 7

THE ARMY CAMP at Ingleburn has been partly taken over by 800 cadets from, schools and colleges all over New…

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Marriage "A School" in Art of Living

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

Marriage was a school in which people learnt the art of living together—an art which no one had completely mastered, said Rev. R…

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Nature As A Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

In these days when "scientific research" is accepted as a magic key to the future, when "progress" is measured so largely in…

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Schoolboy Anglers Had Good Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 3

School holidays are bad times for fish. Roy Newans, Billy Bell, Sid Lawrence, Warren Smith, Mervyn and Allan Smith gloat…

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