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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1950

1,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 56

Schools' Sports Win For Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 5

Muswellbrook High School pupils, who were the guests of pupils of the Cook's Hill Intermediate High School on Thursday and yesterday…

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Abo. Schoolchildren "Just As Bright" As Whites

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: Aboriginal children were just as bright in their school work as white children and in some cases brighter, the retiring Headmaster of La Perouse Public School (Mr. William Chapman) said today. Mr. Chapman, who has had…

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Pupils In Big Schools "Card Entries"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

Pupils in very large schools were merely card-entries to the teachers, the Headmaster of Newcastle Central Junior Technical School…

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Last Day Of Schools' Cricket Games

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 8

The second day's play in the secondary schools' cricket competition to-morrow will complete this section of the competition. The…

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School Gets Chairs After Three Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 2

Eighty-two chairs applied for and approved of in November, 1946, had recently been delivered, the Headmaster of Newcastle Central…

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School Auxiliary At Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 3

A ladies' auxiliary was formed to help Stockton Parents and Citizens' Association. Officers elected were-President, Mrs. Gray;…

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Free Turkeys For School Lunches "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 8

NEW YORK, April 3.—American school children will soon be eating free turkey dinners at the expense of American taxpayers…

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Fire Escape Need At School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 6

Measurements were taken yesterday by Education Department officers for the installation of a fire escape at Hamilton Public School…

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Council Values Site Sought For Catholic School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 2

A valuation of £500 for 100 feet of land in Gregson-avenue, May-field West, was made by the council's valuers, the Town Clerk (Mr…

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Williamtown War School To Be Expanded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 3

The formation soon of air portability and parachute training wings at Williamtown School of Land-Air Warfare will, it is claimed, make…

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Suburban and District £100 Voted For Jesmond School Library

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 6

Jesmond Parents and Citizens' Association last night voted £100 for the school library, including supplementary readers, and £25 for…

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School Address System Plan For Carrington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 8

Carrington Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to start a fund for a radio and public address system…

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'Antediluvian' Radio System In School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 5

The existing radio and public address system at Carrington Public School was antediluvian, the headmaster (Mr. K. Partridge) said at a meeting of the Carrington P. and C. Association last night…

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Projector Sought For Hamilton School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 4

Because it was suggested that the only suitable place to install a projector for Hamilton School was in St. Peter's Hall,…

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Schools' Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 10

All schools, technical colleges and the Teachers' College will close tomorrow for the Easter holidays and will resume next Wednesday. The headmaster of Newcastle…

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Around the Schools: Private Education Important, Too

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 8

Private schools served an important purpose by helping to circumvent the danger of education becoming nationally uniform, the Principal of Newcastle Teachers' College (Mr…

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Wednesday Sports Day for Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 10

Wednesday is sports days for most schools. Judith Watkins, of Belmont (right) lashes at the ball at Cook's Hill school sports. At…

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Parents Spent £240 On Nulkaba School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 4

Nulkaba Parents and Citizens' Association spent £240 in the 12 months, providing school requirements. Its credit was £36…

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'Good Deed' Day For School At Gateshead

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 2

Yesterday was "good deed" day at Gateshead, where 22 residents spent the afternoon clearing land for a proposed school…

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Stove for School Before Winter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 3

A new modern heating stove for he Heddon Greta school would be installed before winter, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron)…

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