Land For School At Plattsburg
The Department of Education had agreed to buy land for a public school at Plattsburg, the Minister for Education (Mr…
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Schools, 1950
1,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 56
Two Schools Wantonly Wrecked by Children
SYDNEY: Damage estimated at more than £600 has been caused at Riverstone and Quaker's Hill Public Schools in one of the worst displays of wanton vandalism by children ever experienced in Sydney. Yesterday Detective-Sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schoolboys Collect Blisters Gaining Forestry Experience
Nine city schoolboys who forsook sunny beaches for a life in the great outdoors during part of their vacation have collected a crop of blisters, aching backs and sore muscles as well as practical experience in fire fighting—but they have no regrets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Officials Go Back To School
TOKYO, Jan. 16. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Eight thousand ageing Japanese civil servants have gone back to school at General MacArthur's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Cricket Team For Sydney Chosen
The school vacation team to play a combined Sydney A. W. Green team at Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday, January 25, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stiff Opposition To School At Rabaul
RABAUL, Tues. (A.A.P.).—The Planters' Association of New Guinea and other groups in Rabaul have cabled the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meals At School For U.K. Children
LONDON.—The Ministry of Education has started a campaign to convince parents that school dinners are best for their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Help For School Library Sought
Cardiff West Parents and Citizens' Association will ask for help from the Lake Macquarie Shire Mobile Library to augment the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schoolboys' Forestry Camp
SCHOOLBOYS AT FORESTRY CAMP.—The Forestry Commission of New South Wales, in conjunction with the Education Department, is at present conducting an instruction camp at the Wallaroo State Forest near Raymond Terrace. The camp was open to boys attending high schools throughout New South Wales and attracted a large number of pupils from high schools in Sydney. The boys are paid award rates while in camp and at the same time are given practical instructions in all branches of activities covered by the Forestry Commission. At top left: The chief forester at the camp (Mr. W. R. Scott) explains how to identify trees to a group of students. They include Tony Standard (Hurlstone…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shortage Of Desks In Schools
SYDNEY: Unless more desks are made, a number of the 23,000 children who start school on Jan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Site for a Medical School
Newcastle is the local location of a second medical school, already urgently needed to relieve congestion at Sydney which the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Forestry Camp Success
SYDNEY, Monday.—The first school forestry camp at Wallaroo National Forest, north of Newcastle, had been a success, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Wins in School Cricket
Waratah-Mayfield 130 (J. Thompson 63, B Hamilton 28; B. Hines 5-43) defeated Stockton 97 (K. Wilkinson 33, D. Murphy 26; D…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letter Box Denominational Schools
"Aquinas" uses the timeworn device of misquoting. I did not suggest "that minorities should be victimised" and would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extra School Bus
On school days, starting from next Tuesday, an extra bus will leave Cardiff South at 8.38 a.m. for Cardiff school…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overcrowding "Inevitable" In Some Schools
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Overcrowdin and inconvenience a some schoolrooms would be inevitable able in this year's record school…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inter. Passes For Newcastle High Schools
SYDNEY: The names of students successful in the Intermediate Certificate Examination at two Newcastle schools were announced by the Department of Education today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Miracle" In Providing For Record Crop Of Pupils
SYDNEY: "Something approaching a miracle" had been achieved in providing classrooms, teaching staff and school, furniture for this year's record school enrolment, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) claimed today. "However, there will be some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crippled Children Flogged In School
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 25, A.A.P.—Swedish newspapers accuse the 59-year-old headmistress of a boarding school in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Lambton School Enrollments
Children in the New Lambton and Adamstown Public Schools who are being transferred to the new school at New…
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