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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1950

1,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 56

Schoolboys' Trial Cricket Match

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: P.S.A.A.A. selectors have chosen a team for a trial cricket match against a Newcastle team at Newcastle on…

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New Lake School Work Started

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 4

Excavation for the new secondary school at Belmont had commenced, the Headmaster (Mr. Jopling) told Belmont Parents and…

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Ground 'Dangerous' At Waratah School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

The playground at Waratah School was "dangerous," the Headmaster (Mr. R. C. Smith) said at a meeting of Waratah Parents and…

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Bus Route Changed for School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

From to-day the 8.57 a.m. bus from Kotara and 8.58 a.m. from New Lambton, from Mondays to Fridays, will operate via route 215…

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Set New Record For Central School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 8

B. Heaney, who broke the school record for the 400 metres open championship at the Central Junior Technical School's…

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School Cricket To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 8

Matches in the Secondary Schools' major competition will be continued to-morrow. Central Junior Tech. has every…

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East Lambton School, Post Office Sought

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

East Lambton residents are keen to have a post office and school built to meet the needs of the growing population…

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£10,000 Win to Teacher

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 9

HOBART: Former P.O.W. and now a Tasmanian school—teacher, 36-year-old Mr. Colin Thorne has won the £10,000…

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£4000 Extensions To Girls' School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 5

Additional classrooms are to be erected in Church-street for the Church of England Grammar School for Girls…

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Migrants Help With School Exhibit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

CHILDREN'S handicrafts and art work from the migrant camps, Chocolate City and Silver City, are among the…

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The New Schoolmaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

The 19th Federal Parliament, with Mr. Menzies as Prime Minister, is to meet to-day…

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Schools' Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 6

School children throughout Newcastle and district will have a holiday tomorrow to give them an opportunity of visiting the Show—one of the events of the year to which they look forward with excitement and…

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614 Teachers In Newcastle Union Branch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

Newcastle branch of the Teachers' Federation had a membership of 614 for 1949 it was reported to the annual meeting last night…

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Collection for Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 5

A public meeting at West Wallsend decided to take up a voluntary collection to defray the legal expenses of Mrs. Taylor, school…

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Around the Schools: Televised Plays For Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 7

Schoolchildren will take a hand in making Newcastle history next month when they come before the arc lights and cameras of television and appear to proud parents on receiving screens in the City…

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Material Short For Kurri School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday—Mr. Booth (Lab., Kurri Kurri) in the Legislative Assembly to-day asked the Minister for Education (Mr…

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Belmont School Opening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 5

A Roman Catholic primary school in Ernest-street, Belmont, will be blessed and opened on Sunday at 2.30 p.m. by Most Rev. Eris…

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Dave Sands Fights For Old Schoolmates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

Dave Sands, British Empire middleweight boxing champion, fought in a tent show at Newcastle Show last night to please former schoolmates. Sands fought a three-round…

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School Swim Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 7

P. Hartcher established a new record of 42.8sec. for the under 15 breaststroke when Marist Brothers' School held its seventh…

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New Lambton South School Mothers' Club

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 9

The main objective of the newly-formed Mothers' Club of the New Lambton South Infants' School which was…

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