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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1950

1,114 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 56

Flowers for the Teacher

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

Twelve-year-old Ruth Riley was all smiles on her way to Newcastle East School this morning with an armful of pretty flowers for her teacher…

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Danish Marriage School Gives Love Helping Hand

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 15

COPENHAGEN, Thurs. (O.S.R.): Couples who now say: "Let's get married as soon as possible" may, at some time in the future, say instead: "Let's get married as soon as we can get our marriage school certificates." A marriage school—believed…

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Musicale To Aid Mayfield School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 12

A musicale in aid of St. Columban's Catholic School, Mayfield, will be held in the local school hall next Sunday at 2.30…

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Schools For Toddlers—And Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 6

Sixty-nine new pupils, aged from two and a half to four, this year are attending three kindergarten schools in…

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Church Schools "Tending To Be Class Schools"

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

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Rev. D. Hyde told the Methodist conference to-day that he deplored the tendency of church schools to…

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Inter-city High School Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 10

Newcastle secondary schools played Sydney High School at cricket yesterday. Two sides of the game are seen as E. Rodgers,…

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Suburban and District Flute Band For Boolaroo School

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

Boolaroo school is to have a flute band and 48 flutes are to be purchased. This was decided by the Parents…

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Portable School For Argenton

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

The provision of double portable schoolrooms has been authorised for Argenton school site, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron)…

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Cessnock School

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

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Substantial additions would be made to Cessnock High School, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron)…

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Sunday School Flying Squad For Absentees

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

LONDON: Within seconds of a boy or girl being marked down as an absentee at one Sunday school, a note is on its way to the parents asking them to say why their child cannot attend…

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Parents Seek To Lynch Teacher

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 5

ROME, Fri. (A.A.P.): An angry mob of mothers and fathers tried to lynch a 40-year-old school teacher at…

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New School Sought At Kurri

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 4

Members of Kurri P. and C. Association at the annual meeting decided to seek support from organisations of the…

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Bowlers Have Good Day in School Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 12

Due to the fine bowling of G. Sutcliffe, who took seven for four in the first innings, Hamilton beat Carrington outright in the City…

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Girls' High School P. and C. Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 3

A credit of £78 was reported at the annual meeting of the Girls' High School Parents and Citizens' Association. Expenditure for the…

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Two Combined School Swim Carnivals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

Swimming will play a major part in school sport this week. To-day the combined Primary boys and girls' schools will hold…

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EDITORIAL The Needs Of The Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

COMPLAINTS about the condition of the schools greeted the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) on his visit to Newcastle yesterday, but the blame for many of the deficiencies…

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Work On School "Not Done"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

Work authorised at the Newcastle Central Junior Technical School in 1947 had not been done, the secretary of the P…

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Bicycle Racks Urged For Hamilton School

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

Covered bicycle ra[?]s were urgently needed at Hamilton School, the Headmaster (Mr. P. J. Cunningham) told the Parents and…

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New Schools "Should Suit Surroundings"

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

Parents and citizens should not be satisfied with the mere announcement that a new school would be built; they should make sure the…

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Too Much Paspalum Near School

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

Newcastle City Council will be asked to clear paspalum in Robertson and Rogers Streets, near Carrington Public School…

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