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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1951

890 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 45

Lord Mayor To Visit Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 4

On Empire Day, next Thursday, the Lord Mayor (Aid. Purdue) will visit three district schools to preside at Empire…

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School Or Resting Paddock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

Newcastle City Council and the Northumberland County Council have disagreed on whether part of the council's…

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Evening School At Plattsburg Soon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 4

Plattsburg School had nearly finished arrangements for evening classes, the Headmaster (Mr. R. Thomas) told the Parents and…

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Proposal For Extra School Holiday

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Schoolteachers in the Newcastle district should be given a holiday on Sydney's next Six-Hour Day to make…

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League Games To Pick School Team

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 8

Trials will be held at No. 2 Sports Ground to-morrow to select a Newcastle primary schools' Rugby League team to meet Sydney in the…

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Baths Concession For School Groups

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 2

For the weekly school sports visits, children could use the Ocean Baths for a 1½d concession admission, the Lessee (Mr. J. Stewart)…

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Undesirable Men "Annoy Schoolgirls"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 2

Undesirable' men were annoying the girls at Wickham Home Science School, Mrs. R. Benson said last night…

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Fire Escape At School Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 4

Newcastle District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations will appeal to the Board of Fire Commissioners to help in getting…

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Bus For Valentine Schoolchildren

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 4

Arrangements are almost complete for the running of a special bus for schoolchildren from Valentine to Warner's Bay School…

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Junior Technical School "Filthy"

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 5

The Newcastle Secondary Junior Technical School was in a filthy condition, Mr. F. Hind said last night…

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School Bus Robbed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 3

DJAKARTA, May 20. A.A.P.-Reuter —An armed gang held up a school bus and robbed children and teachers of their belongings,…

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Amplifier System For Catholic School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1951 · page 3

The installation, which provides for an amplifier system for each classroom, was opened by the parish priest (Rev. Father J. J. Coady)…

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Speed-up Urged On School Needs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) will be asked to speed up work for levelling the playground at Waratah Boys' School and…

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High Schools Shine In Public Speaking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

Students from Newcastle Boys and Girls' High Schools won all prizes in the Royal Empire Society's public speaking competition, which finished…

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League To Build School Teams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 6

The Schools Committee would be re-constituted to build up League competitions in schools, Newcastle Rugby League decided last night…

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Farmers Consider Adoption Of Children To Get Schoolteacher

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 3

Residents of the farming district of Putty, 50 miles from Singleton, are so worried about lack of educational facilities for their children that they have even considered adopting several children so that there will be enough for the Department of Education to provide a school teacher…

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Move to Foster Schools' R.l

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 8

There had been an alarm­ing decrease in the number of teams playing the code in third year schools, the senior…

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Ex-Pupils' Reunion At Warner's Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 4

A cake baked for Warner's Bay Public School's Old Students' night on Saturday will be cut by the oldest former pupil present…

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School Soccer Draw

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 10

Because of the withdrawal of all Soccer teams from Technical High School, alterations have been necessary to the draw for to-day…

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School Complaint Over Grounds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 4

Grading of New Lambton South Public School ground was unsatisfactory, members told the Parents and Citizens' Association last night…

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