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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1951

890 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 45

Playground Wanted For School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 6

Mayfield West Parents and Citizens' Association decided last night to ask Newcastle City Council to make available a block of…

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14 Pictures Offered To High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 2

Fourteen offers of pictures have been received to an appeal to form the basis of an art gallery at Newcastle Technical High School,…

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Suburban and District Migrant Centre Will Increase School Numbers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 6

Young Wallsend Public School would have about 100 more pupils this year when a migrant centre was established, the Headmaster…

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Schoolgirl Tells Of Drugs And Crime

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.).—A 16-year-old schoolgirl today told a dramatic story of how drugs led her ta a life of crime. Her evidence, recorded on a…

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Schoolboy Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 2

Herbert Baldwin (11), of Brook St., Telarah, fractured his left upper arm when another boy jumped on him while…

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More Land For Junction School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 5

Land to be acquired from the Merewether estate by the Department of Education for the Junction Demonstration School…

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Craft Work For Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 7

1. Students at Newcastle Teachers' College are trained in craft work in preparation for requirements in their future teaching career. Here Arthur McCullayth (Bathurst), Kelton Bruce (Mayfield). Mr. W. E. Wilcox (craft lecturer), Brian O'Hare (Sydney), Howard Ambler (Merewether) and Doug. Lawton (Sydney) examine exhibitions of basket and material weaving and leather and hand-painted articles. 2. Life membership badges were presented yesterday to four members of…

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Pupils Who Cry On Holidays

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 5

The syllabus is so attractive at Newcastle free kindergartens that many pupils cry when then can not attend on holidays. Their enthusiasm is shared by…

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Schoolgirls Run Off To China; Two People Held

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 1

SINGAPORE, June 13. A.A.P.- Reuter.—A Singapore police officer has been flown to Hongkong to intercept six runaway Chinese…

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School Projector

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 4

A sound, film projector and screen worth £250 was received from the Joint Coal Board last week, the Headmaster of Cardiff…

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Milk, Timber for School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 4

A deputation from East Wallsend Mothers' Club told Mr. Booth, M.L.A., at Wallsend on Saturday, that contractors had been found to…

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State Increases Payment For School Buses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Government had decided to increase payments to bus owners operating free bus services to N.S.W…

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Around The Schools Parents Advised To Pay Visits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 4

The Department of Education encouraged parents to visit schools and discuss with head masters a child's difficulties or abilities, Mr. Paul Newling said last night…

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Theatre Concert For Lambton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 4

Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association completed arrangements for a community concert in King's Theatre on July 3. The programme…

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Schoolboys Confess to Drug-taking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, June 14. A.A.P.—A state investigation into the drug traffic heard a junior high school student relate yesterday how he and his classmates took drugs during lessons in New York City…

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High Teacher's Appeal Upheld

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY.—An appeal by a high school teacher, who was convicted and sentenced to three months' gaol for…

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Police Protection For Schoolgirls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 4

Girls at Wickham School were in danger from undesirables on the nearby waterfront, it was claimed at last night's meeting of…

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'Morgue Colours' Used To Paint Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 2

Australian schools were usually painted the colour of police stations, hospitals and morgues, the President (Mr. H.. Hollis) told Newcastle…

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Mayfield School for Sub-normals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 2

The President of Newcastle Sub Normal Children's Association (Mr. R. K. Lowe) said yesterday that parents who wished to send their…

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Two Classrooms For Belmont School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 6

Two portable classrooms, with verandahs, being built in Belmont Boys' School ground, would relieve congestion the Headmaster (Mr C…

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