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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1953

922 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 47

Ice Cream, Soft Drink At Holiday "School"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: "School" will resume a little early for some Sydney schoolchildren next Monday, but after school is out the youngsters will sit down to ice cream and soft drink—as a reward. The children are…

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Schoolboy Dies In Road Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Harry John Taylor, 15-year-old schoolboy, of Hawkesbury-road. Westmead, was fatally…

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U.S. Teachers for Britain

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 4

Sixty - two American teachers arrived at Southampton to spend a year teaching in British schools…

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School For War Brides

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

TOKYO, Jan. 5. A.A.P.- Reuter.—A school for Japanese brides and fiances of Australian servicemen is to be…

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"Rigged" Races At "School"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two races will be "rigged" at Randwick within the next few days. But they will be…

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S.P. In Schools At Broken Hill

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: A minister said today that the law in Broken Hill was held in such contempt that he believed schoolboys conducted their own two-up and S.P. betting…

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Body Nuder School Room

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 9

TOKIO.—While playing tag with classmates in a Tokio school a 14-year-old schoolboy hid under the…

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Refresher Course For Primary Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 6

The Area Director of Education (Mr. D. Drake), representing the Minister for Education and the Director-General of Education, will officially open a refresher course for 150 primary school teachers at Newcastle Teachers' College on Monday morning…

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Teachers Lose Jobs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 A.A.P.—Seven teachers who refused to answer school officials' questions about possible…

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Noumea Pupils in Exchange

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday:—Two boys from Noumea (New Caledonia) are on their way to Sydney via Newcastle to take part in probably the first exchange of secondary school…

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Avalanche Kills Schoolboy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

GRAZ (Austria), January 11. A.A.P.—An avalanche crashed down and buried two schoolboys at Rettenberg…

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Teachers Become Public for Educational "Refresher"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

One hundred and thirty teachers went back to school today—as pupils—and voluntarily. They attended classes at the Newcastle Teachers'…

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2 Teachers Aged 50 As Pupils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 2

Two of the 130 teachers who are pupils in a week's refresher course which began yesterday at the Newcastle Teachers'…

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Meeting Called On School Of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 4

A public meeting will be held on February 9 to discuss future activities of Toronto School of Arts…

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Headmaster For Belmont High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 4

Mr. S. Schofield, former Deputy Headmaster at Cowra High School, had been appointed Headmaster of…

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No Room In Schools For Infants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 5

Many children of school age in the Coal Point and Blackalls areas could not be enrolled this year because…

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Grandmother Goes Back To School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

EAST LANSING (Michigan), Tues. (A.A.P.).—Mrs Augusta Lynch, who spent 20 years helping her five…

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W.E.A. To Discuss Care Of High School Pupils

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 8

The first Workers' Educational Association class of 1953 will be of special interest to parents of children about to enter high school. Mr. R. W. Harland will conduct a series of talks…

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Infants' School For Blackalls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 5

The Education Department will start an infants' school at the Blackalls Park Pavilion if accommodation can be…

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Teachers Divided on Strips

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday.—The annual conference of the Australian Teachers' Federation, after a two-hour debate, failed…

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