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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1954

1,050 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 53

Record for Schoolgirl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 10

Beverley Bainbridge, a 14-year-old swimmer from Home Science High School, set a new record for the 55 yd. butterfly…

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Schools Column

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 8

First and second year students of Newcastle Teachers' College will begin practice teaching at schools in the district on Apr. 22, the principal (Mr. G. Duncan) said today. MR. DUNCAN said it…

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Big Plans For Hamilton School Fete

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 5

Hamilton P. and C. Association has begun arrangements for a continental fete at the end of September…

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At Evening School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 4

It was not all work at Hamilton Evening Continuation School last night. Here, Mrs. A. Dick, of Hamilton, and Mrs. P. Andrews, of Adamstown, chat as they continue their basketmaking…

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Letters To The Editor Teachers Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 4

"NOT FOOLED" ("N.M.H." 7/4/54) has made an unjust attack on teachers in general…

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Sport Honour To Mayfield East School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 14

Mayfield East won the Newcastle primary schools' A grade cricket competition, which ended last week…

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Around the Schools Building Contracts For Classrooms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 6

Several classrooms are being built. Among these is the building of an eight roomed wooden block at New…

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Warrior School For Marines

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 5

LONDON (O.S.R.): Britain's sea soldiers—the Royal Marines—are training the "triphibious" warrior at a small school on the south coast of England…

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More German Schools in Drive for "New Blood"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 6

BERLIN (Reuter): East Germany will increase the number of her universities and colleges to 46 this year to overcome a shortage of academic new blood in industry, agriculture and science. According to a survey…

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Theft At School Affects Pupils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 5

The theft of metalwork tools worth £40 from Plattsburg school last mouth had seriously affected the work of…

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Accident Insurance Plan To Cover School Pupils

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 7

An accident insurance plan to cover students attending schools colleges in the Newcastle district will become operative next week, the manager of the Commonwealth General Assurance Corporation Ltd. (Mr. H. J. Bignell) said today…

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Trip To England For Schoolgirl

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 6

Anne McKenzie, a 14-year-old Adelaide school girl, is a passenger in the Adelaide Star, now in Newcastle Harbour. With her parents, Mr. and…

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Heffron's Hope On School Tender

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 7

The Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) advised Toronto R.S.L. sub-branch that he hoped tenders for the…

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Letters To The Editor Teachers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 2

FOLLOWING on recent correspondence in your columns on teachers' salaries, the members of Newcastle…

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Letters To The Editor Teachers' Pay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

THE wild criticism of teachers by "Not Fooled" ("N.M.H.," 7/4/'54) smacks something of the lashing out…

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Schoolboys' R.L. Match

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 16

The under nine stone school-boys' Rugby League match between Newcastle and Illawarra, originally set down as the early…

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Letters To The Editor Teachers' Salaries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

A SURVEY conducted by the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation in the third school term of 1953 reveals that the…

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Cows Stray To School Ground

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 4

East Lambton Progress Association will ask Ald. Richley to request the Chief Health Officer of Newcastle City…

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£188 Sought For School Spending

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 4

A total of £188 was suggested for expenditure of the ensuing year by Merewether P. and C. Association last…

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Teachers' Salaries And Their Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 8

An outline of salaries at present being paid to schoolteachers and the salaries sought in new claims was given today by the president (Mr. J. Grady) and honarary secretary (Mr. W. Davies) of the Newcastle Teachers' Federation…

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