Presentation to Teacher
Miss Mina Forbes, who retired recently after 27 years on the staff of Hamilton Public School was given a…
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Schools, 1954
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State Policy Sought On New School
The Newcastle District Council of the Parents and Citizens' Associations will ask the Minister for Education…
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Two more teachers had joined the staff of Newcastle Conservatorium, the Principal (Mr. H. F. Lobb) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boys Hurt In School Open Final
Two members of the Hamilton team which played Merewether in Newcastle District Cricket Association school…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Teacher Saves Schoolboy
A fully-clothed schoolteacher dived into the Ocean Baths yesterday to rescue a Newcastle Secondary Junior…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Children who left school last year appeared to have been absorbed on the labour market without any noticeable effect on employment, Mr. Holt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Sport Increases
The number of teams and children competing in Newcastle P.S.A.A.A. competitions last year increased by 40 per…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Election Of School Captain
JUNCTION Demonstration Schoolboys today held a preliminary ballot to prepare for the annual election of school captain on Friday. The elections are conducted on the lines of State parliamentary elections. Pictured are (L. to R.) Brian Cogan, Dennis Fitts and Tim Smythe (poll clerks), Roger Freney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swoop On Schoolboys Working In Sideshows
Dozens of promising Show careers ended suddenly today when Child Welfare officers swooped on many sideshowmen employing schoolboys. The names of all boys…
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SWASS—Newcastle Boys' High School Welfare and Social Service Committee—at its annual meeting today decided to give £20 from its funds to the flood victims appeal when it is opened…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cook's Hill School Toilets Criticised
Cook's Hill Intermediate High P. and C. Association is to make further representation to the Director-General of Education asking for immediate action to have toilet blocks…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Around the Schools Children Given Day Off For Show To-day
Most schools in the district are closed to-day for Newcastle Show, but some on the outskirts of Newcastle Area of Education will be open. The Newcastle Area…
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Four Newcastle students who have just passed the Leaving Certificate examination have been awarded scholarships to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. They are Katherine…
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Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Teralba Methodist Sunday School Committee are:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Ban On Clothes Not Opaque "Herald" Service
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—Chicago schools have threatened to expel girl students who wear tight sweaters, transparent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LETTERS To The Editor Infants' School
FOR the past 12 months the Education Department has For the past 12 months the Education Department has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Little Lamb That Goes to School
ERNESTINE WAS A LOST LAMB when her mother deserted her at birth. But fortunately for Ernestine, she was found by schoolchildren of the nearby Devonshire village of Nossmayo. The children adopted the lamb, housed her in a hut outside the school—and got their teacher's permission for Ernestine to stay by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Bus Changes
The District Superintendent of Government Transport (Mr. W. Owens) yesterday announced the following changes in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Village School Vanishes
SYDNEY, Friday.—A school at the village of Coffee Camp, near Lismore, has disappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutchmen Used School Map To Cross Oceans
Using only a school atlas and a gyro compass, four Dutch seafarers in search of a Garden of Eden reached Newcastle in their 26ft. yacht this morning after a "week of…
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