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Hunter Valley · Schools

Schools, 1942

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Alison Public School

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

There will be a working "bee" at Alison School on Saturday next to construct an air raid shelter. Mr. Jim Fuller, school master, states that…

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Fell From Ladder. Mishap at Public School

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 4

Shortly after lunch on Wednesday. Keith Knight (19), son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knight, was injured when he fell from a ladder at the…

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Working Bees at Schools

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

The Chief Warden, Mr. Box, is in receipt of the following message from Mr. Holt, of the Newcastle control:…

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Trenches at Kurri School

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 3

KURRI Friday.—Although the response for volunteers to dig troches at Kurri Public School inst week-end Was small, the band of…

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No Trenches in W.m. School Grounds

Maitland Mercury · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

The headmaster of the Junior Technical school, West Maitland, Mr. H. Peake, pointed out to-day that in view of the extremely…

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A.r.p. Activities in the Schools Working Bee To-morrow Afternoon

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 5

Slit trenches are being constructed at local schools. These will be sufficient to accomodate the children in case of…

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Kurri Public School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 1

Since the vacation, the Government's plan for supplying free milk to children attending departmental school has been extended to include…

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Kurri School. Air Raid Shelters

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 6

A small band of workers gathered at Kurri Kurri Public School at the week-end and commenced digging air raid shelters. The workers, who…

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Cessnock High School No Response for Protection Assistance

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 1

The usual monthly meeting of the Cessnock High School Parents and Citizens Association was held on Wednesday night, 18th inst., and the…

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Schoolboy Fatally Injured Struck By Truck

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 1

A schoolboy was fatally injured, and another is in Maitland Hospital in a serious condition as the result of an accident on…

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Singleton News Trenches at the Schools

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON Monday.—Trench digging was the form of recreation adopted by many residents of Singleton over the week-end,…

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Italian in Greek Schools

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 4

LONDON March 1. — The Italian news agency says it has been decreed that all Greek secondary schools must teach…

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70 Men Line Up for Digging Trenches Fine Work Done at the Schools

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 March 1942 · page 2

Very fine work was done at the schools on Saturday last. Some 70 men lined up for digging, and the necessary trenches are well…

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Evacuee Pupils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 1

To-date we have 125 more puplis than we had last year, and 70 odd of these are evacuees. Most evacuees come from Newcastle and the parents…

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Antiene and Grasstree Pupils

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 1

Several pupils of the Rural School live at Antiene and Grasstree, and these pupils have to return from school in the midday train south. The…

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District Rural School Notes Patriotic Carnival

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 1

We thank the parents, children and teachers for their donations in money and goods for the Rural School stall at the patriotic carnival on Friday…

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Air Raid Trenches at Schools

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 1

A[?] stated under the heading of School Notes elsewhere in this issue local miners and other citizens did a big job of work on Saturday when…

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Hospital Dance. School of Arts, Friday Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 2

In order to augment the funds of the Brentwood Hospital Women's Auxiliary, a dance will be held in the School of Arts on Friday night next…

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School Trenches Getting Ready

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 2

Saturday saw more work done in trench-making at Dungog Public School and the Convent School. Employees of Wallarobba Shire and of…

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APPEAL Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts ESTABLISHED 1862, and Now Nearly "On the Rocks"

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1942 · page 1

We call for help. It is wanted immediately and needs to be continuous and not spasmodic. For 80 years this Institution has done splendid…

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