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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1942

776 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 39

Junction School Arp Working Bee Cancelled

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 4

Junction School Parents and Citizens' Association to-day cancelled arrangements made for Darents to build concrete aprons…

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Minister to Call for Report A.R.P. Protection in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) said in Newcastle yesterday that he was calling for an immediate and comprehensive report on A.R.P…

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Current Topics ... Holidays for Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 2

SPEAKING at Maitland yesterday the Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) said there would be the usual Easter school holidays—Good Friday…

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Shelters for School Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 6

Sir,—Shallow or open trenches are not much use, and will serve only to give the children a pretty bad scare, to say the least. Tunnels…

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Parents Get Milk for Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 2

The successful conclusion of a long battle for the distribution of free milk to school children was one of the achievements mentioned…

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A.R.P. in Schools Mayor Criticises Centralisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 4

Criticising the lack of protection against air raids at Newcastle schools, the Mayor (Ald. Young) complained at a meeting of the…

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Schoolboys' Help in Harvesting

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (OSR): An unlimited number of schoolboys will be needed to help gather in the most vital harvest in Britain's…

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Seek Shelters for Lambton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 5

Rain had retarded the digging of trenches et Lambton School. The Headmaster (Mr. A. P. Goodenough) told Lambton Parents and Citizens'…

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Junction School ARP Work

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 4

Parents of children attending the Junction School, assisted by members of the Building Trades unions, will commence making…

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Lambton School Trenches

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 4

The Headmaster of tho Lambton School (Mr. A. P. Goodenough) reported that parents had been making good progress with the…

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Lambton School Building

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 4

At a meeting of the Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association last night it was stated that two classes had been placed in the old…

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Teachers Aid War Effort

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 2

Male members of Newcastle Teachers' Federation have volunteered to assist in tabulating the information supplied by residents in answer to…

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Trenches Wanted at Hamilton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

While the work undertaken by the Department of public Works to provide school trenches is recognised, it was stated yesterday that in the…

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Wait No Longer Junction School to Do A.R.P. Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 4

Parents of children at the Junction School have come to the conclusion that if air raid protection is to be provided at the school the parents…

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Gaol For 2000 Norwegian School Teachers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (AAP): More Hum 2000 school teachers have now been arrested in Norway, states a Swedish newspaper…

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Precautionary Measures Discs, Satchels for Schoolchildren

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 2

The identification discs issued to schoolchildren and the Suggested satchels containing various articles Were purely precautionary measures,…

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Raid Precautions Parents Form Working Bee At Junction School

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

Members of the Junction School Parents and Citizens' Association to-day began building reinforced concrete aprons round the windows…

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Special School for Vdc Leaders

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: Teaching VDC leaders to become touch in methods and expert at guerrilla tactics is the object of a special training…

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Working Bee at Junction School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 5

About 35 men responded on Saturday to an appeal for assistance to help construct concrete aprons around windows at Junction out under the supervision…

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Lambton School Protest

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 4

To receive a protest against the use of a condemned building at Lambton School by two classes of young children, Mr. R. Cameron,…

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