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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1942

776 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 39

Adamstown Rsl Buys School of Arts

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 4

The Secretary of the Adams-town Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. R. Keogh) reported last night that the…

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Draining School Trenches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 5

The Local Government Department could not offer any assistance to Lake Macquarie Shire Council in the dra[?] of air-raid trenches in school grounds,…

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All Public Schools to Have Fires

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY: Children will be warm in departmental schools in NSW this winter, the Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) said to-day…

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All Schools to Be Reopened by End of May

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY: By the end of May every school that has been closed since the war began will be opened, said the Minister for…

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Fuel, But No Grates Fires at Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 2

Although the Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) has announced that £4300 would be spent on fuel and schools would be warmed this winter…

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Suburban and District School Time Lost New Lambton Complaint

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 5

With no news of any amended arrangements complaints were repeated at the New Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association meeting last night about the…

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Maintain Gifts to Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) said to-day that the Department of Education would assume full responsibility for repair…

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Responsibility for Gifts to Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 2

The Education Department in future will assume full financial responsibility for the repair and maintenance of equipment given…

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We.a's Experiment in Education: Week-end School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 2

An interesting experiment, new to Newcastle, will take place on next Saturday and Sunday. The Workers' Educational Association will hold a…

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All One-teacher Schools Reopen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) announced to-night that there were no vacancies in secondary or…

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Current Topics Sandgate's First School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 2

SANDGATE will shortly have its first school. The building is nearing completion, and last night Greater Newcastle Council approved…

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School of Arts Rates Remitted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 2

Since 1940 it has been the policy of Greater Newcastle Council to subsidise Schools of Art to the extent of remitting the amount due for…

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Suburban and District "Breeding Place for Mosquitoes" Mayfield East School Shelters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 5

There was a danger of mosquitoes breeding in water lying at the bottom of the uncompleted trenches since the last heavy rain, Mrs. Gale last night…

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Fewer School Inspections Under New Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Important changes in the scope and method of inspection of schools throughout the State were announced to-night…

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Unfinished Raid Trenches at Mayfield School

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 2

Fearing that stagnant water in partly constructed air raid trenches at Mayfield East Primary school may be a breeding ground for…

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Hard to Raise School Funds

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 6

Difficulties of P. and O. associations in raising funds to allow them to carry on their activities were emphasised at a meeting of…

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Quiet Empire Day in Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 3

Empire Day was observed very quietly in all Newcastle secondary and primary schools to-day. For the first time the children were…

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Wartime Education: School Broadcasts In An Emergency

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 4

A complete emergency radio education scheme, to be brought into use should the necessity arise, was arranged at the annual…

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WEA Students' Week-end School

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 4

Newcastle Workers' Educational Association conducted a week-end school at the National Fitness Camp, Point Wollstoncraft, Lake…

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59 Per Cent. Have Satchels Survey in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 2

Of 10,000 Newcastle school children, 59 per cent. had emergency satchels when a survey was made recently by Mr. J. McLean,…

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