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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1942

776 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 39

Snow Camp for School Pupils

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A 1200-acre site in the snow country of the Australian Alps has been selected by the Minister for Education (Mr…

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Boys' High School Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 4

In our report yesterday of the Newcastle Boys' High School Parents and Citizens' Association meeting, Mr. Schrader stated that the…

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Seven Schools Still Lack Adequate Air Raid Shelters

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 2

No action has yet been taken by the Government to provide adequate air-raid shelters for the large number of children attending Newcastle Junior High, Hamilton, Adamstown, Merewether, Junction and Lambton public schools,…

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Current Topics Protect School Windows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 2

THE question of shatterproofing school windows was being reviewed, the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) has advised Mr. Booth…

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Boys' High School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 4

Sir,—As a parent I regard with misgiving the lack of sufficient air-raid shelters at Newcastle Boys' High School. Although there are…

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More Women Teachers to Be Recalled

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: About 500 women teachers who resigned from the Education Department on their marriage have been brought back…

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Search for Teacher

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Missing nice Thursday afternoon, when he drove his car out of Young, William George Jones, 38, schoolteacher, is…

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At Pre-school Age Immunisation Urged by Doctor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 2

Concern was expressed yesterday by the Medical Officer of Health in Newcastle (Dr. van Someren) at the small number of…

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Minister Promises Help New Lambton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 2

The Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) has promised to ask the Federal Government to erect temporary school buildings at New Lambton…

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School Shelters at Cook's Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 5

The Headmaster (Mr. J. Berry) said at a meeting of the Parents and Citizens' Association last night that shelters for the protection of pupils at…

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Diphtheria Campaign "Use Hospital Clinic If You Have Missed School Immunisation"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 3

Health authorities arc gratified at the number of pre-school age children who have been taken for treatment to the anti-diphtheria clinics in Newcastle schools. Skin tests in the school clinics ended to-day and parents are now…

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School Site Opposed Temporary Buildings at New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 2

A proposal that Regent's Park, New Lambton, should be used as a site for a temporary school building was strongly opposed by the Chairman…

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NEARLY 1000 TREATED School Immunisation Campaign

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 2

Response to Greater Newcastle Council's diphtheria immunisation campaign could be regarded as satisfactory, the Chief Health…

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Demolition Squad School to Start

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 2

The Chief Warden for Lake Macquarie(Mr. J. W. Webb) to-day asked for applications from men in his NES area who wished…

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Standard Lunch Hour for Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 2

A standard lunch hour for Newcastle secondary schools will be sought by the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations…

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School Trenches at Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 4

The cooperation of the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Hamilton Knight) in providing Government assistance for the…

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Toronto School Presentation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 June 1942 · page 5

Mrs. S. Elkington, who was cleaner at Toronto Public School for 20 years and who resigned, was given a presentation at the school on Saturday…

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School Class in Weathershed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 5

That small children were exposed to the cold when being taught in a weather-shed, while the renovation of a building which could be made a…

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Lambton School Complaints

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 3

Lambton Parents und Citizens' Association last night decided to ask Mr. R. Cameron, MLA, to assist in expediting the…

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Sewing and Manual Work Classes at Lambton School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 June 1942 · page 3

A complaint by members of the Lambton Parents and Citizens' Association last night, that 133 girls at the school were given a…

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