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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1942

776 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 39

New Lambton School Site

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 2

Members of the East Lambton Progress Association last night were unanimous in the decision to assist the New Lambton…

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Bus Trouble Makes Boys Late for School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 2

Because buses on a privately conducted route from Catherine Hill Bay did not always connect with the Transport Department's…

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Suburban and District New School Building Sought at Belmont

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 5

Belmont Urban Area granted a request from Belmont Parents and Citizens' Association to cooperate in an effort to obtain a new school…

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Want School Reopened Payne's Site Not Favoured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 2

By 12 votes to 7, Greater Newcastle Council decided last night to cooperate in a move for the reopening of the former New…

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Central School Site Wanted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 4

Sir,—The arguments by Ald. Dunkley regarding the New Lambton School site are as puerile as those of Mr. Delves. Ald. Dunkley speaks…

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New School to Instruct Air Trainees

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA.—Incrensed numbers of modem, high speed bombers and fighters are now in Australia, and the commonwealth…

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School Site Regent Pk. Wins Long Duel

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 2

Against the opposition of seven aldermen, Greater Newcastle Council decided last night to make Regent…

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Schoolboy Soccer Team's Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 6

Mr. Stanely Allanson, who coaches the Merewether under 14 schoolboy Soccer team, hopes to achieve the hat trick with his promising…

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Singleton Teachers Seek Salary Revision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—Singleton branch of the Teachers' Federation disapproved of any claim for an increased salary, war loading…

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Cold Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 4

Sir,—Despite Mr. Evatt's promise this year that there would be no complaint about winter warmth in schools, the children are doing a…

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Mayfield School's Wireless

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 3

The extensive wireless installation at the Mayfield West School will be officially opened by Ald Shaw at the [?] on August 12. Loud speakers have…

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Air Marshal Learned Tactics in Hard School

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Air Chief Marshal R. M. Drummond, DSO. MC. the man responsible for stopping Rommel's drive on Alexandria,…

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Schools in Parks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 2

The superiority as a school site of Regent Park over Payne's Paddock had been so strongly represented by Now Lambton residents…

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Air Raid Warnings in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 2

That schools be zoned, the telephone in the school selected as [?]one centre declared essential, and the headmaster of that school advise the…

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Toronto School Helps Rubber Salvage Campaign

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 2

On being informed last night that children attending the Toronto School had collected a cartload of rubber, the Lake…

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High School Boys for Fitness Camp

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 6

The Headmaster of Newcastle Boys' High School (Mr. Mearns) told the Parents and Citizens' Association last night that preliminaries for the 36th…

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Sydney School Girls' Mobile Canteen

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: On behalf of 4000 girls of Sydney High School, Mr. Ralph Bond, Chairman of the Council of the Royal…

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High School Boys For Farms: Parents Cautious

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 2

A suggestion that organised assistance by high school boys should be arranged in such work as shearing, fruit picking…

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Boolaroo School Of Arts Annual Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 3

Failing health was the reason given by the Secretary of the Boolaroo School of Arts Mr. H. V. Nettle for tendering [?] resignation at the annual meeting…

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Boolaroo School of Arts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 5

"I am now in my 83rd year, and I feel that it would be better if a younger man took over the responsibilities of the job," Mr. H. V. Nettle…

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