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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1942

776 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 39

Ready for School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 3

K. Edden gives particulars to Mr. B. Farlow at the enrolment at Newcastle Boys' High School yesterday, in preparation for the opening of school to-day…

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No Official Guidance Schools Open for Enrolment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

No school in the district received instructions from the Department of Education to open for enrolment or for school lessons, the President of…

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V.d.c. Gas School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 5

A gas school for non-commissioned officers of the 5th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps will be hold at the Drill Hall Brunker…

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New Lambton School Attendance

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 5

The headmaster of the New Lambton Public School (Mr. E. L Maguire) advises that the enrolment at the school was high…

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Teachers Receive Fire Control Instruction

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 5

Approximately 250 teachers from the Newcastle district attended the Hamilton Girls' School yesterday for the second series of lectures…

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Instructions for Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

Headmasters and headmistresses of schools in the Newcastle district have received instructions from the Education Department…

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170,000 Children Back at School

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY.—More than 170,000 children attending State schools in the Metropolitan Wollongong-Port Kembla and…

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More Schools to Get Free Milk

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY.—The Government was extending its free milk scheme to many more schools in Sydney and Newcastle, Mr…

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New Lambton School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 6

The Headmaster of New Lambton Public School (Mr. E. L. Maguire) reported that plans for the evacuation of children from the district had had…

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Primary Schools Feel Evacuations Most

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 4

Schools resumed yesterday. The effect of voluntary evacuation of many children from the Newcastle district was most noticeable in…

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Wider Scope For Public Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 2

LONDON. January 16 (Air Mail): Mr. C. W. Hallward, head-master of Clifton College, England, thinks there should be more…

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Big Maitland School Enrolment

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 4

More pupils are attending the Marist Brothers School in West Mattland to-day than ever before in its history. The total…

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Dig Own Trenches in Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The biggest working bee in the history of the State is envisaged by the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) in…

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Preferred Bed to School; Grew 12 Ins

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 8

LONDON, January 16 (Air Mail): A 12-year-old schoolboy who persisted in lying in bed every morning till he was late for…

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Free Milk Plan for Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 7

SYDNEY: A dally free drink of milk for 50,000 school children has been arranged by the Minister for Education (Mr. Clive Evatt)…

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School Precautions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

Sir,—It was announced by the Minister for Education in December that for the last week before the Christmas vacation, school attendance was…

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Shelter for Schools and Homes Progress Council's Concern

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

The question of suitable air-raid shelters for homes and schools was discussed at the annual meeting of the Council of Progress…

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Free Milk for More Schoolchildren

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The extension of the scheme to supply free milk to schoolchildren was foreshadowed to-night by the Premier (Mr…

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Dig Trenches at Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for N.E.S (Mr. Heffron) said that the response to his appeal last night for working bees to dig…

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Working Bees at Schools To-day Teachers and Parents to Dig Trenches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 2

Working bees of teachers and parents will begin to dig slit trenches for the protection of pupils at all Newcastle schools this morning. The…

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