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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Schools

Schools, 1942

776 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 39

Schoolboys Dig Trenches at Cook's Hill

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 3

Spades replaced cricket bats at Cooks Hill Intermediate High School this afternoon when the boys turned out to dig shelter…

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Boys Dig School Trenches Themselves

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 3

Boys of Cook's Hill Intermediate High School gave up their sports afternoon today to dig trench shelters for the school…

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Trench Shelters At Kurri School

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 6

Digging of air raid shelters has commenced at Kurri Public School. The Headmaster (Mr. A…

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Protection for School Windows

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY.— An appeal to volunteers to attend all coastal schools next Saturday and help to make windows shatterproof, was made…

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New Lambton School Trenches

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 4

The members of the New Lambton Parents mid Citizens' Association decided last night to ask the Minister for Education (Mr. C…

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WEEK-END A.R.P. at Schools Appeal to Women and Children

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) to-night called for another working bee in all State schools on the coast…

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School Sport to be Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—State school sport, cancelled under instructions from the Director of Education (Mr. McKenzie),…

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Schoolboys Dig Shelters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 3

Giving up their afternoon sport boys of Cook's Hill Intermediate High School dig holes as raid shelters behind Cook's Hill Fire Station…

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N.e.s. School for Country Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Expansion of National Emergency Services in country centres is being expedited by the Minister for N.E.S…

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Local School Sport to Be Resumed

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 3

A departmental instruction suspending all P.S.A.A.A. activities, which was issued at the beginning of the present school term, has…

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School Shelters at Plattsburg

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 4

Workers with trench digging implements are asked to attend Platteburg District Rural School on Saturday at 7.30 a.m. for the…

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Belmont School Accommodation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 7

The request of the Belmont Parents and Citizens' Association for additional permanent schoolroom accommodation at Belmont Public…

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Protect School Windows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—All State schools in coastal and vulnerable areas would be open on Saturday for parents who were willing to assist in…

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New Training School For W.A.A.F.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for the Air (Mr. Drakeford) announced that Hotel Ranelagh, at Robertson, New South Wales, would…

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Minister Favours School Trenches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Use of trenches at schools for dispersement of children is considered by the Minister for Home Security (Mr…

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Milk for Children at Kurri School

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

The Government plan for supplying free milk to children has been extended to Kurri Kurrl Public School…

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Bulk Milk at Schools "Dearer Than to Householders"

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

Children who buy milk daily at schools are charged more than house-holders who have it delivered to their doors. This was alleged last…

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Suburban and District Seek More Shelters at Belmont School

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

A public meeting at Belmont appointed Messrs. Morgan, Lonsdale and Gorsuch, and Mesdames Stevenson and Melville to wait upon Lake Macquarie Shire…

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Working Bees To-day A.R.P. at Schools

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

Working bees of men completing slit trenches, and women and children shatter-proofing windows and glass partitions will be in action at…

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Women Work at Schools

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 3

Although the response to the appeal made by the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) for a working bee of women at schools this…

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