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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools
69 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 4
Miss Isabella Waddell and Miss Helena Marshall, pupil teachers of the North Superior Public School, secured fifth and sixth places in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MR. M. J. BURKE, headmaster of the Public School at Emmaville (as hinted in the MINER last week), has been promoted to the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An examination to test progress during the year 1901 was held before the Christmas vacation of all [?] in [?] The results [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IF, as stated by the Minister for Public Instruction in the last annual departmental report published, 97.9 per cent, of the children of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE latest addition to the Roman Catholic institutions of the Barrier is a schoolroom at the South, which will be used chiefly as a day school…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two schoolgirls, Frances Bonney and Edith Cundith, each about 10 years of age, were heating some water with a spirit lamp at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of the School Board of Advice was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. John Dunstan presiding. Two matters were dealt with—the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Will you be good enough to favor me with a little information respecting the treatment of the children in the State schools here?…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I was pleased to see J. B. Marshall's letter in the MINER complaining of the excessive and untimely punishment of children in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Being a woman, I am not much experienced in writing letters; but I should like to add my complaint to those of "J.B. Marshall" and "Parent."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Af the last meeting of the School Board of Advice it was decided to urge the Department to press forward work at the new North School in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cable from India states that the Boer prisoners at Umballa are sullen and defiant, and refuse to sign a parole if they are transferred to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Methodist Conference to-day unanimously decided to support a system of voluntary scriptural lessons after hours in State schools. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR,—I have seen a lot about caning in the paper lately. When I was going to school in South Australia only the head teacher could cane us,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. See was late arriving at school, and he took no excuse with him to the teacher; but he did better than that, in the opinion of the children…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two or three more correspondents write on this subject, protesting against the excessive punishments at the schools…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHO[?]TLY after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Premier and par arrived at the new North School building. At the main entrance the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—R[?] the cane at schools, I had occasion to see one of the teachers at one of the schools regarding the severe [?]ing my little boy had a short time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs. Catherine Gunther, 38, wife of the proprietor of Gunther's Hotel, King-street, and Adolphus Haly, 14, living at Randwick, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"FAIRPLAY" writes: Seeing so many letters from people whose children have been caned, I think it only fair that those who have had the opposite…
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