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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1907

168 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 9

Training School Scholarships

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 2

Miss A. Pfitzner, Miss E. Turner, and Miss H. Newton, all pupil teachers of the North Superior Public School, have received official Intimation of their…

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Schoolboy's Brave Act. Rescues Drowning Bather. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 2

Five visitors to Lorne named Tosh, Russell, Austin, Lacy, and Cunningham were swimming in the surf yesterday when Tosh was swept out to sea…

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Schoolmaster Killed. Run Over by a Train. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. James John Courtney, a retired State schoolmaster, and who for many years was at Castlemaine, aged 64, was run over by a train at Ormond, near…

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Catholic Schools. Repairs and Extension. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

The Archbishop of Westminster (Dr. Bourne) is appealing for £100,000 with which to execute immediate repairs and extensions to the Catholic schools in…

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The Central School. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 4

Mr. N[?]ttleship, of L[?]ic[?]ardt, succeeds Mr. Burke as headmaster of the Central School. Broken Hill. The highest shade reading to-day…

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School Terrors in Germany

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 7

The late Eduard von Hartman[?] complained that the German system of education and examination "is approaching nearer and nearer to that…

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Night School. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 4

Sir,—It has often occurred to me that some qualified and eligible person ought to take up the all-important subject of opening a night school here for boys…

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Schoolgirl Kidnapped. Melbourne Woman's Statement. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 2

Mrs. Knipe, formerly or Melbourne, but now resident in London, has informed the "Daily Mail" that her daughter has been stolen. She states…

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The City Schools

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 4

The district Public schools reassembled after the Christmas vacation to-day. The number of scholars receiving…

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School Attendance

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 3

With reference to the school attendance statistics published in "The Miner" on Saturday and Monday Major Bennett, headmaster of the…

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Sand Castles in School. a Novel Education Scheme

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 6

During the past year the London County Council as an experiment has introduced sand boxes for use in the babies' rooms of six of its…

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America and Japan. the Schools Difficulty. a Settlement Probable. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 4

After a long conference with President Roosevelt, Mr. Victor H. Metcalf (U.S. Secretary of Commerce and Labor), and Mr. Elihu Root (U.S…

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Dental Conference. School-children's Teeth. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 4

The first Australian Dental Congress, comprising delegates from all parts of Australia, assembled yesterday. In welcoming the delegates to…

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School Construction. Burke Ward Infants' School

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 3

The Education Department has at last awoke to the fact that the buildings provided for the training of the youthful mind of Broken Hill are not…

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Schoolboy's Terrible Adventure

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 1

A Belfast schoolboy named Samuel I Atchison has had a terrible Christmas experience. On Christmas Eve the lad…

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The School of Mines. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

Sir Langdon Bonython, in reopening the School of Mines yesterday, said that many of the best-paid mining positions in Australia were filled by old students…

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The Public Schools

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 5

The enrolments at the Central, North, and Burke Ward schools on February [?] were as under:—Central School: Boya, 380; girls, 301; infants…

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Schools' Savings Banks

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 5

The question what becomes of the interest on the deposits made by the children of the Public schools of New South Wales in the Savings Bank was…

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Boy Robbers. Arrested of School

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 3

An amazing story of incendiarism and burglaries by schoolboys was outlined at Stratford (London) police court on January 8. In the dock stood…

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Mr. Griffith, M.L.A., and His Teachers. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 3

Sir,—Sharper than a serpent's tooth is the fiend of ingratitude, and it is an ill-conditioned our that bites the hand that feeds it. And there are morally…

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