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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1911

294 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 15

Motor-car Fatality. Wheel Passes Over Schoolboy's Body. Death Almost Instantaneous. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

Henry M'Pherson, a schoolboy, lately residing at Sutherland, was run over by a motor-car at Sutherland on Sunday, received injuries which…

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College Destroyed by Fire. Superior and Assistant Superior. Meet Their Deaths. After Aiding Students and Teachers to Escape. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

St. Joseph's College, Grandby (Quebec), was destroyed by fire last night. The Superior and Assistant Superior aided 30 students and teachers to…

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Death of Jem Mace. a Famous Boxer of the Old School

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 8

Jem Mace, the last of the old school of prizefighhters, died at Jarrow, England, on November 30, in his 80th year…

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Ragged School Children. a Sunbeam Dinner. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 8

Twelve hundred Ragged School children attended the Sunbeam Socioty's dinner at the Guildhall to-day, at which the Lord Mayor, Mr. Kirkpatrick…

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St. Philip's Sunday-school. Distribution of Prizes

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 5

The services at St. Philip's Church, Railway Town, were largely attended yesterday, especially the evening service, when the congregation was very…

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Aviation School

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 4

Proposals for the formation of an aviation school and corps were submitted to the Minister of Defence on Monday by Mr. C. L. Campbell, if the…

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District Upper School. Successful Candidates at Entrance Examination

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

As a result of the recent examination set by Mr. J. B. Telfer, M.A. (Inspector of Schools) for admission to the senior classes in the District School,…

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Manning the Australian Fleet. Local Supplies Inadequate. Training Schools to Be Established

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 1

The Minister of Defence within the last few days has (says the "Age") been making inquiries as to the position of the Government with regard to…

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Regular Attendance at School

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 6

Master Noel Stowell, son of Mr. J. A. Stowell, has attended the Violet-street (Bendigo) State School for over nine years without missing a day. Even…

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Federal Affairs. Medical Inspection of School Children

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

Although four of the States have undertaken the work of medically inspecting school children, there is a total lack of uniformity in the methods…

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A Teachers' Match. N.S.W. v. New Zealand. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 2

In the match at Sydney between N.S.W. and New Zealand teachers, the New South Wales representatives made 137 runs in their first innings and lost…

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Federal Affairs. Medical Inspection of School Children

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 4

Although four of the States have undertaken the work of medically inspecting school children, there is a total lack of uniformity in the methods,…

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A Teachers' Match Drawn. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 2

The match between the teachers of New Zealand and New South Wales ended in a draw. New South Wales closed its second innings at five…

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New School Regulations

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 7

Regulations in connection with high schools and superior public schools have (says the "Telegraph") been gazetted. These have already been…

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A Schoolboy's Strange Disappearance

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 7

Archibald Birchell, the 15-year-old son of a well-known farmer in the Boolara district of Victoria, left his home on Monday morning with his…

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Meals to School Children. Supplied by London County Council. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

The London County Council, according to a recent report, is supplying 9,500,000 meals to school children annually…

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Compelled Attendance at Continuation Schools. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 4

The Minister of Education, Mr. Beeby, yesterday announced that the Government intended to introduce the principle of compulsion in regard to…

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The City Schools. Reopening After Vacation

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 5

The public schools in Broken Hill re-opened this morning after the Christmas holidays. A large number of new and old teachers arrived on the Barrier…

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Schoolmaster's Tragic Death. Headmaster of Glebe Superior Public School. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 2

Another sudden death, making two in the district within three days, occurred at Katoomba yesterday. Mr. Crimmins, well-known as the…

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The Barrier Schools. Changes in the Teaching Staffs

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 2

Quite a large number of new faces are to be seen amongst the teaching stuffs at the various schools in the city. At the District School Misses Marden,…

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