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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1911

294 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 15

School Children and Drink

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 7

Mr. Beeby Minister for Public Instruction, was occupied this morning (says, the "Sum" of January 27) with a big deputation, organised by the…

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Broken Hill Tenders. Repairs to South School. Cement for Umberumberka. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 4

Tenders have been invited by the Works Department for repairs to the Public School, South Broken Hill (20/2/11) and for the supply and…

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A Fateful Meeting. Old School Mates. One Knocks the Other Senseless

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 5

William Theisinger, 23, and John Quinlivan, 27, who in their young days were school mates together at Portland met in Melbourne on Wednesday after…

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Native Assaults on White Women. Five Cases in the Transvaal. Woman Teacher Outraged. [Reuter's Message.] Capetown

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 4

Five cases of natives criminally assaulting or attempting to indecently assault, white women on the Whitwatersrand (Transvaal) during the past few…

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Broken Hill High School. the New Course of Study. Explained by Mr. Nettleship

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. E. Nettleship, B.A., headmaster of the Broken Hill District School, is in receipt of an advance copy of the paper setting out the new course of studies…

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P.L.L. Conference. Discussing the Rent Question. Barrier Delegate on Landlords. Says That Rise in Wages Is Taken by Barrier Land. Lords From Workers. Teachers and Marriage Other Details Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 2

For many months there has been a strong agitation in Labor ranks for the legal regulation of rent. The Labor Council of New South Wales has…

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Westralian State School Teachers. Increasing Their Salaries. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 2

Acting on the recommendation of the Minister of Education, the Westralian Cabinet has increased the minimum salaries of State school teachers…

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Sea Wall Washed Away. Hotel Demolished. School Building Carried Away. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1911 · page 4

The sea wall at Hoquiam (Washington-State) was washed away to-day, with 100ft. of land behind it. The Hummer Hotel was demolished,…

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New South Wales. School Girl Criminally Assaulted. Sydney, Eriday

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 February 1911 · page 4

A criminal assault of a brutal nature on a girl aged 13, a pupil at a school near Helensburgh, was reported to the local police yesterday…

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A School for Bakers. a Broken Hill Proposal

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1911 · page 5

Mr. E. J. Birbeck, of Broken Hill, who has greatly interested himself for years past in the improvement of baking a short while since wrote to Mr…

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A Schoolboy Killed. Thrown Out of Butcher's Cart. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 2

A schoolboy named Frank M'Elliott (14) was thrown out of a butcher's cart in a Brisbane suburb on Saturday afternoon and killed…

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East Railway Town Infants' School

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 2

A public meeting for the purpose of urging on the Government the necessity of building a school to accomodate infants at East Railway Town was held…

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Women Teachers Discontented in South Australia. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 4

A section of the women teachers in South Australia has decided to enter a protest against their treatment by the Education Department…

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Big School of Whales

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 2

A private telegram received in Melbourne on Tuesday stated that a school of whales, 37 in number, has been stranded on Perkins Island, situated…

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The Workers' Burden. Refusal to Raise School Age. Labor Conference Emphatic

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 7

The P.L.L. Conference, on February 13 grew quite heated over the question whether it should raise the school age from 14 to 16…

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The Renmark Strike. U.L.U. Activity. Alleged Attempt to Employ School Children. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 4

A telegram from the organiser of the U.L.U. at Renmark has been received by the secretary (Mr. J. Dale). It states that the fruit-pickers are…

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School Destroyed by Avalanche. Twelve Boys and Adults Found Dead in Ruins. [Reuter's Message.] St. Petersburg

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 4

An avalanche destroyed the school at Aibye on the Black Sea to-day. Twelve boys and adults were found dead in the ruins…

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A New Government School. Opened at Perth. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 March 1911 · page 2

The Government Modern School was opened at Perth by the State Governor yesterday. This is the new secondary teaching…

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Religious Instruction in Schools. Meeting of Various Church Representatives in Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 6

Members of religious bodies, representing the Church of England, Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregational, Lutheran, and Church of Christ…

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Serious Accident to Schoolboy in Attempting to Board Moving Train. Necessitates Amputation of Leg. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

A High School boy named Richard Middleton (14), met with a serious accident in George-street yesterday, near Market-street…

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