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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1914

184 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 10

Children's Ward League. the Forthcoming Sale of Gifts. Demonstration of School Children. Opening of the Ward

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 3

A combined meeting of the Children's Ward League and society delegates thereto was held in the Council Chamber last night. Mr. H. S. Allen…

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Big Country Fire. at Ariah Park. Shops, Bank, and School of Arts Burnt. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 3

A fire occurred at Ariah Park on the Temora-Barellon line of railway yesterday, when eight of the chief business places in the town were burnt…

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Securing Employment. for Boys Leaving School

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 4

The proposal of the Minister for Education to establish a bureau for the registration of boys leaving school with the object of securing employment…

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Austrian Loan Unsatis Factory. School Children Asked to Contribute. Rome

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 2

Advices received from Vienna state that the war loan subscription is still unsatisfactory, notwithstanding a forced-levy on all the banks, and even on…

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General Cables. (Reuter's Message.) Victorian School Paper. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 December 1914 · page 6

The King and Queen have accepted copies of the Victorian school paper for grades seven and eight. The educational authorities of Great Britain…

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New South Wales. the Schools' Vacation. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

The Minister of Education (Mr. Carmichael) has extended the year-end vacation of the public schools to January 25…

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School Examinations

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

On December 14 and 15 five candidates were under examination at the District School with a view to gaining appointments to the smaller schools of…

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School Holidays

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 4

The local public schools go into recess to-morrow for the Christmas vacation. The holiday will be of six weeks' duration, the schools reopening on Monday,…

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Cricket. Teacher-players Leaving Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

Local cricket will suffer, as it has often done before, by the departure of schoolteachers to other centres just in the middle of the season. There…

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Santa Claus. Visits the Central School. Delight in the Kindergarten

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

Happy were the children of the infants' department of the District School yesterday afternoon. A couple of days ago a person of malicious mind spread…

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Alma School

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4

As at the Central School, the infants at the Alma Schol were provided with a Christmas tree on Tuesday. Miss Scobie was in charge of the function, which…

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District School

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4

The Broken Hill District High School concluded the year's work with a breaking-up concert in the afternoon, an entertaining programme having…

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Schools Break Up. Yesterday's Proceedings

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4

Yesterday the Broken Hill public schools broke up for their Xmas vacation…

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North School

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4

The usual Christmas Tree was provided for the infants at the North School, and there was a distribution of lollies and biscuits. In the other…

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Burke Ward School

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4

At the Burke Ward School the breaking-up ceremony was held in the girls' school, where the senior classes of the boys' and girls' departments assembled…

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More Casualties. a Family Killed. School Children and Volunteers. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

A family consisting of father, mother and six children, at Hartlepool, were killed. In another case only one child out of a family of four escaped…

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Burke Ward School

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

At the Burke Ward School the breaking-up ceremony was held in the girls' school, where the senior classes of the boys' and girls' departments assembled…

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North School

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

The usual Christmas Tree was provided for the infants at the North School, and there was a distribution of lollies and biscuits. In the other…

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Alma School

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

As at the Central School, the infants at the Alma Schol were provided with a Christmas tree on Tuesday. Miss Scobie was in charge of the function, which…

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Schools Break Up. District School

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 4

The Broken Hill District High School concluded the year's work with a breaking-up concert in the afternoon, an entertaining programme having…

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