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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1917

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New School Buildings. Material for Completion on the Way

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 February 1917 · page 3

This morning Mr. M. M'Taggart, District Engineer, when asked if the furniture had arived for the new girls' school at North Broken Hill or the new…

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North Broken Hill Continuation School

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 2

Arrangements have bean completed for the re-opening of the North Broken Hill continuation school on Monday night next at 7.30 o'clock. Mr. G…

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"Two-up" School. Constables Disguised As Potato-diggers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 2

For a long time past the police have been aware that a "two-up" school, consisting of some 50 to 60 persons, was in the habit of meeting at…

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Assisting Education. Parents and Citizens' Association and School Boards

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 3

When the Public Instruction Act was passed in. 1880, provision was made for the appointment of public school boards. Very important duties were…

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Closing of Lutheran Schools Deputation to South Australian Premier. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

A request that Parliament should reconsider the legislation passed during last session in the terms of which all Lutheran schools in the State are to…

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Closing of Lutheran Schools. Deputation to South Australian Premier. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 1

A request that Parliament should reconsider the legislation passed during last session in the terms of which all Lutheran schools in the State are to…

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New South Wales. Strike of Teachers and Students. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 2

The male students and teachers at the Training College at Blackfriars struck yesterday as a protest against the poor acommodation and the lack…

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School Changes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. W. Hunkin, of the North Broken Hill Public School staff, has been transferred to the Pinnacles. Miss A. Galwey, of the North Broken Hall…

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The Teachers' Union. Registration Cancelled

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1917 · page 3

After a somewhat chequered career, the New South Wales Teachers' Union has gone the way of all flesh (says the "Daily Telegraph"). In the last…

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School Changes

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 March 1917 · page 2

Miss C. Madden, who has occupied the position of mistress of the North Broken Hill Girls' School for three years, has been transferred to a similar…

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New South Wales. School Towel Regarded As Germ Carrier. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 March 1917 · page 2

The school towel for common use by pupils, having been regarded as a carrier of disease germs, is, the department has decided, to be discontinued…

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Increased Enrolment in Primary Schools. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 4

The Minister for Education (Mr. A. G. F. James) states that there was a considerable increase in the enrolment of scholars at the primary schools…

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Physical Culture School

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 2

Pat Doran, the well-known heavyweight boxer, advertises that he is opening a physical culture school in Broken Hill. Full particulars can be…

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North School Annual Picnic

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 5

The scholars attending the North Broken Hill School will be entertained at a picnic outing to Silverton on Wednesday next. The train will leave the…

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"Anzac Day." to Be Celebrated at the Public Schools. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

Celebrations are to take place in the public schools of the State on "Anzac Day," April 25…

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North School Picnic

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 3

The North School children are holding their annual picnic at Silverton to-day: 32 trucks well-filled with picnickers left the Sulphide-street station…

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Evening Continuation Schools. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 1

Evening continuation schools will not lie successful, Mr. A. G. F. James (Education Minister) says, till the Government legislates and allows youth, to go…

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Anzac Day Anniversary. Public Schools' Celebration

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 2

The second anniversary of Anzac Day—April 25—is to be celebrated by the public schools to commemorate the landing of the first Australian division…

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Gregg Shorthand School

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 3

The Gregg Shorthand School claims to be the largest of all shorthand schools, having branches all over the world. Besides the shorthand course,…

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At the Alma School

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1917 · page 4

At the Alma School, South Broken Hill, to-day, the Anzac Day celebration occupied most of the morning. From 9.30 o'clock until 11 o'clock, the…

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