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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1928

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Teachers' Conference Examinations Discussed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 4

The secondary teachers' conference to-day discussed the advisabality of discontinuing the division of passes at the intermediate and leaving…

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Teachers' Conference Professor Taylor Advocates the Teaching of Evolution Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 1

Addressing the secondary teachers' conference yesterday Professor Griffith Taylor caused a sensation when he declared that evolution should be…

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Schoolboy's Suicide Wanted to Avoid School Is Mother's Explanation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 June 1928 · page 2

Mr. D. Berriman, city coroner, held an inquiry on Friday afternoon into the death by poisoning of a schoolboy, who was endeavoring to avoid…

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Schoolboy's Suicide Wanted to Avoid School Is Mother's Explanation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 June 1928 · page 2

Mr. D. Berriman, city coroner, held an inquiry on Friday afternoon into the death by poisoning of a schoolboy, who was endeavoring to avoid…

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Suicide of School Teacher Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 July 1928 · page 1

Joseph Charles Mountford (40), a school teacher, shot himself in a park at Lavender Bay this morning. He was seen to draw a revolver, put it in…

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Educational School Resumed To-day

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 July 1928 · page 3

Scholars of the primary and Catholic schools resumed studies this morning after a week's holiday. The High School will not resume until Monday…

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Hydatid Cysts Removed From an Ox Killed at Abattoirs Offer to School Teachers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1928 · page 1

Mr. D. H. Wallace, chief health inspecter, has on view at the Town Hall hydatid cysts taken from the liver and a lung of an ox killed at the…

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Educational School Staff Changes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1928 · page 2

Miss Pryor, of the Central School Girls' Department, has been transferred to the North Boys' Commercial School and Miss Conolan of the North…

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Health of School Children Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 1

Investigations into the matter of malnutrition among school children have been made by the Education Department. The medical officers…

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Football School Trial Matches the Selection of Local Boys to Play in Queensland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 July 1928 · page 1

Early in August six boys from Broken Hill will be selected to visit Brisbane with the Australian rules-school players from New South Wales. So…

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Primary School Games

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 3

The League selectors will watch the primary schools football match this afternoon to select the players for the football carnival to be held in…

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Church and School Lands Now Exempt From Rating on Justice Pike's Judgment Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 4

In the Land Valuation Court to-day Mr. Justice Pike delivered a judgment that church and school lands are exempt from rating for municipal…

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Educational Resumption on Monday at Local High School

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 July 1928 · page 2

High School teachers who took advantage of the vacation to spend a holiday in Sydney returned this morning in rediness for the opening of the…

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Church and School Lands Now Exempt From Rating on Justice Pike's Judgment Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 July 1928 · page 6

In the Land Valuation Court to-day Mr. Justice Pike delivered a judgment that church and school lands are exempt from rating for municipal…

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Two-up School Raided Some Men Swim River Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 July 1928 · page 1

A sensational raid by police was made on a two-up school at Hume Weir, near Albury, yesterday afternoon. There were about 80 players…

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School Match Played on the Jubilee Oval Test for Queensland Trip

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 1

Last Saturday an interesting school game was played as a curtain-raiser, before the big match at the Jubiles Oyal. The boys played good football,…

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Jockey Wernert Injured in a Schooling Accident Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 1

J. Wernest was schooling Bonitarian over hurdles at Morphettville this morning when the horse baulked at an obstacle throwing Wernert out of the…

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Savage Dog Attacks Newtown School Children Three Treated at Hospital Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 2

A savage dog attacked a number of children in the playground at the Newtown Public School yesterday. The teachers' beat the animal off and…

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Football Two School Matches

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 3

Because of the racing carnival opening to-morrow there will be no League or Saburban football matches. The next League fixture will be on…

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U.s.a. Bible Teachers Convicted in Turkey

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 5

The American teachers of the Bible House Mission School at Broussa, who were charged with converting Turkish girl students to Christianity, were on…

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