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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1939

302 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 16

Advising Pupils of Courses High School Problem

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 1

ALTHOUGH the High School was classed as a second class school it would be staffed by first-class teachers again this year, the principal…

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Houses for School Headmasters

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 3

Within a short period it is expected that residences will be supplied by the Government for the headmasters of the public…

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Many Changes In Staffs Schools Reopen

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 3

TEACHERS and pupils resumed their school duties to-day. A large number of new pupils enrolled at each school, the infants schools gaining the most pupils. At various schools several new members joined the…

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Barrier Miner Wednesday, February 8, 1939. Pupil, Teacher and Parent

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 2

WITH mingled feelings of joy and sorrow scholars in Broken Hill resumed their studies yesterday. In a few days' time, after preliminary…

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New Teachers Settled Accommodation Found

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1

Newly appointed school teachers always experience considerable difficulty in obtaining accommodation in the city. This year, however, they…

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Send Children to School Now

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 3

Parents of children five years of age or over who intend sending their children to school during the present term should do so as soon as possible…

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Charged With Murder Of Schoolboy

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday. — Henry Bray (52), horticulturist, of Red Cliffs, was charged at the Ballarat Supreme Court with the murder…

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Schoolmaster Becomes Baronet SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 3

He was not interested in titles or how his pupils or anyone else addressed him, said Sir William Fairlie-Cuninghame, a Vaucluse…

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No Move Yet to Heat School Rooms

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY. Monday. — Addressing the council of the Teachers' Federation Mr. T. Murray said the appalling conditions under which children…

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Miss Davies of North School Reveals Some Secrets Of New [?]uinea

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 4

NEW GUINEA—discovered by the Portuguese in 1511 —later visited by the Spaniards, then by the first Englishman, Dampier, in 1700—its coasts examined by Captain Cook. Yet as late as 1875 we find this land…

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Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 1

Three hundred and seventy-five students are attending the High " School this year for the first time. The number of first-year students is so great that the principal (Mr. W. Pillans) has been forced to form ll first-year classes. This is an increase of one…

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Immunisation Of School Children Campaign to Stop Diphtheria

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 1

CENTRAL School primary boys and girls, students from the High School, and St. Faith's and Morgan-street Infants were today, given sensitivity tests under the immunisation against diphtheria campaign. The tests,…

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Methodist Sunday Schools' Union

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 6

A meeting of the Methodist Sunday Schools Union was held recently for the purpose of discussing the annual picnic…

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Fears For Safety Of Clergymen AndS. A. Teacher in Flood Swept Country Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 4

FEARS are held for the safety of two prominent clergymen of the Inland Mission, and a former Adelaide Girls' School sports mistress, who are travelling from Alice Springs to Adelaide in a Methodist Inland. Mission…

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News From Schools

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 3

AFTER the students were dis missed at the High School yesterday afternoon, members of the teaching staff gathered to welcome new members of the staff and their wives to the school. Over refreshments the principal (Mr. W. Pillans)…

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NEW R.A.A.F. Flying School at Wagga Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 1

THE establishment at Wagga of a Riverina training school for the Royal Australian Air Force, at a cost for works and buildings of about £450,000, will be recommended to the Federal Cabinet, which is expected to adopt the proposal…

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Local Hostel For Teachers?

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.— A plea for improved housing conditions for Broken Hill teachers was made by Mr. Horsington in the Legislative Assem…

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High School Garden Party Plans

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 4

The women's committee of Broken Hill High School Parents and Citizens' Association held its annual meeting in the school library last…

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10 Horses in School Good Display By Padale MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 5

TEN horses yesterday took part in two of the most interesting hurdle schools that have been run under racing conditions. The…

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High School P. & C. Elects Officers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 3

Appreciation of the work of the High School Parents and Citizens' Association was expressed by the principal (Mr. W. Pillans) at the annual…

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