School Vacation Swimming Instruction at Baths
MORE than 80 children began a 10-day period of learning to swim at the School Vacation Swimming Class conducted at the…
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Schools, 1940
347 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 18
School Vacation Swimming
Keen competition has occurred between the boys and the girls who are taking part in the School Vacation Swimming Classes being conducted…
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GRENFELL, Monday.—A fire early this morning destroyed the primary school at Grenfell. Although the fire brigade was soon on the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →School Starts On Monday For Wireless Operators
THE Minister for Air (Mr. J. V. Fairbairn) stated today that the A first of the series of training courses for wireless operators at Melbourne Technical College will commence on Monday, January 15, when 50 trainees will attend. The school has heen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swimming Teacher Praised
Praise for the attention and teaching of Mr. E. J. King, who had charge of the School Vacation Swimming Classes which concluded at the Baths…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vandalism at Schools
Police view seriously vandalism at the schools. Action will be taken against persons caught offending. The latest report received is that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burke Ward Old Scholars
Last year was one of the most successful experienced by the Burke Ward Old Scholars' Association. During the year 80 social functions were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early Start by Burke Ward Old Scholars
Burke Ward Old Scholars Association is making plans for an early start of its social programme. Next week the 1940 indoor bowls season will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schools Closed In Hungary Because Of Cold BUDAPEST, January 22
Intense cold, prevails throughout Hungary. The temperature at Budapest today is 25 degrees below, zero, and many schools have been closed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Promotion And Transfer For Technical College Teacher
Mr. A. F. Allen, who for two years has been a teacher of fitting and machining at the Broken Hill-Technical College, has been transferred to…
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All public and Catholic schools will resume on Tuesday after the Christmas vacation. Commercial classes at the Technical College will resume on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Sports in Japan
During a racing event on a sports day in a school at K[?] Japer a [?] was snatched from the a[?] of its mother who was among…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill High School Meeting of Parents
A CORDIAL invitation is extended to all Parents of First-Year Pupils to attend a Meeting in the School Assembly Hall on MONDAY,…
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A meeting of the parents of all new First Year pupils for the HlgH School will be held in the Assembly Hall at 8 p.m. on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burke Ward Old Scholars to Meet
The annual general meeting of the Burke Ward Old Scholars' Association will be held at the Burke Ward School on Thursday at 7-30 p.m., when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Schools to Resume Tomorrow
"SCHOOL tomorrow," was the cry heard from hundreds of children throughout Broken Hill today. All public and Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Teachers' Tributes To Bus Drivers On Long Ivanhoe Trip
TRIBUTES to the courtesy and attention of the bus drivers were today paid by teachers who returned to Broken Hill from Ivanhoe yesterday morning in five buses. The buses picked up the teachers at Ivanhoe on Saturday afternoon after they had left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public School Cadets Go Into Ranks
WOOLWICH and Sandhurst Training Colleges have been closed for the duration of the war and their students have been drafted into officers' training…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Teacher As Propagandist CAPETOWN, February 4
A report on pre-war Nazi activities in South Africa says that Fraulein R[?]kowsky, a young school mistress and fanatical supporter of Hitler, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schools Reopen Today Many Changes In Staff Personnels
ALL public and Catholic schools resumed today after the Christmas vacation. At an early hour pupils gathered outside the various schools waiting to be admitted…
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