School Vacation
All schools will break up tomorrow for the spring vacation of two weeks. This will conclude on Monday. September 9. The Technical College will close…
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Schools, 1940
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Intelligence Test at Central School
An intelligence test was held yesterday at the Central Primary School for those who missed the main intelligence test on July 10. The test…
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The High School team to play Rising Sun Juniors in a curtain raiser match to the League semi-final at the Jubilee Oval on Saturday at 1.15 p.m. is: R…
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In the curtain raiser game at the Jubilee Oval today a High School team defeated Rising Sun Juniors, 5.1 (31) to 2.8 (20)…
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The High School Parents and Citizens' Association held a meeting at the High School last night, Mr. A. S. Thomas presiding. The financial…
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The A.I.F. is to have a new unit— the 1st Australian Mobile School of Mechanisation—which is believed to be the first of its kind in the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sports Carnival Is Big Day at Local High School Records Compare Well With Other Schools
STUDENTS of the Broken Hill High School look forward with particular pleasure to the day of their athletic carnival. Keen interest is displayed by all students in the carnival, and many of them commence serious training two or three months beforehand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wants School Age Raised Mr. Evatt Talks To Writers SYDNEY
MR. Evatt, Official A.L.P. candidate for Barton, addressing a cultural conference of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, said that it was idle…
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THE president of the Secondary Teachers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. L. A. Walsh), at the opening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burke Ward Old Scholars
On Tuesday night the Burke Ward Old Scholars will reopen the learners and members dancing class which has been in recess for two months…
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Today was the last day of the schools' spring vacation, schoolwork recommencing tomorrow morning. Many teachers and students who spent…
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School work waa resumed today after a vacation of nearly three weeks. Satisfactory attendances were reported at all schools. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ready to Help Schools P. and C. Delegation Tells Minister
AN indication of the efforts they were willing to make, provided they were given some assistance from the Department of Education, was…
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The Deputy Director of Education and Chief Inspector of Schools (Mr. B. C. Harkness, M.A.) arrived yesterday afternoon from Sydney. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North School Flower Show
BROKEN Hill's only annual flower show, that conducted by the North School, will be held at the school on October, 19. Taking the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No High School Team for B Grade
When approached today regarding the possibility of putting a High School team into the B Grade Cricket League, the sportsmnstcr of the High…
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New furniture for the High School has been received from the Department of Education, and this will overcome the present shortage…
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The nnnunl combined schools' concert will be held on Tuesdny, October 15, and Thursday, October 17. All schools are practising items and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. John's School Extensions
When the extensive alterations being carried out at St. John's school. Lane Street, have been completed there will be an additional five large…
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Soft-ball, a game similar to baseball, will be introduced into the sporting curriculum of the primary schools this term. This was decided at the…
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