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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1941

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Flower Show at North School

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 July 1941 · page 2

The North School will hold a Flower Show this year either at the end of September or the beginning of October. The Flower Show…

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Protest Against Teacher Auckland (N.z). July 10

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 1

As a protest against a teacher at a school near Dannevirke appealing against military service the parents of the children in his class today refrained from…

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Schools' Sports and Displays

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

Scholars of all schools are training for the annual sports carnival which will be held early next month. The public schools' carnival and…

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Old Scholars' Dance

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 5

Tonight at the Tramway Hall the Burke Word Old Scholars will conduct [?] popular fortnightly old time dance, with an occasional fox trot. Mr. George…

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High School News

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 3

Record numbers of class entries have been handed to the sportsmaster of the High School (Mr. I. Plummer) for the sports carnival to be held at…

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School News Demonstration Next Month

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 3

Representatives of the Department of Education in South Australia are expected to be present at a school demonstration which will be…

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North School Flower Show On October 11

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 2

Saturday, October 11, is the tentative date for the annual North School flower show. The first meeting of the committee was held at the North…

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Hurke Ward Old Scholars' Association

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 6

A very successful evening was conducted at the Tramway Hall on Saturday last, when the above conducted their old time dance. It has been decided to add…

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Mechanical Training. General Motors Co-operating with Technical Schools

Western Grazier · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 1

REALISING that there will be a shortage of skilled labour in industry in Australia, manufacturers are endeavouring to find ways and means whereby they can…

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School Concert for War Effort

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 3

A concert was held at the Central school yesterday to aid the fund of the Public Schools' War Service Auxiliary, which is making a special…

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School Soccer

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 July 1941 · page 3

High School soccer results were: Parkes defeated Sturts, 1 goal to nil: Rolton scored the goal. Wills and Burke, 6-0…

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News From The Schools

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 July 1941 · page 2

Students at the High School are enthusiastic about the introduction of the War Saving Certificate scheme. The enrolling of members has been a…

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News From The Schools Much Activity All Round

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 3

Preparations are being made at all Public Schools for the primary schools' sports which are to be held on August 6. In most schools preliminary heats have been run. The pupils are also practising in flag drill, etc., for the sports…

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School Sports Preparations

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 3

Preparations are veil in hand for the school sports on August 6. There will first be a march through the streets. The sports will start about 10 o'clock…

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Combined Schools' Concert

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 3

The combined schools' concert will be held on October 14 at the Tivoli, and the the secretary of the committee, Mr. W. E. Kenney, is confident of another…

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The High School Library

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 3

The High School can now boast of a really first-class library. There are all types of books there, reference, historic, and fiction. There is also on…

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News From The Schools

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 2

The secretary of the South Australian State War Loan Committee (Mr. C. F. Lewis) addressed a combined Kathering of boys and girls at…

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Old Scholars' Dance

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 3

At the Tramway Hall on Saturday Burke Ward Old Scholars will conduct another old style dance with an occasional fox trot to the music of G. Smith…

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Old Scholars' Dance

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 4

At the Tramway Hall tonight the Burke Ward Old Scholars will conduct their popular fortnightly old time dance, with an occasional fox trot, the Chicago Fox…

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Canon—Schoolmaster Conflict and Simple Love

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 5

SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE, a play by Paul Vincent Carroll, to be broadcast through the nations network at 7 p.m. Sunday, is the story of Canon Skerritt,…

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