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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1947

513 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 26

Clean-up at North School

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 July 1947 · page 5

THE North School committee is continuing its clean-up programme. Old galvanised iron classrooms near the North Park fence…

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High School Debates

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 3

HIGH SCHOOL students continued the Sturt Shield Debating contest at the school this afternoon…

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School Footballers Nearing Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 6

The party of eight High School students have arrived in Kalgoorlie on their way to Perth for the Schoolboy Football…

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High School Annual Sports At Zinc Oval

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 3

Hopes are held that new records will be created with the innovation of running on grass instead of dirt tracks at the High School Athletics Carnival this…

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Boy Makes New School Record

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 3

L. THOMAS created a new school record of 18ft. in the junior broad jump in the preliminary events of the High…

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High School Plays

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 6

High School students in first, second, and fourth year classes are preparing for the production of plays at the annual play day…

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High School Boys Reach Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 6

The eight High School students in the team representing N.S.W. in the football carnival in Perth arrived there yesterday…

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"Old School Tie Worn By All Sorts Of Cads"

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 8

LONDON, July 29.—Old boys of King Charles I. School, Kidderminster (Warwickshire) complained at their annual meeting today…

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Sturt House Wins Three Debates Sturt House gained all the honors in the debate's yesterday afternoon at the High School

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 8

The debates continued this afternoon when pupils from Parkes and Wills Houses competed in all sections of the second…

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Schoolboy Carnival For Broken Hill? Help of Citizens Needed

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 5

Yesterday Mr. C. Perkins, Headmaster of the High School, received a telegram from Mr. T. Could at Perth asking him to consider the possibility of holding a…

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High School Play Days Altered

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 4

Yesterday Mr. G. Perkin, Headmaster of the High School, said that the Play Days in preparation for Play Night would have to be held in different days…

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High School Debating

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 4

Yesterday the High School Shield debating' contest was continued. Parkes House won two cut of the three debates. The result:…

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Schoolboy Football Carnival Is Favored

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 3

IT is now fairly certain that a favorable reply will be sent to Perth on the question of holding a Schoolboy Football Carnival here within the next two years. Already about 100 offers of accommodation have…

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Hopes Of Young Teachers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 3

IT is hoped the acute shortage of teaching staffs at local schools may be relieved when graduates of Teachers' Colleges…

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North School Flower Show

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 6

SCHEDULES for the North School Parents and Citizens' Association annual flower and vegetable show are expected to…

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Primary Schools' Sports Plans

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 5

THE P.S.A.A.A. has decided to co-operate with the Broken Hill Soccer Association and commence its annual Primary Schools…

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Schools' Carnival Planned

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 6

A SCHOOLBOY football carnival is likely here within the next two years. A telegram suggesting…

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Acute Shortage of Teachers Local School Affected

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 4

Owing to the shortage of teachers, especially the nonprovision of teachers to take up duty when a teacher is invariably away from school, many cases have occurred locally of one teacher having as many as 60 or even 70 pupils in a single…

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Schools' Vacation Extended

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 4

The public schools vacation to commence on August 22 is to be extended for one day in commemoration of the visit of Field Marshal Lord Montgomery…

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Schoolboy Football In W.A.

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 8

PERTH—Despite inaccurate kicking, New South Wales comfortably beat Queensland in the first match of the Schoolboys' Football…

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