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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1949

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The Wills Street School

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 6

Mothers' Club held its first meeting this year on Thursday. Officers elected were: President, Mrs. Gardiner; secretary, Mrs. Brooks;…

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School Football

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 4

The Broken Hill Football League [?] decided to foster school football during the 1949 season and is trying to arrange for…

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Free Wireless Licences for Schools

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 1

Melbourne, March 13. — All schools throughout Australia will bo granted broadcast listeners licences free of charge, from March 15. Stating this…

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Musica Viva Concert For Schools

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

On Tuesday afternoon at the Town Hall the Musica Viva string quartette will be presenting a special program for local school students…

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High School Has Holiday

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

Children of the Broken Hill High School today celebrated a holiday granted them by the Attorney-General (Mr. C. E…

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Outside Carpenters To Do School Jobs. Here

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 3

The District Inspector of Schools (Mr. K. P. Perrett) was granted permission at the annual meeting of the B.T.U. last night to bring carpenters to the city to work for the Education Department…

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Czech Schools Expel "Drones"

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 6

London, March 20. — Prague newspapers report that 6370 students were expelled from classes in the recent purge of "drones and…

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Boy's School Reverse Suicide Follows

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 5

Sydney, March 21.—A fourteen-year-old schoolboy poisoned himself with [?]yanide after being told that he would have to repeat a school year, the City…

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High School Prefects Hold First Dinner

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

For the first time in the history of the High School the prefects last week held a dinner in the fifth year room at the school. The school captains (Alan…

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High School News

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 4

Prefects Dinner: For the first time in the history of the High School the Prefects held a dinner on Thursday evening in Fifth Year room at the High School…

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Convent Commercial School Dec. Results

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 6

The Sisters of Mercy have been advised of Convent commercial school December examination successes. The examinations were…

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School Survey By Former Pupil

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 3

Sent to Broken Hill by the School Medical Service to take part in the State wide posture survey, Sister margaret Gully, an old resident, arrived on…

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2 Trips For High School Students

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 3

An invitation has been received from the headmaster of Mildura High School for a visit of Broken Hill High School at the end of June for competitions for the Sturt Cup (sporting) and Sunraysia Cup…

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School for Adventure

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 4

Where the foothills of Ca[?] in North Wales slope sharply down to the estuary of the River Dovey, the Outward Bound Sea School for Boys is changing adolescents into men. Here 15 to 18-year-old boys are sent by their parents, their firms, or their prospective employers for a…

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High School News Projected Inter-School Activities

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 5

Mildura Visit: An invitation has been received from the headmaster of mildura High School for a visit to be held at the end of June for competitions for the…

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Woman Dentist for S.a. Schools

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 6

Adelaide.—Mrs. N. F. George, of Aldgate, a dentist, and the mother of children aged three and one, has come to the rescue of the State Education Department…

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Dutch School of Painting

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 9

This week's activity in the Broken Hill Print Room is the temporary exhibition of two colored, reproductions of paintings from the…

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Vandalism At North School

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 9

Nine boys, whose ages range from 9 to 15 years, have been questioned recently by Constable L. Eggert, of the North police,…

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Vandals at North School

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 1

Nine boys whose ages range from 9 to 15 years, have been questioned recently by Constable L. Eggert, of the North police regarding thefts at the North…

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Teacher-Missionary Visiting Here

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 2

Miss Edna,Hale, a former teacher of the N.S.W. Education Department, has been for 12 years in India and Pakistan. She will be…

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