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Broken Hill & the Far West · Schools

Schools, 1950

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Greenboards for Schools

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 6

London, February 1. —Greenboards will be used instead of blackboards in an infants school being built at Harrogate,…

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Local School Another Teacher Wanted

Western Grazier · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

A representative deputation told Mr. Wetherell on Friday that another teacher was require for the local public school. The deputation claimed that the…

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High School Enrolments For 1950. Year Starts Next

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

Parents of new First Year pupils are reminded that enrolment will take place next Wednesday, February 8, and all pupils enrolling in Second, Third, Fourth or Fifth Years should attend next Tuesday, February 7…

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School Teacher's Plight

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 4

Mr. Durham (Tibooburra school teacher) and his family are in a plight. Mr. Durham, his wife and two children have to be back in Tibooburra by Tuesday in…

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Schoolboy Rides Two Winners

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 1

Melbourne.—Schoolboy apprentice jockey Raymond Wright got away to a flying start in his racing debut at Rochester on…

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High School Courses

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3

Parents of first year pupils at the High School must enrol their children next Wednesday. Second, third, fourth or fifth year students should attend on Tuesday…

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Accommodation For Teachers

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1

Mr. P. K. Perrett. District Inspector of Schools, stated last night that accommodation had been found for all local teachers for the year excepting…

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Schools to Resume Tomorrow

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

All public and denominational schools in Broken Hill will resume tomorrow after the Christmas and New Year holidays…

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Back To School

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 5

Schools resume today. Although children in the Western Division of the State have had an extra week for their holidays they resume their studies the…

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Opening Of S.E-Asian Summer School

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

Sydney, February 6.—Australia know that the political stability and economic well-being of Asian countries were as important to Australia as Australia's…

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Schools Resume After Xmas Break

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 8

Most schools report slight increases in the number of students attending today after the Christmas holidays. A large alteration in teaching staff was also…

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New Teachers For Local Schools

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 5

Local schools had a busy doy yesterday enrolling new pupils and re-arranging last year's students into new classes, and many new teachers commenced duties. Enrolments at most schools were higher than last year, and higher figures are…

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Schooling

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 3

Yesterday schools reopened after the Christmas vacation, and when a few necessary preliminaries have been disposed of the stern business of learning…

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New High School Students

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

Three hundred and sixty-one new first year students were enrolled at the Broken Hill High School yesterday morning, approximately the same…

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Enrolment at Schools

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

Most Broken Hill Schools have about the same number of students as in 1949 attending this year, although there are slight increases…

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Girls Victimised by Charm School

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 8

New York, February 12.—Thousands of gullible girls and parents of attractive children are becoming victimised by "charm schools" and unscrupulous agents on false promises of highly paid modelling…

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School Open for One Boy

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 6

London, February 12.—A 12-year-old schoolboy in the French village of Longeron is preventing the authorities closing a school at…

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School News

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 4

A new teacher-librarian joined the staff of the Broken Hill High School yesterday. She is Miss Whit ford from Tamworth, who is replacing Miss Foss…

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Evening Classes at High School

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 4

On Monday night next at the High School the evening classes will resume their normal timetable. The classes. which commence at 7.30 p.m. include…

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Catholic School Assn. Meeting

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 4

The first meeting for the year of the Catholic Schools Association will be held at the Convent High School on Sunday at 8 p.m…

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