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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29 1902 During the past week arrangements have been
made in connection with the Midland Junction School whereby technical
classes will be started with the new year. A visit was paid by the
Inspector General, Mr Cyril Jackson on Tuesday to make arrangements for
this new departure. The weatherboard building on the side of the boy’s
playground will be utilised for this purpose, and eight carpenters benches
will be erected where boys will be instructed by a competent teacher in
woodwork on the same lines as the Technical College, Perth. This is a step
in the right direction and should be of invaluable service in forming
habits of accurate measurement, as in addition to the work of actual
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SATURDAY JANUARY 24 1903 MIDDLE AGED AND OLD MENThere are thousands of you troubled with weak aching backs and kidneys and other unmistakable signs of Nervous Exhaustion and Premature Decay. Many die of this difficulty, ignorant of the cause, which is the second state of the general disability. The most obstinate cases of this character treated with Unfailing Success.
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INVIGORATOR All medicines are securely packed and forwarded, screened from observation to all parts of Australia.
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Gleanings Lawyers and woodpeckers have long bills. "Take a rest; A field that is rested gives a bountiful crop." OVID The trade in men’s corsets is increasing in London. A beauty doctor told a reporter that her customers were soldiers and actors, and one clergyman and one butcher, and that men are very particular about their corsets and like them in pink and blue silk. She offered to try a pair on the reporter but he fled- to look for the butcher in the blue silk corset. Woodbridge Hotel |
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7, 1903 J.H. SWINBOURN & SON
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25 JANUARY 1904 An exhibition of woodwork in connection with the State school manual training classes was held at the James Street school, Perth on Wednesday and Thurs-day afternoons and evenings last. The assembly hall of the school was utilised for the occasion and proved to be well suited for such a purpose. Tables were placed in different parts of the hall and were covered with the finished products of the handiwork of the training college students and State schoolboys. The stages of work were shown by the numbering of the exhibits and it could thus be seen which kinds of work the classes had started with, which the second or more difficult kinds of work, which the third and so on. The MIDLAND
JUNCTION STEAM WOODCUTTING AND COAL YARD
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excellence. One of the most noticeable features of the work done was the inlaid woodwork, a number of dish stands, racks, draft boards etc, showing some very neat and exact workmanship. An exhibit of Mr F. Ridgway, a student of the senior classes, excited much admiration. This was a table with a top formed of squares of light and dark wood, the colours forming a pleasant contrast. The design of the table with its curves and carving was very artistic. In a corner by the door a number of boys were working, showing the methods of which they are taught to do their work. It was pointed out by Mr J. Hart, the head of the manual training department, that the work was of an educational character, rather than to cultivate a tendency to carpentry. The
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drawings on the walls were proof that the boys learned the theory of construction, the working of woodwork subsequently being done to drive home the lessons. The central idea of the tuition was to educate the eye, ear and hand to work conjointly in construction. The practice and proficiency thus obtained was found to be useful in a variety of ways. There was a large attendance of visitors at the exhibition, who appeared to be deeply interested in the contents of the tables and in the planing, sawing etc of the boys present. Mr M. A. Wishart late of Midland Junction State School, and who is now devoting the whole of his time to manual training, was present and assisted to explain to the visitors the working of the system.
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