COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 118, 19 May 1892, Page 9

COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

PARENTS BEFORE THE POLICE ■ ,_.,..,-; -v COURT. r ,;,;;4«, ! .^;/. This morning ab the Police Court, before Messrs S. Y. Collins and J. P. King, J.P.s, a number of parents were brought up for nob sending their children to the public schools. Five were charged with failing to comply with previous orders of the Court to send their children to school, and rive for neglecting to send their children to school.

Mr J. S. Small, Truant Officer, conducted the cases on behalf of the Schools Committees.

Patrick Carr was charged with having failed to comply with an order of tho Court to send his child, Elizabeth Carr, to a public school.

MrsCarr appeared, and said her girl was so delicate that she was unable to attend school. If the girl did go to school she would have bo come home again. She suffered from bleeding at the nose.

Mr Collins said this was no excuse for not sending the girl to school, and a fine of Is and 7s costs was imposed by tho Bonch. According to the Act a fine of 40s could be imposed every week on a parent for not sending children to school. «" ■ Jas. Johnston was also charged with not complying with an order of the Court to send his boy Gilbert Johnston to school. Defendant had previously been three times before the Court. He said that he would pend the boy to school next Monday. A fine of 10s and 7s costs was imposed, or in default 48 hours' imprisonment. Mary White was also lined 10s and 7s costs for a similar charge. She said the boy was ill and that the-4eacher sent him home. i. fdjg Joseph Whitley was finedjOa and costs, or in default seven days^-im prison men t. Tho father said the b6f had been to the Thames, and was now driving a horse and light trap. The Bench'remarked that it was a disgrace to put stubby to work that had not passed the First Standard. A charge against William E, Lowndes was dismissed, the boy not being in Auckland on the date stated in the summons. In this case the boy also had not passed the First Standard, and was 13 years of age._ Samuel Browne was charged with neglecting1 to eend his child to echool. He said that he could not control the boy. An order to send the boy to school was made by the Bench, and also for the father to pay 9a costs. A similar charge against James Eggerton was adjourned for a month. John Peterson and Patrick Doyle were also ordered to send their children to school and pay 9s costs. A similar charge against Alired Fail was dismissed, the mother stating that the girl was too ill to attend school. The Bench informed Mr Small that he could bring the case on again in a month's time. ,„*(■•