TOOTHBRUSH DRILL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 247, 18 October 1922, Page 7

TOOTHBRUSH DRILL.

I'KtH'BST THAI HKKS.

A |jiol«-t In- the HLeadiuarter*' Aaeuciation againsi (lie prnpoetvl varryiiu; ..lit nf luoth-hriish drill in (li,. umier |.if-<'iit was put. i«fore the KiliK-aimn Hoard Him I>\ » deputation c..n»isf ing ~r MF<.»r*. Hall. Hill. Newton and Mattliew-. Mr. Hn\\ inn bi'l'oi,. th,. Buar.l the icadiinjj iliflicnlti.'" in ilmt. until more weiv pr0vi.1,.,!. the tinin occupied in the drill ■would nciiouslv interfere with tin- Ha*s »-i»rU. |iunluularlv in large Si'lioole. Mr. Neuiiin K ,(\o ihr mclukl time nccupii-d In- limi inianl childrrn ivhc. did toothovarii ihill cx.|>erj'iii<'iitally in (Jrwv ]>ynn fciiooi ut half an hour si <lay. Mi. Hill l>ut ili,. new lhnt ill,. ioutb-brii*h drill ua-> anotlier ?t<-|. in the itireuliuii of shifting |>aruntal responsibility unto i.lie -houliU'i- of tlie tcg'-IK-r*. anil' wat rrelly n<l in-ill Ito co)i.»ciiMitii>iis (lai-ciii-. He stati-d that, the matter o f teeth cleaning could or adei|liat«ly dealt with .by in•s|>fiction* of Hip teeth by the l«a"c-liciv aiul talks with t.!u> iliildron on the iiu porta mc vi vlomii teeth. Thin, in cunjunrlion willi til,- work of the iiiikv ninoiig tin. children mid paivius. would liaye tin , effect desired, without t lie uiid-esir-able leaiiires ut , i)n> tootlwbrnali ,|ril) ai i lie M-hool. All the >|>eaker.i argiied fha.t ilie elVort -liuiild lio lowaviLs im-ulcaiMie Ihe ha bit o f lepth-clcaiiini; :u home, ami could In- inaiie ertVvMive nlon};- ilia! line. Mr. !■:. ('. Ranks remarked Hwi he ili-.l nut think ;uiv parent slioiild feel in sultoil !)>■ haviny his i-liildrcn rttiu|ieil«il Io clenii their teotli. The had V>»en fur. c<l <m educational aiitlioi itips i»y the tlefeutive te,»th .if I lie resident? in Ne,v Zealand, and (hat had t,. 1>» remedied. "The 8.W1.1 deferred flevisioii until the i|iie*t;..n had been reported nn by rhe lU«dival officer.