WARNING TO PARENTS.
TRUA-fT PLATERS CHARGED. SMALL FINES INFLICTED. Several parents were charged before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court this morning with permitting their children te> play truant from various public schools in the Auckland district. The prosecutions were brought by the Attendance Officer (Mr. H. S. Small). | A girl who had teen absenting herself from tbe Beresford Public School for a considerable {flme, was committed to the Receiving Home for three months. Mr. Small stated that one of the worst cases that ted ever come under 'his notice was that where a family of five had !een staying away from the New Lynn School. The parents had absolutely defied the authorities, and refused to send their children to school. One member of this family had attended on only six out of 38 occasions wben the school ted been open. A boy who bad not attended classes for ten weeks was stated to be working in a motor garage. Fines were imposed ranging from 2/ to 10/.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 269, 10 November 1923, Page 11
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171WARNING TO PARENTS. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 269, 10 November 1923, Page 11
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