THE TRUANCY LAWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 July 1918, Page 2

THE TRUANCY LAWS.

a . WARNING TO PARENTS. > \ • »(Per Press Association.) ; WELLINGTON, This Day. [ As a sequel to .the recent production of the pantomine “Dick ! Whittington” in, Wellington, : several parents have appeared in [ the Magistrate’s Court," charged . t , ; with keeping children from school on the occasion of the matinee on \ July 3rd. The truant officer stated that' / the pantomime management had applied for permission to employ a number of children. The request was granted on condition that the children’s education was not interfered with. The chil- I dren, however, were kept at the j theatre till late at night, and. / asked to attend the afternoon per- / formances. One girl ag i ed eight/ was so overcome by excitemenjf that she had been in' bed evet since. The prosecutions wei/e brought as a warning to parents. Many children besides those participating had 1 been absent froin school to witness the performance. The magistrate, Mr Frazer, said that perhaps the parents were npt' r so blameable as the management, who took an unfair advantage of the children and of the permit'sHowever, the parents were re- • sponsible, and the children Iraki received the reward for acting. \ ' i, ! Defendants were fined 2s each. ■