MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE.
A SCHOOLMASTER'S POWERS,
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AUCKLAND, January 25. Mr Florance, S.M., gave important decision at Kohukohu, on Thursday last, when Mr Cox, headmaster df the Kohukohu school, and John McGechie, assistant, were charged with assaulting several Sixth Standard pupils. The case of Selwyn Maxwell was taken as a test. It was shown that the boy participated in cheering two boys who "had. been punished. The cheering took place outside the school gates just after school hours. The demonstration was in defiance of the headmaster. The Magistrate's decision was that the law gave the master power to punish pupils for misconduct while on the way home from school. The punishment was not excessive. The informations were therefore dismissed with costs £4 10s against the parents.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8782, 25 January 1909, Page 5
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127MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8782, 25 January 1909, Page 5
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