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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 26 January 1911, Page 5

; 'Tt'is probably not .generally known tv'at 'the advantages of ite'aeMng by. ,;i:-rerspondence arc extended: toi' ,in'in'ates of New Zealand.prisons',.' : Acto the "Southland Times,"' \vsfcic-h has the authority 'of; Mtr Havv.tfns,' gaoler ' "at invereargill/-. ; *tlie system ha s "been in use there'.,for •.".'tlve. t;.£sf 12 mouths. Mr Hawkins meii--Jr.ned {hat courses in •shorthand, cherristry, electrical engineering;' and. "'•V.sic had, been taken up. Ohe youth' :.ii'd taken a very high pass in: Ms ex : .' 'filiations: All the' inma'te"s ; —about. "5-j of them a:r.e under the age of 25 vt ars—-are,' eiic&uraged -*to go in for *4Hie for.iu of study I,' If their' friends; :-ie will^iifr'.to .incur tKp --.eeessary in connection with, lut i.fcion ' oy correspondence, eyesry. inmate of the .gaol is .gilveh the opportunity 'to', rake any. course for'which' :hc has an, -nclination; Primary education dp* to, tij-e Education Board's fifth standard •-■ given by the" prison - : authorities iiiemselves. dVTr ITawltins thinks that tne Tiorstal system. -f»r something- re*sembling it, can be put into' force with greater advantage' in New Zen- . land than, is probably" the ease._ in England, Ashore h very mneh J i\arder. type of criminal is met with. ; He is satisfied that the new methods, Wrhich r-.iiara.cterise the ,sch'eme ■, of prison'? iret form, introduced by Dr Findbayvvare coing to do agreat deal of good in i'ie vast majority of tases, i ? -