BEATING A CHILD.
GRAVE ALLEGATIONS. ONEHUNGA SCHOOL CASE. Ax irate father and a lame child confronted the Onehunga School Committee last evening, and in response to a query from the chairman {Mr. .Jas. Glanfield) the parent, Mr. C. Leathart, explained that he had a complaint to make against a teacher at the school. On the day previous, he said, the child, who was his son, had reached the class line a litt'e kite, whereupon the. alleged ill-treatment was meted out. As the result, the child, who was of delicate constitution, had to be treated by Dr. W. G. Scott, and he (the father) had laid an information against the teacher, to be heard next Court day. "■ The committeemen inspected the marks on the child's body, and unanimously condemned them—if inflicted, as alhvged—as being brutal. After discussion it was resolved that- further consideration of the matter be deferred until after the Court proceedings.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13846, 4 September 1908, Page 5
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