TOO MANY HARICOTS.
PARIS SCHOOLBOYS GO ON STRIKE A SURFEIT of haricot beans and dried peas has-drivcn the pupils of the State school of commercial studies in Paris to come out on strike. They were packed off home. As the fees amount to nearly £100 a year, or more than any other State school in Paris, the pupils decided that they had a right to better food. An incident was provoked by a pupil taking his plate to the headmaster in order to show against what they were protesting. He was punished, and his comrades became mutinous. Their working blouses were heaped in a courtyard and set on fire, whilst most of the windows were broken. The school authorities say the allegations of bad food and negligent treatment are ridiculous, but the scholars are united in their protest. They are content to lose their diplomas at the end of the year rather than surrender the vital principles for which they are standing. ■ r <
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14984, 4 May 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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163TOO MANY HARICOTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14984, 4 May 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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