DEPRIVED OF SCHOOLING.
• Tro truant officer contacted a proeecntion in the : Wellington Juvenile Court last ..'.'■; '.week agaiqzb the guardian of a little girl '■'-:. oyer ten years of' age, for {ailing to send ■•'.'-.', the' child- to school. According to the : '~-. tenant officer the child bad only deceived |fj 1 two days' schooling: since, she was six years .'of "age,, and the girl did not know her ; alphabet. The guardian, had kept the ; i child .at home ,to• do housework. The v.;. "magistrate inflicted a fine -of £2 and, costs, and in doinjj so said it W6B evident - /the child was kept from school for the .!,. -; cpnveniance --the guardian. • ..'.'».'■ J
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16672, 17 October 1917, Page 8
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108DEPRIVED OF SCHOOLING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16672, 17 October 1917, Page 8
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