When Mr James, Minister for Edu. cation in Kew South Wales, told the scholars at a Sydney school recently that he hoped the cane would be'abolished from all schools very soon, the announcement was cheered with enthusiasm by 1500 boys and girls, 'states the Sydney “Uaily Telegraph.” “Are you afraid of the cane?” inquired the Minister, ,jyith_,.,,.aff.ected«„-,.surpr;se. "No 1 ” promptly - came from the hundreds of young throats. . ‘.‘Well,” continued the Minister, “I can tell you, in confidence that I used to be, and ! sometimes used to stick needles in them to. causo them to split/’ Later on Mr McGowcn, M.L.C., also made the admission that the cans had been one of the horrors of his schooldays. “But I fancy the teachers were a bit rougher in mv young days,” concluded the veteran ' ex-i Premier reflectively. “There was one who used to bring it up as ■"dl as-down on my poor hands.” Some of the older boys smiled knowingly.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9825, 23 November 1917, Page 3
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