DISTURBANCE IN SCHOOL
THE TEACHER ASSAULTED WOMAN CONVICTED AND FINED (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, December 10. A disturbance that occurred at the Ohariu School on October 17 when the school teacher was alleged to have been assaulted by the guardian of one of the boys and also insulted in the presence of her pupils, was threshed out finally in the Magistrate's Court to-day when Mr Stilwell, S.M., convicted and fined a woman on charges brought by the teacher and the Wellington Board. The hearing commenced on FridayMrs Georgina Eeher was convicted and ordered to pay costs amounting to £6 10s 6d on a charge of assaulting Mrs Gladys Ethel Stone, and was convicted and fined £3 and costs £2 14s for insulting the teacher in the presence of her pupils. Referring to the charge of insulting the teacher the magistrate said it was a serious matter as it hit at the whole foundation of school discipline.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22751, 11 December 1935, Page 6
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