BAN REMOVED
TEACHERS MAY SMOKE IN PRECINCTS OF SCHOOL By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, October 6. By a unanimous agreement, the Auckland Education Board at its meeting to-day, on the motion of the chairman, Mr T. U. Wells, lifted the ban they had previously placed on smoking by teachers in school hours and on school premises. They replaced it with a motion expressing strong disapproval of smoking by teachers during school hours, it being stated that the question could safely be left to head teachers. When the ban was first imposed it was to protect the school buildings from the danger of fires. Later, the moral quesiton was raised, and this became the major issue at to-day’s meeting throughout a lengthy discussion. No member made use of the ashtrays placed on their desks, and there was an atmosphere of tension. As soon as an agreement was reached, pipes and cigarettes were produced and a haze of smoke rose above the subsequent discussions.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20852, 7 October 1937, Page 6
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