AT THE THEATRE ROYAL

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21411, 1 March 1935, Page 10

AT THE THEATRE ROYAL

of his conduct? I mean, of course, if the child has done nothing illegal. (3) Can children be compelled to play games if the sports are held after school hours? (4) During the dinner-hour, have the teachers any control over the children who take their lunch to school? At a school where there is no playground and the building is locked during the dinner-hour, can the children be punished for walking around the streets? There is absolutely nowhere else but the streets for the children who have their lunch at school to go, as there is no shelter-shed, etc. At the school I have in mind several children have been punished for walking along the streets during the din-ner-hour, and now the children have been told that shortly a new rule is to be made which will compel those who take their lunch to remain at school during the dinner-hour unless they have permission from a teacher to 'do otherwise. Have the teachers any right to do this? The children have nowhere to go except on the streets as they are locked out of the school. The teachers do not have their lunch at school, so can they control the movements of the children who stay there during the dinner-hour, or are the children free to do as thev please during that time, as they would be if they went home for dinner? During the last few weeks of last winter the teachers took turns at having their lunch at school on wet days, so that the pupils could remain in the building. But, before that, several times the children were allowed to stay in school to eat their lunches. When they had done so, the teacher went home, and locked them out. It was raining, and the children stood under the shop verandahs, as they had no other shelter, and then they got into trouble for being on the streets. Many others as well as myself will be very grateful if a member of the

being paid to the gardens; it was greater than it had been in the past. Despite the dry season there had been a distinct upward trend in the standard of the gardens, and it was easily seen that there was more than a casual interest being taken in the factory gardens and surroundings. Without detracting from Messrs T. J. Edmonds' garden, which was better than ever, said Mr Barnett, high praise was due to that of Messrs Fleming and Co., which had shown great improvement this year. In the B grade gardens that of the Sanitarium Health Food Company really deserved to win. The A grade gardens have been established longer than those in the B grade. UNEMPLOYED MEN'S GARDENS The unemployed allotment garden competition is now being judged by Messrs Grimley, M. J. Barnett, and E. Taylor. "It is surprising how the men have worked," said Mr Barnett; "the gardens are an object lesson in hard work and good cultivation." The judging will be completed and the awards announced early next week.