"TEACHER."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 540, 22 June 1909, Page 3

"TEACHER."

'■/'%/■'.?■• ;:J > lip' i >vV ; :'-:' ~J(-\?-:-:: •■;■■':■:. ftr?' , ! - > .:}_: \':. .: .'- S:. .'ipf..iineclicali-aid.:in",tho.'ispr .'.:.;'; - latedi districts;in./which many.of -the Native ■•'';;: \.\. Bohoojs^ar© , situated (says'a northern paper) '. .':. : ' ;•it frequehtly:faUi;tq the lot'of. ;the. Native .' . ; ; ;'scho6l teacher ..to to -the', needs.-of : , : . ':)' the' Maorir.'people amongst whom they are, '.-. ■;'..''.placed;' : ... : ond 'tne're' are., known ito'-the' Demany ihVtances'of ■self-sacrifice.and. :'.;. <y : -. ..devotion '.'on the./part: of -.these , ; teachers , rc- ' i'v;' ports' of, \yhich.':rarely '.reach/the'..'public -ear.'. v •".■: ";■■;. A .strikingeiample' of ■ this has: recently been '■■/A.. i ■', Reported , ( tp the. Pepartment.-..The inspector, '";'■■ 'y Von arriving at. a 'School, found; that all the ;;■ , ;■; ;■children^^Vwefo,'''assembled, save,'one;; a, little . v' j '■.. girl' of. about 'n.ino,"years. ; .She .was '.in the ': ~;. \: ; . teacbei's "house,:, apparently ' very ; ill. The' ;,;■. v. -toacher' stated, that'the.child, ! wio was'prac<;c tically an{orphan, |iad: been ill for-some time,. ';, ;.' V and, ■■. qs.'.•:she-had not:been receiving proper ... .':, ,)."attention' and food in .the,.kianga, she;(the ..';;!.•.'■• : ieabher);had'some days before removed .the, •■. Vv' ; .bhild .to.'hor own housei and ioamcyed.to.-tie ■v;"; nearest town' to ■iconsult', a doctor, wlio pro- : ;■'■' ! nounced the ; child to be suffering' from rnc'u; . ■ :•■ v : matic fever, and;pneumonia;'.Tequiring care-' v.., ; - :' ful' nursing night'-. and? day.-"The teacher, \: ,:,; : .who' ; iad /alrea)3y Jiad constant care' of : tho ; :.' : \_.k., child] /six/weeks,V is \ now 'taking y', ..V; i .v..'.Ti'pon" herself the yduty. of nursing '.the child l OHgh:iho;.illness.• ,' : J f':7,'■'.'' : ;J--:\ .0,