"WHITE SLAVES" OF DAIRYING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 10

"WHITE SLAVES" OF DAIRYING.

• EDUCATION BOiHI) DENIALS. 7; (By. Toleßrttph —Press Association.) '. H '■"I' ■ Auckland, I'cbro'ary 17. Members'of the 'Auckland Education Board,, which;. is composed. largely. of country representatives, hold very decided opinions concerning the effect of dairying upon . the youth of the nation, and these were 'given free expression' when a school inspector reported to tho board that frominformation received he believed the. .work .'of some of r the country scholars was interfered with by the. quantity' of milking .which;they were required to do. " Farmer - 'challenged, the . inference. Ho; expressed ••the ; opinion that the children of dairy-farmers' did not have " a bad time at all. 1 ■

■■: The chairman '(Mr. C. J; Parr) 'remarked : that- Sir. Robert* Stontvhad "on one., occasion,':in referring.;to the .Tarahaki •'. district,'-doolared that dairying'was white'- slavery,/: ■'-. -.;,■;■':.,;/ ■.'■',-, .■ -./■ ,-; ;••■'■ : Mr. J. J; Garland.said he:was prepared to challenge proof of l the statement of Sir/Robert Stout, who merely played to tho" gallery.,. ■•■:'.. ) : .'. Mr. Mlienzie/regretted that the complaint roforrcd to was made an excuse by .teachers-who.'secured indifferent results.

'--. Mr.;:Greenslade'' ridiculed tho idea : that dairymen were, in the habit of overburdening 'their children, and remarked that. the. youngsters of; the Waikato district were as'robust as any in New- Zealand.;:. ■•'/■:.■.•>*;';*.■'"■','*;•■:•'> •" :/ " " :/''''■'■ j.' The \ chairman • did.: not '.think that the milking, of a few''cpws; : was/going to-hurt tho;young;people;.but,' oh the other hand,, considered,that : the discipline .which' accompanied ~• these .'duties ! 'would ■ prove highly:;bon'eficial;. Reports from country schools altogether refuted the contention ..that .the; children ..of'dairying folk'were too trjed during.-:the;'day to' give proper attention .to their, school- duties. -•"