Our Industrial Schools.
There are in all 1550 children now in the industrial schools of the colony er under their control as boarders our Last year 209 cases were admitted, classified as to cauee as follows : — Destitution 75 ; immoral surround ing-s, 61 ; crime 38 ; vagrancy, 23; want ot control, 10; parents convenience, 2. With respect to religious profession the division is — Church of England, 90 ; Koman Catholic, 82 ; Presbyterian, 23; Methodist, 12; " Church of Christ," ; not known, 1. Fifty-one cases were not due to any misconduct on the part of the parents ; in 20 cases the information justifies no inference ; in 40 cases blame attaches to the father alone ; in 58 cases to the mother alone ; and in 35 cases to both parents. From the medical reports it is gathered that the boardinpr out system works well, and the children are looked alter with care by their foster parents. This is the toast which the modes' Irishman drank to the Englishman : " Here's o you as &ood aa you ore, ' and here's to me as bad as I am ; but as good as you are, and us bad hs I am, I'm as good as you are as bad as
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18941020.2.32
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 99, 20 October 1894, Page 4
Word Count
199Our Industrial Schools. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 99, 20 October 1894, Page 4
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in