COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
A VICTORIAN DIFFICULTY. PARENTS GO TO GAOL. United Press Association. Copyrighi (Received Dec. 2. 9.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 2. During the last few months many p/irents have been fined at Prahran for failing to send their children to school. Some fathers, unable to pay the fines, have made -arrangements with the police Avhereby they spend the week-ends in gaol, thereby obviating loss of employment.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2364, 3 December 1908, Page 5
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