PUPIL THRASHED
HEADMASTER EXONERATED
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Nov. 29
Judgment was given to-day by the -Magistrate, Air T. S. McNeil, in the claim for £25 brought against John Campbell Burns®*, headmaster of Petonc West ,School, by the father of Roy Furniss, a pupil, for alleged assault on his sou. The boy was thrashed by Burns for disobedience and resisted -punishment. The Magistrate dismissed the claim He said lie considered the defendant did not administer the punishment from anger or malice, but from the necessity of chastising a. rebelliousi pupil, and that the punishment was justified, and not excessive.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1929, Page 6
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