SCHOOL INSPECTOR'S ALLEGATIONS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2192, 21 October 1920, Page 3

SCHOOL INSPECTOR'S ALLEGATIONS.

MACIST+tATE ASKS E()R PROOF

CHILDREN' ABSENT FROM

SCHOOL

‘‘l liiink ibis is ii ease,ol a man who biis ; 1 1»;>iii eleven c!itldren, .-aid Mr W.vyom Wilson, S.M., at the Wanganui Maoist rate’s Court on Tuesday, when a mail was i-haiged with inilij!"' to sand three ol his i-iiiiilit'll In school. “Ur- is an absolute waster,' sai<i Mr Si-duner. the truant inspector. “I don't tli ink you are .pistilied in saying - that,” replied Ids Warship. The imaiit inspoidov: But 1 am, your Worship. Tlis Worship: Well, yon must go on and prove your ease against idm. The I maul inspector said that mi one occasion one of I lie ehildren was kept at home on the ground that the mother was ill, whereas the latter was at the races.

His Worship: How do yon know Ihnfc?

The inspector: Here is a letter from the teacher.-

His AVorship; That is not evidence.

The. inspector: Well, to ihe best of my knowledge she was there. His AVorship: Perhaps you were there yourself, or possibly it was the teacher who' was there. You must not take away people’s elm if ■actor unless yon can prove it.

Tiie inspector: I can prove it.

His AVorship: AVell, prove it

The inspector said he would ask for an adjournment. The onus was on parents to prove that a child was ■at school or otherwise exempted, His Worship said he would not grant an adjournment. He knew thfc circumstances well. The father had a. family of ten or eleven children. He had a hard row to hoe. The minimum fine of 2s on each charge was imposed.—Chronicle.