A Serious Charge.
A schoolmaster, employed under the Wellington Education Board, has submitted to the board a somewhat peculiar complaint. It appears that he has on his teaching ataff a young lady who is of a humorous turn of mind. On the Ist of April, according to the master's letter to the board, this festive damsel sen-t a boy to her desk to look for a spider. The youth was unable to find the venomous insect, and upon his reporting the failure of his hunt to the lady, he was doubtless surprised to hear himself called an "April fool." -Nor was this all. The young lady sent a girl out to the porch to meet her mother. The maternal parent was not there, and consequently the innocent maiden fell a victim to the joking propensities of the monitor. Hence the report of the master. This letter, as may be imagined, created quite a sensation among the members of an austere body like the Education Board. Mr Buuny, who was the first to recover his self- possession, expressed the opinion that the master might have kept such a complaint to himself. Finally it was decided to " lay the letter on the table."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 131, 2 May 1884, Page 2
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201A Serious Charge. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 131, 2 May 1884, Page 2
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