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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4322, 27 January 1875, Page 2

We are glad to notice that the training-ship at Auckland is beginning to be appreciated,'and to be of real usefulness. A few days ago a party of six or seven youngsters passed up from Duhedin; on their way to join the ship ; and the; records of the Police Court at Auckland offer almost from- day to day proofs of the wisdom of the Government and the Legislature in the provision they have made for the hoys of the colony. The'necessity that exists for the institution is well illustrated in the following Iparagraph which we take froni the police report of a late' number of the Auckland' Southern Cross: twelve years of age, was brought up under the Training School Act as'a neglected child. Constable Clarke gave evidence that the boy had been treated badly by his father, beaten severely, and; very much neglected. The father of the child was now in his honeymoon, but gets drunk repeatedly and beats his wife, and breaks the delf and furniture. Upon' this evidence the boy was committed as a neglected child to the Training School for a period of four years, to be brought up in the Wesleyan faith." ."'."'■.