The mother of a child who had been absent from 6chool on 47 occasions durinp tho past quarter informed Mr W. Gf". Riddell, S.M., at the JLower Hutt Court yesterday that her husband was away on a hospital ship. She added that she had eight children, and had a market gardon • to attend to. Her child was kept away irom school in order that she might asßist in working the holding. The magistrate said that the girl, who was nearly fourteen years of age and had only passed the third standard, was not boing given a chance. .Bykeoping her from gaining an education she would be handicapped later in life.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19190605.2.13
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10298, 5 June 1919, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
110Untitled New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10298, 5 June 1919, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in