THE TRUANCY ACT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 781, 25 March 1905, Page 2

THE TRUANCY ACT.

« A "STIUKE" AMONG I'AKENIB. (Fcr Prcw Awdiltol.) n AUCKLAND, Marc* 24. i The prosecution of two Rivwta*d ' realdents in the Polio* Court to-day for neglecting to Mad thdr children f ; to school, revealed the fact that what J amounts to a 'strike hu developed among a number of aetata* in the district, who object to wnd their „ children across the water to ictjool. 'Hie defendants were Franß March, a I (ornicr monitor of the Rivertnad j. School Committee, and Charge* Louis Weber. ~ Mi- J. Small, truant inspector, i«- „ tunned tho Magistrate that the atr H tendance at the Itivierboid school l( had lietn gradually going down, and a uuinlKr ot )>nrents who lived on o the opposite sfdo of the river now doll" cliut d to set!A their children at all. 'Hiey stnt across the river for groo „• cries, and could Just a*cattily tend Y their children across to nchodi. "lb I,' Is only a bit of conspiracy not to >t J goto this school,," he concluded. ~ Mr March informed the Court that g the wharf had been under ivpalr, e and it was impossibla boleros* tbo , q river except at high water. Ho lived ■ a .' two miles from the school,, and tv was therefore exempt under tic Act. lie had obtained an exemption certificate ifor the future., They were endeavouring: to secure a school in UK\r own side of the river, and he !>n«l ofercd io give a Bite. c _ WeJijpr produced an exemption eerti- ()| licute in respect to his children, but admitted that one of the signatures "us recently written, though tho tlocumont was dated March, 1804. . The Mugiistrolo suld that tW* was . not a certificate, nnd he fined both K l defendants 5s each and costs. >■> r—Tßgsssa