§ MR. SEVERNEasked the Vice President of the Committee of Council, Whether he will cause inquiry to be made from the Chairman of the Lyefield School Board, Charlton Kings, county Gloucester, or others, as to the death from alleged over - pressure of Lilly Wood, a pupil teacher, and state the result to the House?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe pupil teacher in question was transferred with the National School to the Lyefield School Board in December last. On the 1st of April it was reported to the board that she had broken a blood-vessel the previous evening on her way home from school. The medical certificate states the cause of death as acute phthisis; and the school board unanimously declare that there is not the least evidence that death was due to her school work.