§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Kilkenny)To ask the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the alleged dismissal of a teacher, named Miss Turner, by the 873 Rotherham borough council, for insubordination, the insubordination consisting of her refusal to remove an engagement ring from her finger when ordered to do so; and, if so, by whom and for what reason was Miss Turner ordered to remove her ring, and is there any rule against female teachers wearing engagement rings; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The Board have received a letter from Miss Turner drawing their attention to her case. She states that she received the order from one of the mistresses of the pupil teacher centre, at which she is a student. Why she was so ordered she does not state. I am afraid the case is not one in which I have power to intervene.