THE SEDGWICK BOYS.
NOT UNDESIRABLES. • . (By Telegraph—Press Association.! . Christchurch, February 4. .The Hon. J.. A. Millar, Minister for Labour,, interviewed .-in regard to the allegations made' regarding • the lads brought to the Dominion under the auspices of Mr. Sedgwick, said there was no foundation for the statement that they ire .of an undesirable class. There was not one of them a slum lad—that is, not one of them was criminally tainted. The Department possessed- a complete record regarding. the previous history of each Jad, giving the employment ho had followed, and the wages he ,had received, and also details regarding his environment Personally tho Minister did not think that more lads should be brought out, until tho experiment had been tested ■for twolvei months.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1044, 6 February 1911, Page 5
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124THE SEDGWICK BOYS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1044, 6 February 1911, Page 5
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