THE BOY RODGER.
To the Editor.
Sir. - Will you allow me a few lines in your paper to clear myself and family with regard to the o.ru-r of the and show to you and flu- public that his case is not at all connected with theNeglectcdandCrinimalChildren Act. Granted that ho was picked up on the street, that was all the fault no had done, and I am sorry to say that ever since lie was a chdil he would, when he felt tired, lie down and go sleep wherever he wes playing, never thinking of going into (b • iumse. Everybody that is acquainted with him knows that lie is soft; fo- iiisUmce, if ho were sent with a rnesra;anil the slighte i thing happened to catch his attention, ho would forget all about what he was sent for, or even to come home, and would have to be looked for till he could be picked up. As for being neglected, he has been 4u our care, and bag beeu more looked aftek
and attended to than most children, high or low. My idea in letting him be sent out to the Industrial School for a while was to tram him if we could, and bring him back when we thought he was right. Ih conclusion I may say that the boy was away from heme before I returned from the country.—l am, &c., Walter Rodger. Dunedin, July 17.
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Evening Star, Issue 3689, 19 July 1875, Page 3
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238THE BOY RODGER. Evening Star, Issue 3689, 19 July 1875, Page 3
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