REFUTING CHILD SLAVERY CHARGES.
Per Press, Association. Eltkain, Last Night. The Argus publishes the following synopsis of evidence gathered re child slavery in nearly all the schools in the district from Stratford towards Hawera: 1. No person interviewed would endorse the charge of child slavery. 2. No school teacher was prepared to state that there is a case of hardship among children attending school at the present time. 3. Some children came late on account of milking. 4. Some teachers found it difficult to get homework done. a. One teacher said his pupils were sometimes drowsy. 0. Medical men can cite no instances of illness induced by children working on farms. 7. No children have been known to suffer physically from milking. 8. The weight of evidence is that children are as intellectual here as elsewhere. 9. Milking by cliildren, has decreased rapidly during recent years. 10. The hour at which the children rise is about 5.30 a.m. 11. The number of cows milked varies from six to ten at the height of the season. 12. During a considerable portion of this time the schools are closed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 28 November 1907, Page 2
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187REFUTING CHILD SLAVERY CHARGES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 28 November 1907, Page 2
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