CHILD SLAVERY.
MILKING ON SHARES,
Per Press Association,
Hamilton, Last Night. < The debtor in a judgment summons case at the Hamilton S.M. Court, giving reasons why he was unable to pay the, amount of the claim, mentioned the fact that one of his children, not. yet ten, assisted to milk 80 cows, which he and his family had to get through daily while milking on shares. His Worship.: This is one of the instances of child slavery we read about. Debtor: Yes. He gets up almost every morning at 4 o'clock, and to-day waa out as early as 3.30. His Worship: What is this due to?— the high price of land or what? Debtor: Yes; it is partly due to this, no doubt, but it just shows how hard they are pushing things, when a man has to push his children in this manner in order to live and keep them. Thers is no money to be made out of milking, on shares nowadays.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 289, 29 April 1913, Page 8
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164CHILD SLAVERY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 289, 29 April 1913, Page 8
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