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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8987, 23 November 1907, Page 4

The child slavery trouble is not confined to the Taranaki district. A corrc?pofident of the Otago Daily Times states- that child labour is in a bad condition in Otago. He says that some dairymen show more consideration for their cattle than for their children. He describes the practice of hiring out industrial school children to South Island dairymen as disgraceful. In some instances, although these children may be worked very long hours, they are otherwise well-treated; but in many cases, he bclh'evos, their plight is a sad one, and requires a rigorous inspection, a rriiueh more thorough inspection than, is carried out at present. "If the l dairymen wish their children to remain on the farms, '* he adds, "they will have to make them some recompense for their long hours of labour. Up-to-date dairy farmers, who know how to manage their stock, are dvung well, and can well afford to pay their children something for their help. Unless stringent legislation is passed New Zealand avid child shivery will become as well-known «s the Congo and its atrocities."