COMMITTED TO A HOME.
' . o——— (for I'ress Association,! 277' Chhistchubch, April 10. './ Al4 year-old girl was charged be- ' '~* fore Mr Bishop, 8.M., on Saturday ' ~'' with r.ot being under proper control. ' "i. f , The mother is a respectable woman, .. ' but the father is tbe subject of a pro- ' y ' 7 hibition order. It was when the i mother was out working that tbe girl '7 fell into evil ways. Keplying to the ' *-' ' Magistrate the girl admitted improper ' relations with several boys, whose ages ' rauged from 14 to 18 years. The ' ." mother said she kDew nothing of these ; '". " ' happenings and ridiculed the girl's sUtemeut, but the girl again asse'ted ! they were true. The Magistrate said .', it was a shocking thing that the child ] should be allowed to drift into evil ' ways in this fashion. He made no ] reflection on the mother, who was v hard*working woman, but who, he ' ■' ' said, had the misfortune to have a * ? r • ne'er-do-well husband. The girl was ' < ' sent to the Te Orsnga Home. '
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5637, 10 April 1911, Page 3
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166COMMITTED TO A HOME. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5637, 10 April 1911, Page 3
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