PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
A STRINGENT MEASURE,
United Preas Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.
ADELAIDE, September 23.
. The Children's Protection Bill now before Parliament is of a most drastic character. Children under thirteen years of age found in the streets after certain hours will be arrested. Any person showing an indecent publication to a child under eighteen will be sentenced to six months' imprisonment and fined £50. The same penalty attaches to anyone allowing a, boy or a girl under eighteen to sing, act, or beg in public. Anyone selling or giving tobacco or cigarettes to a child under fifteen will be fined £10. The Bill raises the age of consent to seventeen yeans.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 10150, 24 September 1898, Page 8
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PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
Press, Volume LV, Issue 10150, 24 September 1898, Page 8
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