PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. A DRASTIC MEASURE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
[press association.] Adelaide, 23 rd September. The Children's Protection Bill, now befora Parliament, is of a most drastic character. It provides that children under 13 years of age found in the streets after certain hours will be arrested ; any person showing an indecent publication to a child under 18 years to be imprisoned for six months, and to be fined £50; the same penalty attaches to anyone allowing a boy or girl under 18 to sing, act, or beg in public ; anyone selling or giving tobacco or cigarettes to a child under 15 to be fined £10. The Bill raises the age of consent to 17 3 r ears.
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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1898, Page 5
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118PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. A DRASTIC MEASURE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1898, Page 5
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