CHILD LABOUR IN THE COUNTRY
REMARKABLE FACTS. [BY TELEGBAPH — SPECIAL TO THB POST.) AUCKLAND, This Day. Some remarkable facts regarding child labour in the country were stated at the Country Teachers' Association meeting. Towards the end of last year circulars were sent out to the teachers of country schools, asking for particulars in connection with the effect of child labour on the work of the children at- . tending these schools. It was shown by the replies that a " great number of children had to work very hard before and after school. One return showed th3t a child had to milk thirteen cows night and morning-, whilst quite a number of the returns showed that children' were each milking seven cows. Naturally, the youngsters are tired on arriving at school, and totally unfitted to begin study.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 21, 26 January 1911, Page 3
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135CHILD LABOUR IN THE COUNTRY Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 21, 26 January 1911, Page 3
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