STREET TRADING
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN
TOV7EH TO DEAL WITH SUBJECTS.
The clauie in the Child W«ilfja» 810 dealing with street trading was briefly touched upon iv the course of the discussion in tht House of EepresenUtires last night.
The Minister of Education (Sir Jame* I'arr) said that the Bill gave power to deal with strent trading by regulation. He did not know of nuy other wny to deal with the matter properly. When the Bill,went to the Education Committee, officers of the Department would j;ivo evidence as to what was ocenrring in t.ho streets us a result of children taking part in trading. . Uiifortunutnly Donartinental investigation showed Umt a largo proportion of hoys, and some girls, were engaged' in business about the streets, and a fair number of them were delinquent. It was impossible to deal by Act with every case, and it was thought preferable to deal with the matter by regulation. The Houiw would have an opportunity when tho Bill went to. the Education Committee to look into tho matter a;nd to say whether t.ho power it was proposed to take was too wide. He would welcome any .assistance, tho Committee could givo him on the subject.
The Leader of the Labour Party (Mr. H. h. Holliind) said the question of chil-. oren trading in the streets would have to be fuced. Wlierovcr one wont in the cities in New Zealand one found small, boys out on the streets Belling newspapers at night particularly on Fridays and Saturdays. He was awaTe that there was an economic reason; that parents had not always a choice in llio Hinder; and that because the income of! tho family was insufficient the children! practically had to be requisitioned to : earn income. In (his country, at any rale, he thought the Jaws could be so written as to obviate such n reflection on our social legislation. What applied to small boys in the cities now must eventually apply right throughout, Mr. Holland also referred to the injustice which_ was very often done to (he children in tlia rural centres. .Asain there i was an economic reason in this case. Individual parents were not responsible, laiit society as a. whole was responsible .•ffiil thu .system depended n» (Jib laws of. litv spun try, . ,
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 19, 22 July 1925, Page 16
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379STREET TRADING Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 19, 22 July 1925, Page 16
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