CHILDREN ON FARMS
Work Detrimental SCHOOL INSPECTOR’S COMPLAINT. NEW PLYMOUTH, June 21. “Child slavery” was the term employed by the Chairman of the Taranaki Education Board, Mr J. A. Valentine, to describe the undue employment of children in farm duties, instances of which were reported to the meeting of the board to-day. The board srave instructions that teachers in charge of schools should be asked for confidential reports of any such cases. “I feel that the use of children in farm duties is growing,” said the senior inspector, Mr R. Hunter, who reported two cases of such use. He said it was detrimental to the mental and physical development of the children concerned, who did not get a fair chance. _________
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Grey River Argus, 22 June 1939, Page 6
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