SENT TO PRISON.
BOYS’ STREET FOOTBALL. LONDON, Dec. 16. The Earl of Cavan, in a letter published in the “Daily News” concerning the disclosure that 20 boys, who had been playing football in the streets of Sheffield were imprisoned because they ivere unable to pay a few shillings fine, says: “ All must be shocked at the magistrates concerned, but such a woeful impairing of tho boys’ chances in life is a far greater shock to a community which enjoys tennis courts, cricket and football fields, golf courses, hunting fields and shooting moros. “While we are playing games in comfort, thousands are forced to play in the streets, risking the prison taint and endangering their social and moral welfare. ’ ’
The Earl urges support for .the playing fields movement to provide more playing areas for the youth of England in which the Duke of York, whom he accompanied on his Empire tour, has displayed such a keen and practical interest.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 31 December 1927, Page 5
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158SENT TO PRISON. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 31 December 1927, Page 5
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