THE PREMIER'S MISSTATEMENTS PROVED.
THB "EFFBCT Ot CRUDE LEGISLATION. WHO"LESA*LE LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT. SOME CHBISTCHUBCH STATISTICS. [United Press Association. ] CHBISTCHURCH, November 2fJ.-< I Exhaustive inquirioa made by the Christchurch " Press " do not bear out the statements by the Premier at Ormondville a week ago that the passing of the Employment of Boya and Girls Without Wages Prevention Act had not led to'a single girl or boy being turned . - out of employment. Most reliable evideuce, thai can be obtained locally, leads to the conclusion that between 60 and 100 girls have b^en dismissed in Christchurch alone.* In a aerioa of interviews with em. ployers In various branches of industry, ihey state that the Act will cripple the labouring rinJnsoit who desire their children tobe taught trades, and by closing the do«a to tjheridng generation lead to BBia&woffcireigneTv. [The foregoing telegram appeared is cur country wif&Q* of yeeterday.— Ed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 271, 30 November 1899, Page 3
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147THE PREMIER'S MISSTATEMENTS PROVED. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 271, 30 November 1899, Page 3
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