INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL APPRENTICES AND THEIR MASTERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9062, 24 May 1888, Page 6

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL APPRENTICES AND THEIR MASTERS.

The publicity given to the case of Chadwick v. Wylie for the recovery of wages due to the plaintiff, an inmate of the Industrial Home, "licensed" to a settler, is likely to bring forward a number of grievances similar to those under which the boy Chadwick suffered. Mr. Hogan, the manager of the Industrial School at Kohimarama, has, since the publication of this case, had a communication and some conversation with a boy who was formerly an inmate of the Home. It appears that the boy had for six years been working for two settlers under the conditions of license. One of the two had paid every penny due to the boy to the master of the Home, but the second owed two years' wages. It appears that during those two years the boy as in Chad wick's case, was free from the control of the Home, but was left under the impression that he was still subject to the conditions of the license, and that his wages of 2s per week were being regularly paid to the master of the Home. The settler referi sd to resides in the Karaka district, in the neighbourhood of Papakura. It is probable that after a formal demand has been made for the recovery of the overdue wages, proceedings will be taken for their recovery.