AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
( 8 ? Eiisotrio Telegraph—Copyi igh c. ) (PBR UNITED PRBBS ASSOCIATION.) 'Received September 24, at 0 30 a m. Sydney, September 23. Mr Barton was elected by about 300 of & majority. ; Received September 23. at 10.45 p.m. Sydney, September 23. The Meagher and* Norton cases were :adjourned for a week. The Mohawk on the lasb trip to the Islands grounded at Tukopia, and was ; docked here when it was found that her chocks were damaged badly, and ;the plates dented. An inquiry is to be ! held. _ Adelaide, September 23. The Children's Protection Bill, now before Parliament, is of a most drastic charaoter. Children under 13 years of age found on the streets after certain hours will be arrested. Any person showing an indecent publication to a child under 18 will get six months, and be fined LSO. The same penalty attaches to anyone allowing a boy or girl under 18 to sing, act or beg in public. Anyone selling or giving tobacco or cigarettes to a child under 15 will be fined LlO. The Bill raises the age of consent to 17 years. I
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7322, 24 September 1898, Page 1
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