TIRED SCHOLARS
DAIRY FARM SLAVES EARLY MORNING MILKING. I Special " Chronicle ” Service ] DUNEDf?<, March 22. “Many of the older pupils seem too 'tired or too sleepy to give concentrated attention. It would seem that the school is a place where they come to rest.” Thus reported the senior school inspector (Mr Stuckey) on a school in a dairying district.’ The inspector 'added Liat he was unable to attribute the unresponsive attitude of the children either to unintelligenee or lack of instruction. From inquiry it transpired that most of the senior pupils worked before school from 3.30 a.m. to 7 a.m. or 8 a.m.
In the subsequent Education Board discussion it was stated that it seemed monstrous that while the Factories Act in towns prevented the employment of children under 14, parents in the country could make slaves of their own children. Economic forces admittedly had something to do with it, but in cases like this the State should’ intervene.
It was resolved to forward the report to the Department, asking for legislation forbidding the employment of children before a certain hour.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20103, 23 March 1928, Page 6
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181TIRED SCHOLARS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20103, 23 March 1928, Page 6
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