White Slavery

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1463, 23 October 1905, Page 3

White Slavery

I, . ■ Sensational Evidence at Auckland Court ) By Telegraph.-Prwa Association. | Auokiand, this day. j A Qobkn-strekt reitauratour named j Peter French! was oharged at the Police t Court to-day with working three assistants I moro than 52 hours weekly, aad with failj ing to allow the weekly half-holiday. The 3 assistants doposod that they worked seven 5 days a weok, and tho shopman said his . hours in one week totalled 116j. Twc 3 waitresses said that thoy had worked 9( hours, tho wages being twelve and eighi shillings respectively. Mr Dyer, tht stipendiary, characterised the caso as white I slavery, and fined Franchi thirty shillings [, on each of eleven informations, with costs Uie total being nearly . s ' .