THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 26, 1941.
BOYS NOT
TO DO
MEN'S WORK
Boys who are earning high wages clearing away debris in London may soon find labour ex- changes taking a special interest in them, for the London Regional Ad- visory Council for Juvenile Employment has told the exchanges that it does not consider this is suitable work for boys.
The Restriction on Engagement Order requires employers needing such workers to employ them only through the exchanges, who can therefore take action against em- ployers who do not consult them. with and can use their influence those who do.
An official of the Council stated: "This sort of work leads
a lad nowhere and it does him
no good phycically, because he
is doing a man's work before he is fit for it.
"The exchanges have no power to prevent such employment, but the order does eive us a measure of control.
"The trouble has increased be- Cause of the shortage of labour. In normal times there was no need to restrict the hours of work of juveniles in this kind of job. be- cause no juveniles were employed in it. So now there is nothing to prevent their workg long hours, and by doing so they can earn high wages.
We find that a number of lads are taken on for this work at men's wages without any approach to the Exchange. In some cases they creep in by oversight and their ages are later revealed by their employment books. In other casts, foremen have just slipped
them in.
"It is rather difficult to discover those cases of boys who were deliberately taken on without re- ference to the Exchange."
A boy earning £5 a week all the year through would pay £27 Income Tax.
QUIET DAY ON THE STOCK MARKET
Scenes of devastation in London to-day after the last heavy rald.
JUDGE AND PRISONERS'
WOMAN'S
CLOTHES
Mr. Justice Cassels, in the
Bench, questioned Fing's
A
pensive investment" in clothes.
She was Mrs. Kate Powell,
PARCELS BY SEA
(Copyright, Fox).
WAR TIME ONE-FLOOR HOUSES
The results of a com-