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Interesting Prosecution.

(South China Morning Post.

April 17th. 1920) Children carrying heavy weights,

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the instigation of Dr Aubrey, three female earth-carriers were arged before Mr. N.L.Smith at the Magistracy with ill-treating their ree sons in a way which would be likely to cause them unnecessary Yering and injury.

Defendants pleaded guilty.

5 T.H.King, Assistant Sup. of Police, said Dr. Aubrey, met defendants th their children carrying baskets of lime and earth up the Peak Thursday morning. The ages of two of the bays were given as 11 and

One of them was crying. 3 respectively.

Dr. Aubrey rang up the police and defendants were arrested,

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One of the children was carrying two baskets of sand weighing lbs, and the second had two baskets of earth the same weight, File the third had 32lbs of lime.

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King; Yes.

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I brought this case to draw the attention of the blic and the parents concerned,

r Smith said that the only thing that could be done to prevent ildren from being misused me through the legislature.

r. Aubrey said that he was sure that the carrying of such weights þuld do the children a considerable amount of harm, and continuous Trying would either kill the child, or seriously damage his health For life. There was no doubt someone in the Colony could stop this betice. It was a disgraceful scene.

r. Smith; I entirely agree. If the women were sent te prisen,

would only increase the misery of the children",

r. F. Bowley, Member of the Santitary Beard, states that; "The absence any factory legislation in the Colony must be almost incredible to yone familiar with the subject as dealt with in England, and the fact hat women and children of any age may be employed at any kind of work ndeera er sutdoors, however injurious, for any number of hours, by ght and day, weekdays and Sundays, is surely a disgrace to this althy Colony, and constitutes a grave danger to the race

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