Wounded Deer, Succeeded In Business
CLEVELAND,
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Andy Christie is in a $400,000 busines because he wounded a deer 10 years ago.
Christle, 50, of Kingston, N. If.. was successful shoe and clothing salesman in 1023 when he shot a deer and spent several hours trying to find it.
While searching, he met Fred Nichols, a poultry ratser, who helped him find the wounded animal the next day. They be- came close friends.
Christle Anally ylelled to Nichols' pleas and they started raising chickens together-unili now they have a $400.000-4- year business.
Bogus Special Constable
CHARLES, 90, AND ANN NEVER HAD A HOLIDAY HERE is the life-story of
Charles Sendden, 90. year-old Dorset man, who lat
Southampton recently celebrated the seventieth an- niversary of his wedding.
He was born at Bridport, and when he was aged six he started working from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., sometimes longer.
For his labour in the fields and waving a rattle to scare the birds he received a wage of 18. Gd. a week.
He was earning 89. a week as a carter when he was married.
Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH :
How Children Work-1939
AT 14, SOME DO A
48-HOUR WEEK
Lady Astor Says It Is Disgraceful
LADY ASTOR, championing the children,' was the "story" in the House of Commons recently. She went for the Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare; the Government Chief Whip, Captain Margesson; and the Government.
Though, to be sure, for one of Lady Astor's dash and fire and spirit, that was only a nice little morning's work.
fact that children under 16-can-be years of age the Red Flag would not.
Ms were protesting against the my child going into a factory at 11 enlled upon to work, in some ele-ave been red enough for me." emstances, AB
She called the orders which ex- week, IL atthough The Factories Act of 1937 tended the week "the most reactiun prescribes for them a general work-ary ever brought before the House." mg wreek of 44 hours
She said: "We hope to have an Are we
hours
When his wages increased to Da, a week Charles and bis wife Ann, de- eided to raise a family.
TEN CHILDREN Charles worked on Dorset and [Hampshire farms until he was 74, Frank O'Sullivan, an unemployed in week; yet the couple raised
and his wages never exceeded 16a, chli.
The Dome Secretary has been able election in the autumn, labourer, of Hastings, was oned £10dren. Ann helped to keep them by to make regulations permitting the Comp to the country with the cry or in default three months' imprison-working in the fields for Ed. .ment, recently, for posing as a speciat
a doy, longer week on the application of that we want children of 14 to work. constable.
Tea was generally beyond their certain industries. Mr. F. W. King, prosecuting, said burned bread crusts had to be the debate, pointed out how the total
income, so boiling water poured on! MP's had a "Save the Children" man and woman, "Mr. A" and substitute. "Mrs. B." were sitting in a field! at
tarian States nurtured their Most memorable werk in Charles's folk, and were all in favour of spar-side it." Hollington Park, St. Leonards, when life was in 1803, when he won two ng Britain's children as they were approached by O'Sullivan, ploughing Batches, and with one possible in their growing years. much who told them he was a special prize of 23 he bought a wooden constable. He took their names and armchair and six kitchen chairs. addresses for tresparing.
that n
hier
18 hours a week?"
It would be a very good thing for there was nice little rebellion the Government, the remarked, if young among the bright young things 10-
"EVERLASTING DISGRACE”
T'person!" shouted delighted Socialists. Captain
Somebody pointed to Margesson, Government Chief Whip, as the representative of Government authority over Govern- ment supporters.
M.P. BEGAN WORK AT 11 The couple have never been to an Next morning he enlied on "Mrs. entertainment of any kind and have).
The flouse was much moved by B" and showed her a written message never had a
-imule story of his Own working a holiday. signed
"Special Constable Donald "Life," said Mr. Sendden, without hon
Ledighthood told by Mr. George Tom McCullum," aske that night to talk over the affair with deep, work and sleep ...
meet him any bitterness, "has been work and (Soc., Farnworth), son of a
Lancashire
cotton worker. view to stopping
Lady Astor cried: "I am perfectly prosecution.
1 went into the mill me a half-ertain that he would not want his "Mrs. "
and O'Sullivan refused,
Now they live in the comfort of an at 11 years of age." related ebay to go into a furtory at 14 and said she would be summoned. one of 25 bungalows provided by sion a
Tomlinson. "I have in my passes-work 48 hours a week." She told Next morning he called again, and Southampton Corporation for aged authorities telling the world that see how he could possibly consent to certificate from the local the Hons Serretary she could nut said he had found out that "Mr. A" folk. was a married
George Tonfinson, at 11, had put in these regulations. man, and, he was
BIG SURPRISE
employment." "
"Benecíal
going to see "Mrs. A. He showed a car pulled up outside the bunga-many years and had now received recreation for himself," she said of They had a big surprise one day so many attendances at school in "te takes jolly good care to get her a written statement, again sign-le and from it stepped the Mayorenetic tat ed Donald McCullum," which ac and Mayores of Southampton to Tumilinson ettsed them
mis-offer their congratulations, ronduct.
"TO SETTLE THE MATTER”
of committing
Mr.sportsman Sir Samuel Hoare, "but by asked,
to these regulations he is depriving whom?"
thousands of children of opportuni- "Looking back on those days," he ties for recreation and education.” said, "when I tried to find my way She said that if the House did not finising my sleep as we went arross be "an everlasting
It would
O'Sullivan text called on "Mrs. Aled: "And they talk about the good to work on the arm of my father, turn down the displace"
frighten tiem.
The Mayor, after being told the story of Charles and Ann, comment and handed her the letter. "Mrs. A" old days, I will them the bad old Informed her husband when he came days" horne, and that evening O'Sullivan returned to the house with "Mrs. D." O'Sullivan told them that he wanted to settle the matter then and there, as it was his first case, and he did not want to bring it to court.
O'Sullivan was questioned by Inspector Ellis, of lastings police, and said he had taken the names and The bench refused O'Sullivan's re- addresses of the man and woman to' quest for time to pay the fine.
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the fields to the mi}}, I wonder how Mr. Peake, Under-Secretary to the they could invent such phrases. Home Oilce, pointed out, however, O'Sullivan reptated his story to the was that my 2s.
The only beneficial aspect of it that the total of young persons affect- magistrales.
3d. enabled my fed by the langer working week was "I found out that this other to coine nearer to balancing only 73,000 out of a total of 500,000 woman had been carrying on with the budget of a family of even when under 10 in factory employment, and this man for quite a time, and he ad-the average weekly wages ending in that there woold be no further mitted it in front of his wife," added were 265." O'Sullivan.
applications, as the time for these Lady Astor's comment on this was: had gone by. "My goodness, when listened to
The House supported the Govern- This speech I thought that had it been|ment, defeating by 180 votes to 02 a Socialist technical motion to reduce the Home Office' voto,
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