Important Modification of Proposed Resolutions to Avert Trouble Without Affect ing Ultimate Operation of No Dole Contemplated A special number of th Mun'eipal Gazette was issued on Tuesday, which contains. important: declaration of policy regarding the Child Labour by-law.
Very briefly, the object is to take precautions against any of the ill consequences which some people anticipate from the quick application of the by-law, without impairing its ultimate effect. The Council's statement is ax follows The attention of the public is Girected to the fact that the Child Labour resolutions are ide wording with those propose I fe payers Meeting, with the exception that in Resolution VII, authorizing the Council to proceed with the proposals contained in Pai III of the Child Labour Commission's Report, the words "tin ite discretion" have been inserted, in order to enable the Council to mitigate cases of hardship that operation, of the proposed legislation might engender, and to which ratepayers, but for thi saving clause, would be committed.
Since the abortive meeting called April last, considerable further attention has been given to various aspects of the proposed legislation, and more particularly to the steps which might be taken to avoid hardship in the case of children already in employment. Various suggestions having been made to the Council in this connexion, it should be stated Gefinitely that the grant of any form of dole or other compassionate allowance to be issued from the Public funds to those who might be thrown out of employment does not upbear to the Council to be justified.
On the other hand the suggestion has found favour with the Council hat, if and when the proposed ioeasures should become law, they should be authorized to impose the proposed regulations in such a manner as to bear least, heavily on those chiefly concerned. Among other suggestions the Council views with favour a proposal as. far ks possible to refrain from into ference with children already employment, and to take such ste as may be feasible by adequate rez istration, photographing, ete, to ensure that, in eases where the by-was operative, no more children could in future be engaged, By this the employment of child labour in factories would be brought about within a measurable period of time, Jend without the hardship resulting from the wholesale dismissal of children from factories,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.