The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ondon, Farmer and Child Labourers.—Thomas Porter, farmer and landowner, Hutton Dacre, wascharged at Penrith on Tuesday with employingtwo boys who were not legally exempt from schoolattendance. He told the Bench he was guilty,and had been so for the last twenty-five years,meaning that he had always employed such assorted that the feeling of the country wasagainst such a restriction, and he stood out for thogood of tho country. It was a poor thing if a manwith a large family could not benefit by thoopportunity of tho children earning
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ondon, Farmer and Child Labourers.—Thomas Porter, farmer and landowner, Hutton Dacre, wascharged at Penrith on Tuesday with employingtwo boys who were not legally exempt from schoolattendance. He told the Bench he was guilty,and had been so for the last twenty-five years,meaning that he had always employed such assorted that the feeling of the country wasagainst such a restriction, and he stood out for thogood of tho country. It was a poor thing if a manwith a large family could not benefit by thoopportunity of tho children earning something,and at haytime men were costly and bad to the prosecution, it was stated that defendanthad persistently set the education authority atdefiance. He was a man who farmed his ownland and owned other property, so that his. wasnot the case of a small struggling farmer. ThoBench fined tho defendant 10s. and costs in onecase and ordered him to pay the costs in thesecond. September 30, 1907 MARK LANE EXPRESS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL 303. Where Are We Now? The hop harvest is practically concluded, andthe business of selling and buying has can be said about the position as far as ithas been revealed ? This is a difficult question toanswer, and I venture to declare that if it wereaddressed to a dozen traders in the Borough to-day, as many different answers would be forth-coming. The factors are optimistic, as a rule ;they generally cling to their estimates of verydeficient crop, and arguing therefrom that pricesmust advance, are in many cases advising theirclients to wait further developments. The growers who have decided to open theirsamples are therefore generally firm in (heirdemands, and are refusing the bids of po: siblebuyers, and the results of this policy are see n inan improving tone, which has culminated in theestablishment of advanced prices to the extent of10i. to 15s. from the lowest figure at which thetrade started. But on the other band the me
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