TEMPTED FROM THE PATH.
DANCERS BESETTING FEMALE EMIGRATION. LADIES GIVE EVIDENCE BEFORE IMPERIAL TRADE,COMMISSION. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT] (Received October 13. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 13. Lady Knightly, of Fawlv and Mrs Ellen Joyce, on behalf of tiie British Women’s Emigration Society, gave joint evidence before the Empire Commission and stated that- girls sent to Australia by the Society were safe, but they had proof of attempts being made to corrupt other female emigrants on shipboard and also of their being tempted at wayside ports. On arrival at Australian ports, too, after entering domestic service in some cases girls disappeared altogether. '
All emigration agents, they thought, ought to bo licensed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3653, 14 October 1912, Page 5
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109TEMPTED FROM THE PATH. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3653, 14 October 1912, Page 5
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