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  1. TYRANNY AT A COLLEGE IN ENGLAND.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Friday 3 July 1885 p 4 Article
    ... been re ceived. That a school should exist in which such a system of organized brutality is prevalent, is not creditable to the officials. Cases of individual bullying will occur in every school; but ... AT A COLLEGE IN Queen. IT is difficult to imagine an instance of school tyranny more disgraceful ... 979 words
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  2. PRESTON—THURSDAY.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 11 January 1879 p 3 Article
    ... about as ye been :to th religious remember, company, e men. Was *de? Had for bread d child cencies ... departments. If the Government find the abuse is such that it cannbt be cured then apply i the pruning kqife to the salaries of these fnnctionaries. If I mistake not a like abuse 'crept into the establish ment ... 338 words
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  3. FITZROY—MONDAY. [Before Messrs. Bennetts, Woodhead, Scale and Raven.]
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 9 October 1880 p 2 Article
    ... being a neglected child. His mother had been found by the police, anl on being placed in the witness ... when the defendant and her mother met the child, and used some violent lan guage. The child then came home, and Mrs. Pearson went out, and received a blow from Mrs. Boulter in the face. The child was ... 383 words
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  4. 'HEREDITY."
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 23 February 1884 p 3 Article
    ... organic moulds of heads and faces, and the use and abuse of organizations in the habits of life. He ... then went on to describe a large paint ing of the u:e and abuse of organic inheritance, tracing the well-formed child to the respected comfortable old gentleman, on the one hand, and the depraved ... 466 words
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  5. FITZROY—THURSDAY. [Before His Worship the Mayor, and Messrs. Showers, Marsden, Delbridge, M'Lean, Woodhead, and Best.]
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 27 November 1880 p 2 Article
    ... Randell sued Martin Feeley, a stonemason, for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. Adjourned to ... Kelleher had commenced to abuse her, and fromT thence to December, 1878, carried on a system of cruel ... should not contribute to the support of his lawful child. Mr. Edwards appeared to prosecute and stated ... 469 words
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  6. PRESTON—THURSDAY.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 4 October 1879 p 2 Article
    ... him. The Bench would not permit such conduct, they would not permit persons to abuse and insult the ... Leonard for defence. Leaving his il legitimate child without adequate means of support. The parties had ... 266 words
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  7. A PECULIAR CASE.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Thursday 7 January 1897 p 3 Article
    ... straightway started to abuse her. Referring to her and her child, he said "you devils have had enough out ... 322 words
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  8. LIFE'S SEAMY SIDE.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Thursday 29 August 1895 p 3 Article
    ... latter was not inclined to comply with the request, whereupon Timothy commenced to abuse him, and made ... Beamish a child in arms, was charged with being neglected. The father was in court and said he was unable ... 418 words
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  9. EFFECT OF TOBACCO ON CHILDREN.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Friday 15 January 1886 p 4 Article
    ... who were in the habit of smoking, though the abuse of tobacco varied in each case. The effects, of ... child the more marked were the symptoms, and the better fed children were those that suffered least. ... 343 words
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  10. TWICE MARRIED.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Thursday 18 February 1897 p 2 Article
    ... for as saulting her on the previous Saturday, had returned to his home and started to abuse her. Referring to her and her child, he said "you devils have had enough out of me." He then removed the ... 349 words
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  11. COLLINGWOOD—TUESDAY. [Before His Worship the Mayor, and Messrs. Peters, Levens, Marsden, Berry and Barnet.]
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 25 September 1880 p 2 Article
    ... great observer of the Sabbath, remonstrated with the lads, but the abuse he received unmanned him, ... were discharged with a caution. Emily Bywater-abandoning her female child. Remanded for a week. ... 396 words
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  12. PRESTON—THURSDAY. [Before Messrs. F. E. Beaver, Ed. Woods, Senr., and Wm. Paterson, J.P's.]
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Friday 24 December 1880 p 2 Article
    ... remonstrat-d with, they gave him abuse. The doctor recognised Mason, who had called on him the previous ... Allingham, 10 years of age, was charged with carnally abusing a child named Emma Jane King, four years of ... consequence of certain signs on her daughter's linen and of what the child had told her, the mother ... 562 words
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  13. MORAL SUASION.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Thursday 16 January 1896 p 3 Article
    ... not drink sgain nor never again abuse me. I thought-he.would-remempber all this ;terrible ... stand." "What ! My child, only ten years old !" " Yes." The child was picked up in the' street and ... child l'." nd went upon my knees, a'd tears streamed down my cheeks. HIe then took- me by the ... 623 words
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  14. NOTES AND COMMENTS. 14/2/79.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 15 February 1879 p 3 Article
    ... through the use or abuse of these compounde. ft is appropriately headed "The Poi-ou Cup board" and a ... aged 63, stated that about .45. years before, she had an illegitimate child, which she had poisoned ... child of Ed mund Thursfield, aged 14 days. Soon after birth a neighbor, Mrs. .Hitchner, gave it a ... 931 words
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  15. LOVE FOR CHILDHOOD.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Friday 2 December 1887 p 3 Article
    ... any fierce emphasis of contrast. Love of child hood in this sense can hardly be traced further back ... Homer and Shakespeare-child, with its un suspicious readiness for joy, seen against the dark shadow of human calamity. The poet of Nature sees the child by its own placid light; his various pictures of ... 992 words
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  16. FITZROY—THURSDAY. [Before His Worship the Mayor, Cr. M'Mahon, and Messrs. Shower, Falkner, Kidney, Marsden, and M'Lean, J.P's.]
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 16 October 1880 p 2 Article
    ... Industrial schools. Ordered to pay 5s a week. The InspectorofNuisancessuedT. Pitman for allowing his ... Practice Act, which says "Whosoever shall unlawfully and carnally abuse any girl un ler the age of ten ... is employed. The child is 7 years and 6 months of ace, and is friendly with a little girl named ... 589 words
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  17. FITZROY—THURSDAY. [Before His Worship the Mayor (Cr. Holden), and Messrs. McLean, Woodhead, Stranger, Showers, and Thomas Kidney.] A Gay Syren and an Amateur Bully.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 25 March 1882 p 2 Article
    ... usual commenced to abuse him. Seeing Con. Callender approaching, Anderson caught hold of Mary with the ... court as a neglected child. He was remanded to the Colling wood court. Fires in the Open Air. John ... 483 words
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  18. COLLINGWOOD. POLICE.—TUESDAY. Before His Worship the Mayor.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Thursday 8 May 1890 p 2 Article
    ... British Crown Hotel; where a child was.heard to be scream. ing. He; found the. female,;lying on the footpath, and on making inquiries he re ceived a lot of abuse" from the man, who .persiste.din ... 489 words
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  19. HYGIENE OF THE TEETH.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 13 May 1882 p 3 Article
    ... by dental exercise. Let a child invigorate its teeth by chewing a hard crust, or, better yet, a ... enamel of our teeth; no porcelain glaze would stand such abuse for any length of time, and ... 677 words
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  20. COLLINGWOOD—TUESDAY, JUNE 18.
    Mercury and Weekly Courier (Vic. : 1878 - 1903) Saturday 22 June 1878 p 3 Article
    ... made use of several times, in fact, the abuse was continuous. When he exhausted himself lie went ... from Mr. McKean, the parties were fined 20s each, Truant Inspector v. Scott-truant child; fined 2s. ... 793 words
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