Letter: Deported to school

Friday 23 July 1993 23:02 BST

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Sir: What other country would sentence its orphan children for 20 years to hard labour in the colonies, in the same way that adult criminals were dealt with in Dickensian times?

I suppose the same country that sends children to boarding schools to learn the habit of the stiff upper lip.

Sincerely,

ROBERT MONTAGU

Evershot, Dorset

17 July

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