text_original: A distinction was drawn between " children " aged nine to twelve, and ** young pei*sons" (thirteen to eighteen). ** Children " were not to work more than nine hours a day, or more than forty  eight a week, and were to spend two hours a day in 1833] SLAVERY ABOLISHED 107 school — the thin end of the " half time " wedge ; ** young persons " were Hmited to a sixty nine hours' week, and neither for them nor for children was night work pemiitted.
text_transcription: A DISTINCTION WAS DRAWN BETWEEN CHILDREN AGED NINE TO TWELVE AND YOUNG PERSONS THIRTEEN TO EIGHTEEN CHILDREN WERE NOT TO WORK MORE THAN NINE HOURS A DAY OR MORE THAN FORTY EIGHT A WEEK AND WERE TO SPEND TWO HOURS A DAY IN SCHOOL THE THIN EDGE OF THE HALF TIME WEDGE YOUNG PERSONS WERE LIMITED TO A SIXTY NINE HOURS WEEK AND NEITHER FOR THEM NOR FOR CHILDREN WAS NIGHT WORK PERMITTED
phonemes: ɐ dɪstˈɪŋkʃən wʌz dɹˈɔːn bᵻtwˈiːn " tʃˈɪldɹən " ˈeɪdʒd nˈaɪn tə twˈɛlv, ænd ˈæstɚɹˌɪskɐstɚɹˌɪsk jˈʌŋ pˈeɪ ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk sˈʌnz" (θˈɜːtiːn tʊ ˈeɪtiːn). ˈæstɚɹˌɪskɐstɚɹˌɪsk tʃˈɪldɹən " wɜː nˌɑːt tə wˈɜːk mˈɔːɹ ðɐn nˈaɪn ˈaʊɚz ɐ dˈeɪ, ɔːɹ mˈɔːɹ ðɐn fˈɔːɹɾi ˈeɪt ɐ wˈiːk, ænd wɜː tə spˈɛnd tˈuː ˈaʊɚz ɐ dˈeɪ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi θɹˈiː] slˈeɪvɚɹi ɐbˈɑːlɪʃt wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvən skˈuːl — ðə θˈɪn ˈɛnd ʌvðə " hˈæf tˈaɪm " wˈɛdʒ ; ˈæstɚɹˌɪskɐstɚɹˌɪsk jˈʌŋ pˈɜːsənz " wɜːɹ ˈeɪtʃmˈaɪɾᵻd tʊ ɐ sˈɪksti nˈaɪn ˈaʊɚz wˈiːk, ænd nˈiːðɚ fɔːɹ ðˌɛm nˈɔːɹ fɔːɹ tʃˈɪldɹən wʌz nˈaɪt wˈɜːk pˈɛmɪˌɪɾᵻd.