THE TE ORANGA SCANDAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2139, 14 March 1908, Page 2

THE TE ORANGA SCANDAL.

FURTHER IMPORTANT EVIDENCE. Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 13. I ui thei ov ldeiico in connection with heard to d r ay £a H ° me l “ qUiry M ' aS The principal witness was Mr. Win Reoco, who was appointed to the position of the official visitor, in 1905 Ho very strongly urged the necessity lor a moro extensive systom of classification, and he proposed that all girls when first entering should ho put in the middlo class and subsequently raised to the highest class, or dropped to tho lowest according to their good or bad behaviour. Girls affected with certain diseases should not be admitted to the Homo until they woro fit to be classified. Ho suggested that the intermediate sentence system should bo applied to sexual degenerates instead of the State relinquishing control when such a girl reached the ago of 21. As to the general management of the Homo he spoke in high terms ‘of tho matron and staff, and remarked that the inmates always appeared to be happy and contented.

Dr. Symes, formerly medical officer, also supported a moro extensive classification, with special provision elsewhere, for sexual degenerates who came of age while inmates of tho Home. Ho suggested tho substitution of the regulated task labor, such as prevailed in female penitentiaries at the Home, for physical punishment, and he opposed the long confinement iii cells as prejudicial to health. Ho also considered that hair-cutting was harmless, and an excellent means of checking absconding. The Rev. Mr. Inwood, Anglican minister, and several members of the Home staff, gave evidence in favor of the present management.