TE ORANGA HOME ENQUIRY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9095, 14 March 1908, Page 5

TE ORANGA HOME ENQUIRY.

Press Association. Christchurch, March 13. Further evidence in connection with the Te Oranga Home inquiry was heard to-day. The principal witness was Mr William Reece, who was appointed to the poistion of official visitor in 1895. He very strongly urged the necessity for a more extensive system of classification. He proposed that all girls, when first entering the Home, should he put in a middle class and subsequently dropped to the lowest (according to good or bad behaviour.) Girls affected with certain diseases should not be admitted to the Home until they were fit to be classified. He suggested that the indeterminate sentence system should be applied to sexual degenerates, instead of the State relinquishing control when such girl reached the age of 31. As to the general management of the Home he spoke in high terms of the matron and staff, and remarked that the inmates always appeared to be happy and contented. i Dr Symes formerly medical officer, also supported a more extensive classification. The Rev. In wood (Anglican Minister) and several members of the Home staff gave evidence in favour of the present management.