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Temuka Leader, Issue 358, 1 March 1881, Page 3

Til** Chairman : Do jou mean to say jour mother has been sn nervous evei since that she has been unable to sign her name ? Witness : The shret has been taken to her several times, but she refused to sign. The Chairman .: I suppose as superintendent you have .to certify that your moi-iier satisfactorily performed her duties 'Witness : I have. The Chairman : : And you have done so although she has been so .nervous that she could not write her own name. Witness : I knew the nervousness would come on at once when che sat down to write her name or writ? a letter ■but she could go about the institution. Complainant: Asyoureceived the money from time to time in this manner from the Treasury, diJ you hand it over to her? . Mr Edwards : I object. The Chairman .(to witness): You need not a-swer that questiDii unless •you wish. The witness did not answer. Complainant: Was this authority, which you say you got from your mother, communicated to the Audit Department ? Witness : Not through me. Complainant : Was th« fact of the signature not being her's communicated to the Audit Department by you. Witness : No. Complainant.: Frequently in the evidence we have had mention of Miss Brigdou's name. I wish to ask you if she is your relation by blood. Witness : 1 decline to answer that question. The Chairman : Then are we to assume that she is not 7 Witness : It does net follow. ' The Chairman : It must follow if you .don't deny it. Witness : Well my mother said she was my cousin. The Chairman :We don't expect you to say with any degree of accuracy wh"flier a certain lady is a blood relation, because that is a fact not absolutely within your own knowledge ; but by common repute, is she your relation ? Witness :My mother informed me she was. Complainant: Did your mother give you any further information than that ? j Mr Edwards : I object to gomg i into private matters. Witness : I do not know the half of my relations. Complainant: And that is nil you know about the lady ? Witness : She came out with my mother from England. Complainant: How long has she been living in the A sylum ? Witness : Since January, 1878. -Complainant: And you have not cared any more about it than what your mother told you, that she was a reJatire ? Witness-: Why should I. i _'■■ Complainant : but did you ? '" Witness : No. Complainant : You will swear it? Witness : I swear it. Complainaut: Ha-ve the audit officials been up to the Asylum to make inquiries about the signature which enabled you i,o draw your mother's salary ? Witness : They have. The Chairman : When? Witness : About two months ago? Complainant : Did your mother deny the authority ? Witness : She said she didn't recollect it. Complainant : Is that all she said. Witness : I don't remember anything else just now ? Complainant : She did not satisfy the audit officials that she had authorised you to sign the vouchers ? Witness : Not the official who was gent ; but she did his superior. The Chairman : Is your mother still in the Asylum? Witness ; Yes. The Chairmaa : Are we to understand that she is there at the present moment ? . Witness : I >vould not say that. The Chairman : Was she there this morning ? Witness : Yes. I saw her there about 10 o'clock this morning. The Chairman : Do you expect her back to night ? Witness : She did not PBy whether she was coming back or not. I expect her back. Dr Skae sanctioned her remaining there for the present. Mr Chapman here intimated that he ~~had on Mrs Kettles behalf. Examination continued : I have not been making my own regulations at the Asylum from day today. I did not understand the complainant to ask for a copy of the general printed regulations when he wrote to mc some time ago. I would not feel justified in giving a copy of those regulations to an outsider without the special sanction of Dr Skae who is the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums. The word Inspector is mentioned in the Act. I can't say whether it refers to a local Inspector, nor do I know whether the Inspector of the Lunatic Asylum appears in the Act at all. I treated toe patients according to precedent. Thatf i s the precise state of things the Asylum in when I took it I have continued them, with iome alterations, with material b3nefit Co the patients. Dr France (medical officer) was the judge as to the benefit. The superintendent's examination having been concluded, Mr Edwards said he would recall Mr Whitelaw when it became necessary for the defence. Mr Chapman expressed a wish to have Mrs Kettle examined. It was desirable to have the matter of the pay sheets investigated, and he was given to under-