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■ 281. Take the last three or four mouths: have you had plenty to eat since then ?—Yes, because it is summer, and you do not want to eat much. 282. How do you account for this? There is no difference in the dietary scale in winter and slimmer, so if you had plenty to eat in the summer, why had you not enough to eat in the winter ?— Because you do not need as much in the summer as in the winter ■ i did y ° U UOt tOll the Matron y° u were hungry, and had not enough to eat?— One girl aid tell ner. plent 2B4 ' Wh ° WaS the girl? "~ Some of the girls httTC complained, and they were told they had 285. Did you ever tell the doctor you were not fed?— No. 286. Mr. Hunt.] You told us you know C T ?—Yes. 287. You said Miss Hunt put her hand in very hot water? Yes 288. Did she put her own hand in the water as well?— Not very long M f 9 'i r ?i d l Sh6 not \ a ™t h6r ° Wn hands in tlle water as slle held C '» hand under the water ?— No, she held her arm high up, and held her hand under that way 290. Miss Hunt did not put her hand in the water at all?—No, not until it was cold Ml. L 1 s hand got all right after it?— Yes. Ill' 5° 7 ? U kn ° W What time of tne y ear was?—ln the winter. 293. lou have a very bad temper sometimes?— Yes. 294. And you threatened to kill a girl?— Yes, in temper 295. And that was what you were locked up for ?-It was for striking a girl I was locked uv 296. That was the same girl you threatened to kill?— Yes P ' 297. You have been taken out to service by the Matron several times?— Twice told me that 70Ur IUiStr6SS W ° Uld not haVe y ° U back again after y° u ran away?-She never 300' In U tlS > r t !i ke + T k **, a " w 1 d ° UOt miDd h but not outside work. 30l' Zf t M T IWe f ° U n d faUlt Wlth yOU? - Z do not know that have. 301. Most of them?— They are all pretty fond of doing it. 302. Except Miss Howden?—l always worked well for Miss Howden. 303. And not for the others ?-I liked her best, because she did not bully us Kaye 3 dts Y n°ot °come *" *'" and Friday nigL. Sometimes Mrs. never thought * *""*> h ™ »°"~* 306. You have had opportunities to do so?—I was never told to do it. Ml, You never made any complaints until you made them to Miss Howden?—l never uohlp any oomplaxnta to Miss Howden. I only told her what was said about my sister ' 308. Y OU hke working m the lupins?—No, Ido not go out'titSMiss'Miir aSk6d t0 g ° ° d ° IWt th] ' nk Z haVe asked t0 * asked to 310. You did not complain about the scrubbing ?—No 311. You had plenty of hot water in the cold weather to scrub with?—No, only cold 312. You never had hot water ?-Not if the staff has been upstairs. ? 313. You never had hot water?— When I had the chance I took it from the tops. agalMt * 0 water?^ ™ are not allowed to take hot water 515: wh o r?-iTo c tr p g la rk t0 any one after the ■"•pp^"--tell me'it^'mrrigr 151 ' 111 * " ""nt* ?-No; because they would only 318. Did you ever complain to Miss Howden?—No lII ?? ow , llogn g did the m arks remain I— Two or three days 991 m cTf had v a g °° d many stra PPings since you have been here?— Yes had not enough t e I;l?!- O YeI aid ** * ** "™ of the qMs had ««*!«"«* *at they it o/not Ymfif^r 6116 ? J*** *°l & W eek?-We got a plateful of stuff whether we wanted 5£ LTtimS ZOZ 22f iT«H to paBS our plates up and back fill ouTpla^sTaSnruSlut 011 """ *» Matron told the staff to f 4 ; Some of girls were afterwards sick through eating too much?— They were not ouite sick, but I was nearly sick through eating too much. 3 q 325 How long is it since fruit was supplied to the girls at meals J—We get fruit when it is tee to be got-sometimes for dinner and sometimes for tea. We get two pfars and lometiW -Yef 6 ' And 70U C ° mplain ° f oUtSide Wo '" k beCaUSe lt is more men 's work than women's? you been strapped in the iast tw ° ** cutsffndtt StraPP6d by th 6 Matron? - By the Mat ™«' **> I got twelve So' A^lW^^r^" 1 * give y o »?-Six, as hard as she could come down, fromte' * °° Uld ««* d *ake twelve

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