N.Z. REFORMATORIES.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16812, 19 April 1920, Page 10

N.Z. REFORMATORIES.

QUEENSLAND LEGISLATOR'S IMPRESSIONS. Tin.' Mori. Jolm Huxham. who holds ilk- portfolio in the Queensland Government <tf Secretary of Public Instruction. i< :it present on a visit to Xew Zealand in his oificial capacity. enquiring into <|i;eMions ol : social legislation generally, :mtl more particularly those in connexion with institutions, prisons, and hospitals. Mr Huxham arrived at Auekland cm flood Fridav. and proceeded south. where at Dunedin he inspected the university and hospitals. In i lint .eitv he ivas e-perially struck with , '.lie extended activities in the dental i department of the hospital. He was j dr>li,ilited with the ideals being prar- I ti«ef! in the Borstal prison home at Tnvcrcaxgill. I'nder the instruction of men j who had gained the degrees of'M.A.andj I?.A. of the New Zealand University, t.he inmates were given opportunities to ! latpr take their place with credit to J themselves in social life, instead of be- j mg recognised as pariahs of society, i T?«*turning to Christcluirch, tlie TJon. j Mr Hnxham on Saturday visited the i Papania reformatory. lie was im- | V>ressed with the. neat appearance of ■ he orisoners' (piarters—lie could not us,- the word cells —and he thought that manav of the inmates were better accommodated there than they would be in the outside wiTrld, and there were evidences that the prisoners were truster! )>v the warders, who seemed to be . there more in the position of guardians. Yesterday morning Mr Huxliam visited the t'unale reformatory at Addington. The visitor will leave Christclnivch this evening for the North Island to nursue his enquiries into how educational., hospital, and reformatory institutions are conducted bv the Dominion He informed a "Press" renorter. Inst evening, that many tilings ho had seen in Xew Zealand, more particularly in regard to nrison work, Tnitrht. advantageously he copied in Queensland. i