BORSTAL INSTITUTE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18186, 24 September 1924, Page 9

BORSTAL INSTITUTE.

HON. W. H. TKIGGS PRAISES ITS J WORK. (special to "the kusss.") WELLINGTON, September 23. When the Bill which proposes to extend the Borstal system in New Zealand was before the Legislative Council to-day, the Hon. W. H. Triggs gave an interesting account of » ™*Jf and others paid to the Borstal Institute at Invercargul. He said they found the boys working baSi on reclamation work, and there STno sign of pampering. There was Hood farm, which the inmates workPd in the workshops they were Sueht useful trades. They made Sk bliks and effected additions to the buildings. To a very large extent [t was a farm and. industrial colony, and to some degree it was self-support-lUfn the evening lessons were given by one of the best teachers in Invercargill. One or two pupils were taking up French, and one who looked forward to visiting South America was learning Spanish. The boys gave a firsWate gvmnastic display, and later I SZ I baS performance. Still further there was a debate on the subject (chosen by the boys): Are moving pictures injurious to the rising generation? , . . He thought the system a great imnrovement on what had obtained previously. Every encouragement was eircn to the boy 3 to go forward, and the system had been justified by results Of 1092 vouthe who had passed through the institution only 63, or 5 77 iSer cent., had been reconvicted. He honed it was intended to establish a simitar institution for girls. Sir Francis Bell: Hear. hear. Mr Triggs said ho had seen the girls' institution at Cavcrsham, which was conducted as well as was possible under the circumstances, but the place was not suitable.