TE ORANGA HOME INQUIRY

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 8

TE ORANGA HOME INQUIRY

FURTHER, ' EVIDENCES; : . " (BY TEfiCC/lAlTl—rftliSS ASSOCIATION,)'

Cluistcliurcli, March 11. ' The enquiry into tlio • management of the Te Oranga Home was continued' this afternoon .by, Mr.'. H;'..W* 'Bishop, Commissioner. ' ..'A girl, of 22, .now a domestic servant- arid formerly an: irimate'oftho., Homo, was,thfe first witness on behalf of,' Mrs. . Brariting.' ■■'She stated: that tho •; fpod'avssYali right- and. the ■clothing was; sufficient: She ' had-'no complaint whatever ■ against- the 'Home,- .and- she .was quite' satisfied, thatshe; had been • beu'el Xitcd by' tho timo 'sho had it.:' Tlio riicmbors of the staff-'.woro neither harsh nor unkind. In reply 1 to' tho'-Commissioner, the witness, said that 'she had. noVer heard any girl complain,about'tho Homij.' ■ Another girl, , aged sevfenteon, said that she had' been in' the Home .for three'years,' The staff, wero .kind'.to her. She had , all the food, bedding,' arid-clothing 'she wdnted.- i. • A girl.-.'of. fourteen',' who' had been, in tho home for eighteen' months,.sai'd the staff wero ,very , kind to the girls, and .the matron was .vory kind and motherly. 1 The next witness was' a. girl of fourteen,' who-had been -in tho Homo- for over,.nino months; She said slio liked the matron, and was quite happ,y in ;tho Home. ' ■Tho'noit''.-witness, Ya.- girl aged seventeen and ,a half years, who' had been- two years and ten months in the, Homo, said she had absolutely no complaint to make, against tlio matron. - 1 ■' .

A.domestic servant, who had spent three years ,in the. Home, said thd. members of tho staff were kind.. She looked upon-To. Orariga as a homo, anil on the matron as a mother. ! 'Mr.- Russell: Are* you satisfied that' tho training of the Home lias mad# you a : better •girlP—Yes. .

The Commissioner: Any one who has scon the girl's record will admit that. ■ Seven other girls gavo.j evidence in favour of tho matron. • .