INQUIRY PROMISED
Child Welfare Act CHARGES AGAINST SYSTEM By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, December 10. The Hon. H. Atmore, Minister of Education, promised a women’s deputation that he would make full investigation into the charges made against the system of the Child Welfare Act administration. Members of the deputation criticised the management of the State homes and the boarding out of children on farms, and said the method of judging the characters of the children was wrong. One said that evidence existed that girls of sixteen and over were sometimes flogged. The Minister expressed deep concern at the charges, and said the methods by which, it was alleged, religious influence was brought to bear on the child’s disposal also required special investigation. , , In reply to a request, he promised to use special methods of investigation apart from official reports.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 66, 11 December 1930, Page 10
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