TE ORANGA HOME,

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1908, Page 7

TE ORANGA HOME,

"FURTHER COMPLAINTS Of MIS' MANAGEMENT. [Bt TELfc&nAr-H..— Staeui, to Tnß Post.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. More troiibld hns arisen at Te ,Oranga Home, and the matter has been taken up by local members of Parliament. The demand f6r a full public enquiry promises to btconlo too lo»d to bo ignored. More charges of mismanagement are made against the manageress. It is stated that the girls complain of their treatment. The subject has been brought up agahl by the fact that ohe of the girls, who was strapped while in Ul-hoalth, had to ba taken to the Chrietchurch Hospital. She remained there for somo tims, but has now beeh di&--charged, and is back in the Etoitte.. From the statements made it seems that the girls complain of the fo&d they are givefi) of -the work thoy are compelled to do, of the nature o£ the punishments, and Of favouritism. It is alleged that favouritism leads to touch injustice. ■ Girls who are not favourites of the manageress say that it is useless to try 'to please her. Some of the girls say that they carry the marks of the strap , on their bodies for days.' i There are two collb in the institution ) ) they are ussd, it is said, for Solitary confinement. In one case, according to information supplied, a girl was placed ill a cell for two days foi 1 no offeiiet* except what ono df the assistants termed insubordination, or because the assistant had been annoyed by the girl. Offenders, it is alleged, nave been kept in the cells for several weeks Without seeing anyone except .the attendant who took the food. Another charge is that the manageress does not give tlitf girls a chance td defend themselves. If it is thought tljat a girl has not done a fair day's I work> she may be given dry bfead) and it is said that it is quite usual for most of the girla to b6 on short ritions. Other allegations are that the girls rise at 6.30 a.m., and arc ottb of the dormitories at seven. They immediately start Work ; some % do household work and others milk tfco rotts, deatt tho fowl runs, tidy the- yards* and bo on. They have breakfast at 8 a.m., and after that more woi-k i* found for them. They fell trees, cUb all the firewood t using the axe and tha crosscut saw, plant and dig potatoes* grub gorse and broom, and do othofr manna) work.