The Burnham Inquiry.

NZ Truth, Issue 65, 15 September 1906, Page 5

The Burnham Inquiry.

In connection with th,e • Bumhanu inquiry, furthbr* evidence was given, . which went urthe direction of show* ing' that sick boys at -the school were* not treated" as they should he and; they were brought down out of bed! .- when the doctor arrived; which is ai -~* strange way of treating sick people „ truly! Tt>iq extraordinary state- f ment drew from Commissioner Bish-» qp the qjuery, T ''Why didn't the doctor) ■. go up to them,' wjiat was a doctor, ;v; : . for V 1 One of these boys, it was / statcid, was suffer me from rheumatic fever, but the doctor did not visit him m his.Qwji room. There was ant average nd'mber of 20 sick boys. Tha sub- matron had complained to aru atteti'dant about one boy being quite, unfit to go out and the attendant said . h<i woujid mention thei matter,, but he forgot all . about it,, and the poor little devil had to , goj . out on a . long tramp with the rest v A number oi : witnesses sppke favorably of "the* manager, Archey, ani the matron., -! -DaVM Anderson, schouimaster ab the school,- Vfto had been accused byi . the witness Cooper, of brutally ptfn.-* ishing boys; admitted punishing thet boys mentioned but denied brutal tty., He : had struck two boys on ihe head,, although it was aeainst the regula-> tions. He supposed he lost his t?m-< per on account of their insolence. He had seen Copper pull the. ear o£ a boy who had always been very deiicate. There was not much provocation, and witness considered the act more brutal than any punishment he had inflicted. The inquiry is still proceeding.