MENU AT BORSTAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19099, 21 August 1936, Page 10

MENU AT BORSTAL

SAMPLED BY PRESSMAN BUTTER NOT SERVED DRIPPING IF REQUESTED (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL. lasi night. A voluntary boarder for tbe space of otic meal, a reporter from the Soul bland Times to-day attempted to sec for hirnse'if the quality and quantity of tbe m’Mfe served in tbe Borstal institution in Invercargill. The visit was prompted by the discussion in the. House of Representatives this week in which the meals served to inmates came in for some criticism. Speoial mention was made of the absence of butter from the menu, the allegation being made that in its stead tbe boys ate bit.

It was found to be true fbat butter lias no place on the institution’s menu. It is not served at any of tbe threo meals each day, but it was claimed by Hie officers that it Wat not true that the boys ever bad to oaf fat. I lie substitute for butter given at lunch was golden syrup or cheese. If any boy asked for dripping, he might bo given it, but it was not served to-day.

There were two courses for tea, the big meal of the day, at 4.30 o’clock in the afternoon. First was boiled beef, swedes and potatoes, and second was a boiled pudding. In addition, there were bread and cocoa. The bread was eaten without butter, cheese or golden syrup, but some boy a took some meat from their plates to spread on the slices.

Lunch is taken out on tbe various jobs tlio boys do away from the institution, except on Fatimlays and Sundays. Tbi working day lunches consist of bread:, cheese and golden syrup and a dr.sk of tea.

The breakfast menu for to-day, according to the menu book, was porridge, bread, hash, milk and cocoa. The mentis vary from day to day is the book. Aft the food comes from th-a institution’s own farm. A boy who asks for ffioro food is given more.