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Where did he get it from?— From a cupboard near my bed. It was not locked. Mr. McVeagh: What was the food like ?—lt was very poor—in fact, bad. The meat appeared to have been warmed up. I was only there a week, and during that time I never had a warm meal. It was always lukewarm. What about the soup?—lt was beastly. The porridge was served up in a mug without any sugar. The sugar we bought ourselves. On one occasion when the food was bad we had to have a tarpaulin muster to get something for tea. Mr. Beetham : A tarpaulin muster ! What is that ? Mr. McVeagh: It is a subscription amongst the patients. What about the fish?—lt was often overcooked. Mr. Reed: Did you ever see the house steward visiting the wards at meal-times?— No. Did you complain of the food?— Yes; I complained to Halifax He was in charge, and did the cooking and washing-up. Did not all the convalescent patients help in the same way?— Yes. but not so much as Halifax. Was there not a wardsman named Cook in charge ?—Yes; but when he was absent Halifax was left in charge. Was it known that Halifax was administering morphia to patients? —Yes; it was common talk among the patients. Do you suggest that it was done with the knowledge of the officials? —I would not like to suggest that. I spoke to Halifax about the ill effects of morphia, but he said the feeling was glorious. Did you speak to Cook about it?— No. I may say that I left the Hospital sooner than I would otherwise have done but for that. I had to go to another doctor after I left the Hospital. Dr. Collins: Why were you strapped down shortly after you went to the Hospital?—l think it was simply because Halifax did not want to be bothered with me. Were you a quiet unassuming person at that time?—l was at that time. • Were you so all the time?—No; I was delirious some of the time, when the chlorodyne had taken effect. Why did you take chlorodyne?—l did not take it. I was ill in bed, and it was given to me in mistake for medicine. I did not inquire what it was. I had been suffering from the after-effects of influenza. Did you take liquor for it?— No. If two doctors said that you were suffering from delirium tremens, would you say that they were wrong?— Most decidedly I would. Do you remember whether you were violent?—l was not violent. . You know that chlorodyne is practically opium, and is it not strange that it should have affected you in the way you say?—l had had a lot of mental trouble at that time. Will you swear that you had not taken liquor, and that you did not have delirium tremens?—l will swear that I did not have delirium tremens, and that I had not tasted liquor for a considerable time before that. Mr. McVeagh: How long was it before you went to the Hospital that you had any drink?—l had a glass about three weeks or a month before I went there. I was in bed for a week before I went to the Hospital, and I had no liquor in the house. Mr. McVeagh said that, as it had been suggested that the witness was suffering from delirium tremens, he would like the bed-chart to be produced. Mr. Reed said this would be done. Mrs. Emma Bose Mooney, of Pitt Street, said she broke her leg on the Hospital stops when leaving the Hospital on a visiting-day last November. She was taken to the Costley Wards on the same afternoon, and the leg was set about noon the next day by Dr. Collins. Have you any remarks to make on the food?—lf I had depended on the Hospital food I should have starved. What was the condition of the fish?—l could smell it before it came into the ward. What of the eggs?— They were boiled hard, like cricket-balls. Not fit for patients. What was the state of the cabbage?— You wanted glasses to look *at it. It was full of snails. Ihe soup was coloured with vegetables. How did you get on?—I could not eat the food. My friends and children brought me food. How was the porridge?—lt was so lumpy and raw that I refused it. Did you complain?—l told one of the porters that it was veryhard that we had to pay and get food that we could not eat. He replied that he could not help it; he was carrying out his orders. Mr. Reed : Did you complain to the doctors? -I did not see any doctors to complain to. Did you complain to the nurses?— No. Did you send the food back?--I left it. I used to have bread-and-butter and a cup of tea sometimes. Why didn't you complain?—lt was no good complaining. It was best to keep it to yourself. So long as I could get it from my home I didn't want it from the Hospital. W T hen porridge was brought to me half-cooked and lumpy I said, "I can't eat it; it is not cooked." You did speak to the nurse, then?— Yes; but I don't remember her name. Dr. Collins: When you broke your leg didn't I examine it?— Yes Did I not have you sent to the ward?— Yes. Were you not prepared for chloroform that night?—l don't remember anything ; I was in great pain. I said I would put up your leg?—l don't remember.