THE TE ORANGA HOME.

White Ribbon, Volume 14, Issue 151, 16 December 1907, Page 9

THE TE ORANGA HOME.

At a meeting of the* Uhristchureh W.U.TU., after a vigorous disctission concerning the Te* Oranga Motile, the following resolutions were passed :—‘ That this Union strongly protests against the inhuman system of punishment practised at the* To Oranga Home as savouring more of barbaric times than the twentieth century. The* Union consielers that in de*graeling and humiliating the* unfortunate* girl inmates, in tlie'ir own e*yes and in the* eyes e»f their companions by Hogging, rutting off the* hair, ce*ll punishment, anel similar brutalities, inealeiilahle harm is ehme in many ways that it is unneeessnrv to enumerate. Such treatment of girls is an insult t<* tin* womanhood of the* colony, and should m»t he* tolerated by New /calami citizens." “That t lie*

Union calls upon the Minister of r«im<u.< in alte*r tln*se* barbaric praetiees by introelne*ing a more* seientific and e k nliglit«*lie*el system, amt so allowing tin* members to fe*e*l assured that his ae*tion in all such matte*rs is in the* direction of justice* ami humanity." “That the* ree*ent circuiustane*e*s only emphasise* the* nece»ssity for le>eal Hoards of ('mitred. composed of nieMi and wemie*n. which have* been eiften asked for by this Union anel otlie*r women's so< # ie*tie*s. This Uniem also emphasises tin* gre*at m*e»e| for careful elassiiieation of tin* inmates." \t a iue*e*tiug of tin* ('aiitcrhury \Voine*n’s Institute*. he*lel 011 December lith. a resolution was adopted asking that the* regulation permitting flogging and hair-cropping he* annulled.