THE TE ORANGA HOME REVELATIONS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2051, 30 November 1907, Page 3

THE TE ORANGA HOME REVELATIONS

strong protest by W.C.T. Press Aswciation. ,. t +Tm following .resolutions were- passtests -against the inhuman system of SKtoric tin.™ -Om. th» ' t.ra.tiett century; the Union considers tli-at iis degrading and humiliating to (unfortunate girl inmates m, tneir own -eves and in those of -the-ir companions. (By flogging, cutting off the hair, cell .punishment, and similar brutalities, incalculable hirnu is done in many, ways, anil such treatment of girls is nil insult to the womanhood of the colony,-am] should lot he tolerated by New Zealand citizens. (2) The- Union calls upon the Minister of ..Education. to alter these barbaric practices by introducing -a more scientific and enlightened system, and so allow the members to feel assured that his action in all such matters is in the justice and humanity. (3) That the recent circumstances only emphasise the necessity for local boards of control composed of men -and women, which have often been asked for bj this Union -and other women s r, o : cieties. This Union also emphasises the oreai need for casual classmea,tion of inmates. (4) That a vote o, thanks he accorded to the editor of the Lyttelton Times for his constant and aide advocacy of a more humane arid enlightened state- of management in connection with the Je Oraga Home and other State institutions.”