THE TE ORANGA SCANDAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2138, 13 March 1908, Page 2

THE TE ORANGA SCANDAL.

~ IMPORTANT EVIDENCE. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 12. Tho most important witness in tho Te Oranga Home inquiry to-day was Dr. Alice Moorhouse, who acts .as medical officer of the Home. In re- - gard to tree felling and wood chopping witness stated that as long as - the work was carried bn judiciously and under proper supervision no harm could result. The health of the girls in the Home was she had observed that the’ girls were on excellent terms with the matron and staff. The food which she had examined and '■ tasted was plain, wholesome, and plentiful. The matron she described as a kind, motherly woman, who en- *■ tered fully into the troubles of the girls. She expressed a general disapproval of corporal punishment being inflicted on young women, but dated that some of the girls were so lepraved that the only way to anneal to them was' by inflicting physical pain. She saw no'harm in haircutting if it deterred girls from abscond- \ ; ng and saved them from pains occurring from that offence. There was in urgent need for more accommodation at the Home t<r enable, proper classification of the inmates to be carried out. Miss Wills, attendant, and Miss Hunt, sub-matron; gave evidence regarding administration, and denied that any undue severity was practised on the inmniates of the Home.