CANADIAN TRIBUTE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 84, 29 July 1942, Page 5

CANADIAN TRIBUTE

BRAVE NEW ZEALAND

WAR EFFORT COMMENDED

There is none of the United: Na;tions whose Avar record is better ( than that of New Zealand, states * an editorial article in the Vancou- 1 vcr News-Hcrakl. In this part of the 1 AVorld AA T e hear less about this un- I assuming, but staunch British na- 1 tion than Ave do about her big sis* tcr, Australia. That is partly because Australia is very much on the spot in this Avar —either the next victim for Japanese attack, or the jumping off place for an attack against the Japanese, But it is also partly due to the national characteristic of the Ncav Zealanders. Ncav Zealanders fought magnificently in Greece, Crete and Libya, j Ncav Zealand's Avar record is so good that it takes! ,a bit of contemplation to realise just how good it is. Canada Avould- haA r c twice as many men in the armed services if our war effort Avas proportionate with that of Ncav Zealand. Since the beginning of this Avar, Ncav Zealand has redoubled rather than relaxed her social Avclfare efforts. The Social Security Amendment Bill, passed last year, noAV provides free services for the entire public from all general medical practitioners. Even before this latest enactment full pharmaceutical service Avas proA'ided for all the people of Ncav Zealand. In other Avords, doctors'' prescriptions were filled at the drug store free of charge. ArriAal in Ncav Zealand of a United States naA r al headquarters should' do much to deepen North American understanding of social welfare in New Zealand.