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NOTES OF THE DAY

Considerations ,which should guide New Zealand's aerial policy are set out m a lengthy letter by Mb. H. F.Wioeam, founder of the Sookburn Aviation School, and published in Thursday's Lyitcltoii Times. ' It doe's not appear that Government has as yet reaehijd the stage of formulating anything that can really be nailed a "policy" in regard to aviation. By a vote of £25,000, and- the acceptance ,of thirty-five of the hundred aeroplanes offered as a free gift by the Imperial Government, we have .made a beginning. Mk» Wigbam states that as against this Australia is spending a million annually, and is also incurring a large capital expenditure.- For defence we need an aerial flotilla capable of dealing, with any air force which might be carried by hostile vessels raiding our coast. An up-to-date air flotilla of .bombing machines would also he effective in preventing ■ anything in the nature of a leisurely bombardment of our seaports"by 'surfa'ce. craft. It. costs from two to four • thousand pounds to train a pilot: Wn have numbers of these, and it is argued that we should, make early arrangements for annual refresher courses, by which means alone they can remain efficient.. Peace tasks for an air 'orce would be carrying mails and passengers, etc., .and the lighter machines nolild he' .used fo* making a photographic survey of country:' Mb. Wigbaji at least, presents a \ strong case for the development of an .'intelligible and' coherent, air.-policy.-.

The. ruling of tho Arbitration Court in. Sydney that tho first preference;- by employers wanting -Inborn- .must bo riven to returned sailors and soldiers .is a sound inn In-any country it is no morn than just that this-.preference should he given, but it is doubly so in the case of a country' which has raised its army purely .by. voluntary enlistment Exactly what the. terms of the nil ids are docs not appear from the. brief cable message which we print this morning. "The Arbitration Court," we are told, "has divided ■ that preference to unionists is no-loncer lcßal, as returned sailors and soldier o ar" entitled to first lil'efcrence." Tho first portion of .'this', statement indicates a complete sweeping away of ordinary preference, and the second simply that the returned man- has a prior elaim over all other applicants.

The decision of the, University of to.h'don to spend £1.0.00 annually in 'comnicr.ckl' , students' .travelling scholarships gives ground for hope "mat a day may come when the Old S'oiintry firms take; a more intplli-i gent interest in _ the overseas markets than is the case at present. It is a pity that •some millionaire does not 'endow travelling scholarships for British politicians to. see something of the -Empire-they are governing. At present' we have'an Imperial Cabinet which runs the affairs of the _ Empire on secondhand information, uncorrected, except'in .rare cases, by ■ any actual personal knowledge by Ministers of the iDoniihions with v ; hrw affairs ffiey are dealing. P"iks, even Blue-hooks, are useful things, but, v.s someone has so id. they are a, mighty foor substitute for reality.

Plain evidence that it is necessary to-extend the work of its dental'department was laid before, the, Hospital Board on Thursday. Mn V. W. Bond, who has just relinquished control of the department, submitted a final report in which he expressed regret that few parents wero alive to the care of their

children's teeth. The mouths. of quite ninety per cent: of the; children who hart come under his observation, he stated, were in an unhealthy condition. -One reason fur j this state of affairs, though not tho only reason, is vio doubt the expense of dental treatment even at the.department maintained by the Hospital Board. ' It is difficult, therefore, to understand how the board hopes to mend matters by increasing its scale of charges, as it did Rt the same meeting. The increases were described by the chairman as slight, hut according to one member the fees for extractions' are doubled under the new scale. • It includes, too, an itcniof 2s. 6d. foi' "consultation/' which might well have been omitted. In his report, Mb. Bond stated .that during the two years in which ho. controlled the department so much work, had to lm done for adults that "the. care of children has.suffered as a consequence." The care of teeth -in childhood is one of'the most important means of ensuring sound health and future good health. The j.udir fiious expenditure of public money

in providing or cheapening dental services is an excellent investment for the State', and in organising such services local health; authorities ought not to he- governed by considerations of petty economy and cheeseparing. * * # * Whim local t health authorities have a manifest responsibility -in the matter, the.hope of securing a comprehensive improvement in the condition of children's teeth, and therefore in the general health of

the community, _ rests very largely upon the extension of the school dental services which are now being organised by., Lieutenant-Colonel T. A. Hunter, -until recently Director of Dontal. Services for the Defence Department. This enterprise, like others, was delayed in development by the war, but as h was formulated a year or two ago, it is intended to provide for the dental inspection of -children' attending school, and also -for an educative, campaign and treatment. Borne of the motor ambulances which'were used at the front, are to bo equipped as travelling dental clinics, in order to meet the needs of children, in the outlying districts. ' The organisation is as yet at an initial stage, but the appointment '■ of Colonel HuSter is regarded as a guarantee that it will bo developed comprehensively and on sound lines, and will produce results. The enterprise clearly is one in which experts ought to_ be allowed a free hand infringing their skilled services to bear, and. if it is expanded on these lines great benefits -in; improved health and' physical efficiency will accrue to the population generally. -

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 6

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NOTES OF THE DAY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 6

NOTES OF THE DAY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 6

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