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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 195, 16 May 1944, Page 4

“As a mother, and one who has jiad special opportunities to see and love many of your children in both Islands, I am proud to join with you in redcdicating ourselves to the welfare of mothers and (heir precious pabies, who so much need grown-up protection and care till they can decide wisely for themselves.” These words, with which her Excellency Lady Newall prefaced her admirable broadcast on Sunday evening in celebration of the birthday anniversary of the founder of the Plunket Society, Sii Truby King, contain the whole kernel of a vitally important social essential in national policy—maternal and infant welfare. As her Excellency has reminded us, Sir Truby King had to fight with determination and perseverance to establish his ideas. Tlie vital statistics of the nation bear testimony to their successful application. The downward curve of maternal and infant mortality speaks for itself, and carried conviction overseas. His has been a splendid achievement, and it is significant of his country’s appreciation that it has been deemed worthy of calendar commemoration.