NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Grey River Argus, 1 September 1948, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

MANY DOCTORS. COME . FROM BRITAIN . WELLINGTON, Aug. 31. Doctors figure largely in the,total of unassisted immigrants irom' Britain/ accord ng to figures released by the New Zealand Medical Council. Of a .total of. 157 medical practitioners registerered during- the year ended May 31, 66 were from the United Kingdom. The remainder were- graduates from the Otago University Medical School. While, it may be thought that the gain from Britain is substantial, an official of the British Medical Association discounted the suggested. He estimates that twice that number of New Zealanae.rs leave for overseas each year for postgraduate work. About half a dozen doctors from the Indian .Army have taken up practice in the Dominion, two of whom have gone to Samoa with commissions in the New Zealand Army, states the Medical Council. It is thought that several more ex-Iridian Army doctors have retired to New Zealand. SCOUT JAMBOREE IN AUSTRALIA WELLINGTON, Aug. 31. Provided shipping, is available the New Zealand Boy Scouts’ Association plans to send a contingent to th? Pan-Pacific Bo- Scouts’ jamboree in Australia at the end of December. The contingent would compro.se 90 scouts. 12 women cpbmasters and 23 administrative officials, making a total party of 125.

H.S.A. FAVOURS CONSCRIPTION WELLINGTON, Aug. 31. A'report from its representatives on the Joint Defence Action Committee and the' committee's action in urging the Government during the past year to re-establish compulsory military training were approved at the concluding session* of the annual conference of the New Zealand Home Servicemen’s Association. Messrs R. P. Levien. R. A, Stedmon, L. Holden Mirams and E. M. Stacp were re-elected members of the defence Action Committee. Messrs L. D. Walters and J. Aj Fergusson were elected president 'and vice-president, respectively of the association. ROYAL VISIT WELLINGTON. Aug. 31. Buffet meals —to be served on the "racecourse system” in large citybuildings—may be made available for the thousands of visitors expected to travel to Wellington for the Royal visit next year. The scheme has the endorsement of the Wellington Citizens’ Committee. It was stated to-day that it was not yet known whether there would be one or two public holidays declared in Wellington CREAM BLACK MARKET WELLINGTON, Aug. 31.

The black marketing of cream was down to the absolute minimum in Auckland, Wellington and Hutt Valley, the director of milk marketing. Mr 11. H. Innes, told to-day's conference of New Zealand local milk authorities. ‘ Discussing areas that had either no zoning scheme or a relaxed one, Mr Innes said in' practice it meant that black-market cream had become a consumer catching medium. This, he said, was unfair to the puolic, contrary to the laws of the country and a disservice to the people of Britain.