TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1922, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

»V TKLEOIWrH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) SIR JOSEPH WARD. WELCOME AT INVERCARGILL

INVERCARGILL, Jan 13,

, Sir Joseph Ward arrived by fesnight’s express and was welcomed by the Mayor and a large crowd. . In an. address at the station, Sir Joseph said that there was no foundation for the rumour that he wtould contest Wellington North. His health was improving every day. but be would not again enter politics until satisfied that he was again physically well and strong. Referring t« the disturbed state of the world’s markets Sir Joseph said that theories for tke Solution of tb

trouble were of no use. The only lemedy was by the establishment of a central clearing bond for Britain, Continental and overseas oduntries, by which British! currency would be stabilised. !

DEATH UNDER ANAESTHETIC. MARTON, Jan 13. Frances Wale, four years, died while undergoing an operation for extraction of teeth. Medical evidence showed that vitality had been lowered by absorpton of poison from septic teeth. The Coroner returned a verdiet that death was due to heart failure caused by the shock of the operation and the effect of the anastlietic administered. brownings. WELLINGTON, Jan 16. Janies Atkin Huffey, married, an employee at the Government Printing Office was drowned at Pakakanki on Saturday evening. The body was found washed up on the shore later. The body of Frank Holroyd, who was drowned at Lyall Bay last Tuesday,, was recovered yesterday.

BUTTER PRICES. REDUCED AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, Jan 15. Butter bas been reduced from Is Jd to Is 2d per lb. wholesale, and from Is 7d to Is 4d pel* lb., retail for firs grade.

DENTISTS ACT amendment. WELLINGTON, January 12. The principal effect of the Dentists \ c t Amendment Bill, which was read a first time in the House of Representatives to-day, is to make it unlawful for nJivbodv except a registered dentist to perform any dental .operation directly upon the patient. Under the 1&08 Act « registered ‘dentist was forbidden to permit any unregistered person to carry „rnotice of dentistry in his name “or except under his immediate supervision to perform any dental operation on the premises where such dentist is practising or elsewhere on Ins behalf. The proviso quoted permits the dentist to* entrust dental work to an unqualified assistant, provided that it is pej,md under supervision, lire Bill proposes the repeal of this clause, and the substitution of the following: No dentist shall permit any unregistered person to carry on the practice of dentistry in his name or oh his behalf, whether on the premises where such dentist is practising or elsewhere. A penalty of £IOO for infringement of this clause is provided. . In addition to this the Bill provides against the practice of dentisty by unregistered persons, and forbids them also to hold themselves out, whethei directly or hv implication, as being prepared to practise dentistry. Certain exceptions are provided, however Tt is not intended to prevent a registered medical practitioner from practising dentistry, while it is stated that- any person may extract a tooth, provided that the case is urgent, that no reerißered dentist or medical man is available, and that no anaesthetic is used. Unregistered persons in any public, dental service may also perform minor dental wora under conditions approved by the Minister, while the practice of dentistry at hospitals controlled by Hospital Boards, and at dental (schools approved by the, University Senate, is also exempted from the previsions of the BillTo the list of those who may he registered is added the holders of degrees or diplomas approved by the Senate of Universities or Dental Colleges in ® United Kingdom . The definition of the “practice of dentistry” laid down in English law is alsp incorporated in the Bill. Il is stated that the term shall be deemed to incude the performance of any such operation, and the giving of any such treatment, advice, or attendance as is usually performed or given by dentists, and any person who performs any operation, or gives any treatment, advice, or attendance on, or to any person preparatory to or for the purpose of or in connexion with the fitting, insertion, or fixing of artificial teeth, shall he doomed to have practised dentistry.

clearing up CONFUSION. WELLINGTON, January 12. Although the Act known as the Mondavising Christmas Act is yofc only three weeks old, there appears to be some doubt in the minds of employers as to the rates of pay that should be m-anted to employee sthat were required to work on Sunday on which Christmas Day fell; on Monday, on which it was kept up. or on Tuesday, on which Boxing Day was observed Enquiry at the Department of Labour elicited the information that there should he no difficulty in interpreting the now Act. Where provision is made for the granting of a holiday or the observance of certain hours of labour or the payment of certain rates of wages on Sunday, such provisions shall apply, without modification on Sunday being Christmas Day. Where such provision, is made for Christmas ■ Day it shall, apply on the next succeeding Monday as if it were Christmas Day, and where it was made for Boxing Day, it shall apply on the next succeeding Tuesday ns if it were Boxing Day. Briefly put the rule in connexion with the recent holidays was that Sunday rates are to be paid for Sunday, Christmas Day rates for Monday, and Boxing Day rates for Tuesday.