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Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1922, Page 3

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j A meeting of Kiwi Club juniors will lie | hold at Roller’s sample rooms at i o’clock this (Friday) evening—Advt. \ Social Dance will bo held in the j Supreme Hall this Friday evening, in j aid of the Rover Football Club. Admission Is Id. Supper provided; efficient AI.C. —Advt. Come along to The Biyoli to-morrow and try otir winter specials. Aon will find onr hot drinks, soups etc., very savoury. Football stout, cherry cheer ginger punch are just as good as thennames. Asparagus soup, mock turtle soup, tomato soup are delicious.— .Advt,

While Sir James Allen was Admin is- j ; trator of Samoa he formed the opinion , ! that much could he done in the way of j I stemming, if not eliminating, some or , j the tropical diseases there. Since com- ( ; ing to England (says n London corj respondent) lie has not lost sight of the I matter a*d has recently been in touch I with sir James McKellcy and Sir Vat- ! r ick Mansen, of the Hospital for Tropi i c al Diseases. They are prepared to send out an expert to Samoa and pay ! his salary if the New. Zealand Govern- ! nient will find the laboratory (which is ! already there), and one or two assistants. The High Commissioner has put the proposal before the Government, and he hopes that they will take advantage of it. He maintains that a great deal of good will bo done by New Zealand by thus setting an example in the Pacific. Ankylostomiasis, the particular disease to which attention will be paid, can lie cured m a few days but it is likely to return as soon as the patient exposes himself to the worm that causes it. The matter therefore will not be a medical investigation so much as an hygienic nroblem and the destruction of the parasite will doubtless need a con. siderable expenditure of money.