ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24421, 5 October 1940, Page 10

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will not be answered unless accompanied by the name and address of correspondents. lan Jamieson.-- Declined. "Adrian Treeworthy" and Common Sense" (N.Z.).—The argument which you advance has been sufficiently stated. " Inquirer." Oamaru.—lf the lease is in the name of your husband, no claim can be made upon you. " Hopeful."—While the Petroleum Act may be obstructive of general efforts to locate oil deposits, it may also be said of it that it furnishes a safeguard against the investment of capital in doubtful enterprises. • ' "Query." Balclutha.—(l) The New Zealand Journalists' Association. (2) All employees covered by journalists' awards are required to become members of the Journalists Union in the district in which they are employed. (3) The New Zealand Journalist circulates among members of the New Zealand Journalists' Association. "Care," Palmerston.—A copy of your letter was submitted to the department., and the statements made in it are answered as follows:—(1) At any sanatorium the status of nurses' other than trained nurses is that of nurse aides. (2) The previous experience of such nurse aides is not recognised as a qualification for seniority unless a certificate of proficiency in tuberculosis nursing can be presented. (3) It is necessary that every nurse should be familiar with every set of duties, including those described as menial. Moreover, each set of more senior duties is commenced and carried out under the supervision of a more senior nurse. In the instance referred to by you. the nurse of seven or eight weeks' experience worked with and under the supervision of the nurse cf longer experience elsewhere, before assuming the .more senior position for a period of six days, while the latter was transferred to a set of duties of which she had not previous experience at Pleasant Val- , -ley.