T.B. CAMPAIGN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 874, 18 January 1930, Page 6

T.B. CAMPAIGN

BOOSTING CHARITY STAMPS FULLER-HAYWARD ADVERTISING Press Association WELLINGTON, Friday. The need for the establishment of a National Anti-Tuberculosis Association in New Zealand was emphasised by the Minister of Health, the Hon. A. J. Stallworthy, today, when he announced that, with a view to assisting the sale of the special charity stamps issued in connection with the campaign against tuberculosis, the use of the whole of the picture screens of Messrs. Fulle.r-Hay ward had been offered free for advertising the Christmas seal scheme. The Minister said he had accepted the offer, which was made through Mr. Phil Hayward, of Auckland. There were, he understood, about 66 theatres comprised in the circuit, and the advertising space on the screens would be available far about a month. Referring to the need for funds to fight tuberculosis, and to alleviate the sufferings of patients, the Minister drew attention to the plight of young men and young women who, after a year or perhaps two years in a sanatorium, found it difficult to return to the employment they were compelled to leave when they contracted the complaint. It frequently happened that after so long a period of enforced idleness the personal resources of the patients were exhausted, and in desperation they were forced into such unsuitable work as brought about a recurrence of the disease. Ultimately a return to a sanatorium was inevitable. A number of such cases, said Mr. Stallworthy, had been brought under his notice, and he was aiming at organised relief by the development of the Christmas seal fund and the establishment of a National AntiTuberculosis Association, with branches at least in the larger centres. The Minister added that the special stamps would be on sale at all post offices for several weeks yet.