THE PREMIER AT DUNEDIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7940, 2 October 1905, Page 2

THE PREMIER AT DUNEDIN

Opens Maternity Home Reception ot Dqititldi (Per Press Association.) DUNIOMN, Oct. 1. Tlic Preiuief had. a very busy day ol it on Saturday, After receiving a deputation, he devoted the afternoon to Hit; formal opening of,St. Helen's Maternity Hospital. The .building, formerly the residence of Mr- Joel, has 6vn converted to its present service, and appears in eveiy\way suilaiile. In the evening a deputation of dentists waited on the Premier to protest against giving consideration to dental practitioners other than thosd qualified by examination. The deputation considered it presumptions oi such practitioners to ask to be put on the Register. Tile Premier said a petition was at present before Hie Petitions Committee, and the matter was therefore, sub jud'ice. He did not think an alteration of the Act in the direction feared by the deputation was likely. The Government, would discharge its rcsponsii:Jilily, and the lights of legitimate practitioners would be preserved,. A deputation from the Trades anil Labour Council called to congratulate! the Premier on establishing the Maternity Home and debarring -medical 1 students from attending. They also referred to securing a section for workers' homes near Duuedin, but strongly objected to giving the ircellOW.

The Premier said th? St. Helens Maternity Hospital was not, in any sense a charitable institution, and medical students would bo as much out of place, there as in private houses or private hospitals. He admitted the press and medical faculty were fighting for the advance of science, but he was fighting for,the delicacy of womwould fit up their old refuge for the cst.tuc and outcast; clas.l'of w„me! he Government would assist with uuls, and the students would ha e he opportunities they sought An workers' dwellings, he mil i» . freehold clause E 0 get (he p-m through Parliament. I was a ma wanted the freehold. lnSta " ce '