The Daily News. MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1905. St. HELENS MATERNITY HOMES.

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

The Daily News. MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1905. St. HELENS MATERNITY HOMES.

Thi- privilege's of medical .students have evidently b<vn raised in IMimtf din in connection wit Ji Ihe SI. J Mens Maternity Home. This in' stitulurji was formally opem-d l>y Ihe Premier Saturday. and, in the course hi', soiin* remarks to a depulation afterwards. Mr referred to the .jUest'ion of exclmlintj, medical sludents lr<rm Ihe Home. Jt

wrtthl appear friiiii I hi- telegram rc-c.-iv, .1 Ihiit tin- imilical faculty elai <l tin- privilege of inspecting cases in tin- Home in the intci-i-sls of science, Iml tin- Premier •liatt <kni.il llii-iii any such right, on the groiin.ls of -tin- delicacy „r woni-an-ho.nl." It is well known ihal muli-c-nii stinli-nts arc i/ntitlcl "lo walk" th-- hospitals lor the purpose of stinking cases. Imt many patients in our city institutions have a Mci-nlci! aversion to this systeml of ins|n-c----ticm. Ilow.-ver. in the i rests ,f surgery, ami nieiliail science Hii-j practice is no iloulit recognised as il'iite proper. Iml Ihe rig-In -'l, walk" the malermi, ho s is another matter altogether. The Premier's aci i m •efiisiiur-ihe sluileilts the entry lo t|„- St. Helens .Maternity Home at I'ui'.-ilin will receive I lie support „f the majority of the people of \ew W-al.-nul. for if tl„. homes are to l„- of hettelit to the i-oiin-try they must he conilucli-d in such a manner as to protect the I'-lmgs of the women who may become inmat-s- h miilic.il siuilcnUJ

WvIV a110w,,1 1,. visit lllvf-,- instlitiin. ns v... („.| sure that respectable Women Would no) heroine inmates, ■ in.l iho mam ~i,j,r i in establishing 'lie institutions would therefore be il.ifi-at.il. At STHO-JirMiAMAN CHISIS. Information received l>y cab!., during th,- past few .lavs indicates Hint a '■isN is at hand in th.- political I,is, " r > '" ""• \uM,o-ll„,,gnri.,n Km. I'itv. Th,- Hungarians haw ~,-v,, been com,th under 11 .\i.s-l iiifr conditions of iini,,,, njih AuMcia and "'- ''■'■" and foe reform, including universal sulfragc has received scant connesv from the Km|.eror Francis •loseph. The Hungarians in JMW made an ap|„-al t,- arms under their paliio... l.ouis Kossuth, and in sev--ral engagements th.-.v gained victories over 1 fie Imperial troops. The

Imperial dynasty lhat Ihe thelp of Hussia was invoked, and Hi,- C/ar .sent lumps 1,, assist in putting down the r.-U-11i,,,,. With this <pics-ti.-nahi.- assistance ihe Hungarians "ere driven into siililiiissioM. and l.ouiM Kossuth was evil,-1. Th,.

" agitation that is now i„ ...visience is not. it. iritis, conliited l<i lliisgary alone, as the calile ads ices stati- the demand for universal suffrage 'is spreading like wiMlirc" in Austria as w,-ll as Hungary. I'roli"lil: Hi- ni.-.xt phase of ihe agilation ; will he an appeal to aims, ami if that does happen the aeople will, no doubt, be allow,-,! to,..any mil their programme of reforms will t the aid of Holy liussia. as lhat country has had a liurf.-il of war lal.-l.\. The dewlopni. nit. in th.. situation during Hi.- next few days will be awaited with interest, for Hi.-r.- is no .doubt that a crisis is imminent.