DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 March 1917, Page 5

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

| SERIOUS SHORTAGE OP DOCTOgf . By Telegraph.—Press Association, Dunedin, Marcli HL Respecting the shortage of medical '/• men for service within the Dominion,) ">■ • Mr. (j. W. Russell, Minister of PilbUa J • Health, proposes to call a conference o® ■ representatives of the Department ana i* ■ the British Medical Association, to meet ' in Wellington shortly, to discuss what' ; stops should be taken to organise the ; profession for the purpose of adequately; 1 • supplying military and civilian needs. ' v ; The departmental report on the subject shows that there are 540 doctors in 1 *">' 1 the Dominion in private and institution- » ul practice and 237 engaged in militarj i ■ work, including 100 at the frlmt. Alto-- tyW getlier it is reported that there are only rM doctors in excess of the minimum' ■ number considered the limit of safety, , ' 1 '/f 1 CONSERVING INTERESTS Of * BUSINESS MEN. * •" ' Dannevirke, Mar oh 14,' •• Replying to a wire from -the Danger virke Chamber of Commerce asking whst ■ was being done to conserve the interests ■ of business people called up under {ha • ballot, Mr. William Ferguson, chairman , vs > of the National Efficiency Board, ban • intimated that that body desires to Sp- '■ • .point a board of trustees in each district where soldiers' businesses have to be managed. It was prepared to consider ' ' ' details in connection with such boards m'l to suit the individual circumstance! of each business. Particulars of cases fort ir B ! warded would be considered and auitiil#' *'t ■ arrangements made. ' > SEAMEN'S DISPUTE SETTLED. >* Wellington, March 14, At a special meeting of the Welling* ' \ ton branch of the Seamen's Union tfte \ new agreement with the shipowners tvfcs ■ ■ '. explained and adopted. The genespl ■*.: ; president (Mr. Donovan) stated that far. )'% • the course of 20 years the union had ■' | secured an increase of £5 per month, - <? and in the past 14 months had gained ''i an increase of £3 per month. iilf Mr. Young (general secretary) vtfll ;1 visit Auckland and explain the conditions - V; to the" seamen there, and afterwards at*. '"■ tend meetings at Lyttelton, Dunedin,.• and Napier. At all the ports steps will * be taken to get shipping companies 't "'ho have not yt't signed the new agreei ; inent to sign, their concurrence to be, filed in court. 1 ' ' ANTI-SHOUTING CASE. .It Dannevirke, March 14. . ,» The magistrate (Mr. McCarthy) fined 1 . Harold Welch, of the Royal Oak Hotels , , : Weber, £3O and costs £5 13s 3d, in ds*l ,■; fault three months' imprisonment with I "'i hard labor, for breaches of the anti*! ?( shouting regulation. - ! = He held that defendant had endeavor* ' . ed to escape punishment by indijcrimin* ate perjury and subornation of perjury., 'V. I He had also been openly flaunting the regulation. ' i BETTING APPEAL DISMISSED. ' '< Cliristchurch, March 14 Justice Sir John Denniston dismissed (he appeal of William Pollock, who was 1 convicted of betting in a train going to v* Ashburton races, by Mr. Bailey, S.M., * with ten guineas costs against appellant. OPIUM SMOKER FINED. ' J Dunedin, March 14, & lung Kim, who had been previously ■ -'i convicted, was lined £SO for possespinc and smoking opium,. CONGREGATIONAL UNION ' A i \ Wellington, Last NigYit. ' The Congregational Union £o-dajr ;v elected the, following officers:—Chairman, Rev. A. Hodgesecretary, Rev. A.. E. Hunt.: treasurer, F. Meadowcroft; auditor, H. Miller; preacher, Rev. F. War* uer; registrar, Rev, E. A. Bridgcr; W«l* '. '* lington committee, Revs. J. R. Glasson, Aspland, Evans, 'Messrs Ewen, Greigj Hunter, Knowles, Lewis, Miller,-Forevth, \ Port and Nettleton; Finance and Legal '-I Committee, Messrs Lewis, Ewen, Forsyth and chairman, with secretary and i treasurer. , • > - 1 be following wera elected lifo mem- > hers of the Council: Hon. G. Fowlds and Messrs Moore, Mite!i»il, Hootel, Bevg W. S. Fernie, B. L. Thomas. 1 • Several recommendations for reference ■ to the committee were formally apt jproved. •■■■) ORDERS-IN- COUNCIL. } 4 ) Wellington, Last. Nfght. Ordeis-:n-Council have been gazetted filing the maximum wholesale price of . milk for distribution in Wellington and) ;; its suburban districts at 12% d per gal* ' \ Ion; also prohibiting the export of ljides and calfskins. Regulations whereundep' the Government will purchase hides arai also gazetted. . vti :■ r'S LAND FOR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS, ' ' Timaru, Last Night. The Land Board to-day by ballot dlaposed of Ave grazing runs, a sub-division part of Clayton rim, near Falrlie, and one at Buck's Pass, to discharged soldiers, There wore nine applications for six '- runs. The successful men were Casey, Jones, Trotter, McConnell (Fairlie), Ga'l. ing (Ohristchurch) and Gainess (Tima* '■ ru). For eight farm at Cricklewood, a soldier settlement, there were only two : applicants, and there were given a farm each at tlio upset rental—Horgan and Wsddell, both of CJhristchurch. !. ■ 'A' MILITARY APPEAL, 1 Timaru, Last Night. '1 Before the Military Service Board tt Waimato to-day (Miss) Dr Cruickshanlt Jk appealed on behalf of her chafeur (a discharged navy man), as ske could not / drive a car. The man appealed as being ' i of more service in his present emplov* < ment. The appeal was dismissed. ft'