PHARMACY MATTERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 March 1921, Page 7

PHARMACY MATTERS.

DISCUSSION AT CONFERENCE. By Telewanh. —Press Association. Christchurch, March 8. The third annual conference of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Society opened to-night, Mr. J. R. Tingey, presi_ dent, presiding. In his presidential address Mr. Tingey said that though New Zealand led the world in social legislation in some directions it had one of the most,ancient Acts dealing with the sale of poisons that could be fopnd anywhere in the British Empire. The New Zealand Act was passed in 1871 and since then there had been only one addition to IrU The methods in the Dominion of handling and dealing with poisons had, owing to fortuitous circumstances, not resulted in a great disaster, but there was no guarantee that thia state of affairs would last. Since 1871 there had been many synthetic poisons and remedies of a poisonous nature introduced, but the New Zealand Legislature had taken absolutely no notice of them. It was perfectly legal in New Zealand to sell many most deadly poisons. Mr. Tingey aso referred to the desirableness of establishing in the Dominion a school of pharmacy and, failing such a school, that provision be made at the university for instruction in pharmacy. Speaking of the manner in which some oversea patent medicines are advertised he said such advertise, ments were detested by chemists and druggists owing to their exaggerated and misleading statements. Some offended against the ordinary common deceiicy of commercial life.