DR. MARTIN TWEED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1938, Page 10

DR. MARTIN TWEED

RESIGNATION OF PLUNKET POST. GOING ABROAD TO CONTINUE STUDIES. WELLINGTON, April 4. Dr. Martin Tweed states that his resignation as Medical Adviser to the Dominion Council of the Plunket Society will be officially announced by the council in Dunedin today. Dr. Tweed, who is trustee of the late Sir Truby King, intends to proceed abroad at an early date to undertake postgraduate work and to continue his studies of infant welfare. Born in Ashburton and educated at the Huntly .School, Marton and at Wellington College, Dr. Tweed studied medicine at Guy’s Hospital and London University. Returning from active service, Dr. Tweed in 1920 commenced practice at Carterton and became intimately associated with Sir Truby King and the work of the Plunket Society. The general conference of the Plunket Society in 1930 appointed Dr. Tweed as successor to Sir Truby King to the office of Honorary Medical Adviser to the Council. In 1933 he became full-time Medical Adviser to the Dominion Council and chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee. Dr. Tweed, who is an authority on dietetics and the prevention of physical defects in children, has addressed various conferences and meetings on child welfare and mothercraft and different aspects of national health and education.