PLUNKET SOCIETY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1941, Page 4

PLUNKET SOCIETY

ANNUAL CONFERENCE GATHERING IN WELLINGTON. .. REMITS PASSED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Among business dealt with at the Plunket Society’s conference in Wellington yesterday were remits presented by various branches. Threa remits from Christchurch which were passed were as follows: — That the age when a girl can commence training as a Karitane nurse should be 19 instead of 20.

That owing to the amount of work and the great expense which would be involved, the alteration in the rules regarding the changing of the name of “Plunket Nurses” to “Truby King Nurses” be postponed till after the war.

That as the publication in the Press of “Our Babies” column by “Hygeia” has had. to be discontinued owing to the shortage of paper, arrangements be made to broadcast specially arranged talks.

Another remit passed put forward by Marton delegates was: That this branch would like to draw the attention of the conference, and through it, of the general public, to the fact that food, though very important, is not the only factor contributing to the unsatisfactory state of the health of children past the baby stage. A Hastings remit passed read as follows:—That owing to the increased railway travelling of women and children brought about by the petrol rationing, the Government be asked to reinstate on express trains the carriage previously reserved for the exclusive use of women and children.

After considering a remit from the Waikari branch, that the Plunket Society send help to its sister societies in England if such help was not already being given, it was decided that each branch make its own arrangements, in the matter of giving help. Another remit passed, put forward by Christchurch, was:—That standard requirements for building new Plunket rooms be drawn up by the Dominion plans committee, with special regard to open-air waiting rooms. The conference was continued throughout the day, and before the evening session began a portrait of the society’s founder, Sir Truby King, was unveiled by Mrs Begg.