LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 March 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Farmer Sent to Gaol. A sentence of two months’ imprisonment was imposed by Mr A. Coleman, S.M., at the Feilding Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, on Norman Lyman Mickleson, described as a farmer, of Cameron’s Line, for failing to enrol in the General Reserve. Medical School Suggested. Notice was given by Mr Chapman (Government, Wellington North), in the House of Representatives yesterday of intention to ask the Minister of Health, Mr Nordmeyer, if he would, when considering extension of facilities so that an additional number of students could qualify as and become medical practitioners, give attention to the advisability of establishing a medical school at Victoria College. “The establishment of such a school would assist in strengthening the university very considerably,” said Mr Chapman in a note to his question. “A good deal of the space at Victoria College could be more effectively used if a full-time medical school was established in Wellington.’ Lack of Vision Alleged. The assertion that the Labour .Government lacked vision in not preparing for war in the years between 1935 and 1939 was made by Mr Endean (Opposition, Remuera), in the Address-in-Reply debate in the House last night. The New Zealand division had gone into action in April, 1915, he said, armed to meet the enemy on almost equal terms. Could that be said of our men in Greece and Crete when, they went into action like so many Davids with slings against a giant mechanical Goliath? Dealing with civil expenditure, he said it had risen from £24,000,000 in 1935 to £38,000,000 in 1942. Instead of it being maintained at a reasonable level during the war, civil expenditure had gone gaily ahead, and was beyond the country’s capacity to carry. ' Osteopathic Practitioners. A private member’s Bill for the registration and control of osteopathic practitioners was introduced in the House by Mr McKeen (Government, Wellington South), and after being read a second time pro forma was referred to 'the Public Health Committee. The measure provided for the registration of every person over 21 who satisfies the Director-General of Health that he is a graduate of osteopathy of an approved college which is legally incorporated and chartered either in the United Kingdom or any of the Dominions or in the United States. In presenting the Bill, Mr McKeen said its major clauses had been taken from the Medical Practitioners Act. “This Bill will be resented by the orthodox doctors, who look on osteopathy with suspicion,” he said. He reminded the House that all 'the osteopathic practitioners were asking was a standing equal to the medical profession. The proposal was new to New Zealand, but in the United States there were six colleges and numerous hospitals where practitioners were trained and practised. It was no system of quackery, but a highly specialised profession, whose development ought to be encouraged in the Dominion.

W.D.F.U. Shop Day. The Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union held a most successful shop day in Masterton yesterday afternoon. Business was brisk, and a large quantity of produce was sold. Burns from Caustic Soda. Colin Shannon, aged 1-J years, of Nireaha, was admitted to the Masterton Hospital yesterday afternoon with burns to his body, received when he pulled a tin of caustic soda over him. His condition is satisfactory. Infantile Paralysis. Two cases of infantile paralysis were diagnosed in Christchurch yesterday, making a total of 15 since the outbreak. One was a child of two years, and the other aged five. Two suspected cases were also admitted to hospital yesterday. Interhcuse Dance. The Wairarapa Interhouse Association will hold another dance in the Masonic Hall, Masterton, tomorrow night, when the teams that competed in the Wanganui contest will be the guests of the Association. The music will be supplied by Mrs Ashton’s orchestra, and novelty dances will be held. Intending patrons are assured of a pleasant evening. Free Legal Advice. Free legal service had been maintained last year at several large military camps and three air force stations, it was reported at the annual meeting of the Wellington District Law Society. In addition, a considerable amount of work had been carried out by members at their own offices, and many direct inquiries had been dealt with by the secretary. Yield of Honey. Present indications are that there will be very little surplus honey harvested in Central and Northern Hawke’s Bay The yield so far is lower than last year and prospects are that bee-keepers are faced with a lighter yield than last year, which was also light. Seventy per cent of the honey must be held by the apiarist for disposal as directed by the Internal Marketing Division. Stoppages at Coalmines. On his first official visit to the mining fields of the Waikato since control was taken over by the State, the Minister of Mines, Mr Webb, on Tuesday, addressed meetings of miners concerning stop-work meetings and absenteeism.Up to the Christmas holidays, said the Minister, the miners on the whole had done magnificently, but since then, because of the lack of railway waggons and because of stop-work meetings, production had fallen. Regarding stop-work meetings, he pointed out to the men that these were a violation of their agreement, and they were letting the Government down. The Northern Miners’ Union executive had urged that all matters in dispute should first be referred to the manager of a mine, and, failing a settlement, should be passed on to the superintendent of State mines before stopwork meetings vzere asked for. The adoption of such a principle should practically eliminate the aggravating stop-work meetings.