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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 140, 12 June 1908, Page 3

CHEMISTS' CONGRESS.

SOME IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, this day. The Chemists' Conference will probably conclude this morning. The Poisons Bill was discussed at length, and it was resolved that tbe Poisons Act proposed by the Government, and the action to be taken on behalf of chemists be left in the hands of a special committee to report. At to-day's session the difficulty of dealing with the opium question was commented upon, and the conference decided that tincture of opium be added to the schedule submitted by the Collector of Customs, making it legal for chemists to register all quantities of tincture over half an ounce sold by them. After discussing the Pure Food and Drugs Act, it was decided to urge the Government to form an advisory committee having similar qualifications to those possessed by the committee formed under the New South Wales Act. The Conference completed the revision of the new syllabus for sections A and B examinations, defining the work of future candidates, and to require practical as well as theoretical knowledge of subjects in the syllabus. Additional regulations framed for the establishment of a Register of Articles of Apprenticeship were adopted. The proceedings have been held in camera. At the banquet of delegates attending the Chemists' Conference the Hon. G. Fowlds, in reply to the toast of "Parliament," stated that Parliament had calmly and impartially considered the Pure Food Quackeries Prevention and Poisons Bills, impartiality being shown by the laying of the two latter on the shelf. He could assure them that any representations that the Federation might make regarding these two bills would receive the fullest and most careful consideration. Parliament would be only too glad to get the benefit of chemists' technical knowledge on such matters. It would see that chemists were not unnecessarily harassed, and would also take care that the interests of the consumers were safeguarded. The Poisons Bill was very largely built upon suggestions of the various pharmaceuticaf societies of New Zealand, though it had not been possible to embody in it all the points raised. No doubt the united wisdom of the Chemists' Federation would materially help Parliament in forming legislation that would be generally beneficial.

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