MAORIS AS NURSES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 141, 13 June 1912, Page 4

MAORIS AS NURSES.

"~CO_-OUK JTO B_T-______T. •■ QUALIFIKD'" APPI_[C-_NTS~\vELCOi_. ' "There should be no colour line distinctions in the selection of our nurses," , remarked Mr. P. J. 'Xerheny at an int formal meeting of members of the 7 -_os- ' pital Board this morning. A half-caste ; Maori girl had just been before the e<_• ; mittee by invitation, together twit! a ' lady interested in her case, for the jar- ; pose of inquiring why her application - had 'been overlooked. - -> : The chairman (Mr. H. Schofield) cxi plained that a -.misunderstanding had ' arisen because the young lady mgiiesi tion was thought to be an applicant for i admission as, a Maori probationer, wkoaa - numbers in the hospital were restricted ' to two at a time. As a matter of fact, it now appeared that she had -gpM ; in the ordinary way, being a half-caste . Maori, with the necessary sixth standard I pass as a qualification. He recommended .. that as the applicant, had beenwaiting , so long she be given the first vacancy , as a probationer. jj|% j 'Beplying to Mr. Nerheny's Ternary, fl* chairman of the honorary _r_mttee|Br, | Pabst) said that his me_ody-v_J^o , give all applicants in possession ,of » sixth standard certificate a.trial -ot». least three months. They had torn, howeveT, that some of the haltaastt Maoris so admitted were d_fcnl.t to train. , ~ ' Mr. Nerhenyi Then in 6uch -cases _aj, should be treated in the _______*.» others. That is, if they fail m-Set trial, they should be dispe__Lini„ >% Br Pabst.- Quite so. If natives to go in under these conditmns *m. ought to he admitted. - ___ c i It was decided to give .thejfHJPjg? in question the first -vacancy. . ; •'