VARIED ACTIVITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 178, 31 July 1933, Page 8

VARIED ACTIVITIES.

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY. CURING "SICK BUSINESS." A man of varied activities is Mr. Ceorgc Fitzpatrick, superintendent of the New South Wales Community Hospital, who is to confer with the actingPrime Minister in Wellington to-morrow on proposals relative to tlio raising of hospital revenue. Mr. Fitzpatrick is also the head of a business organisation in Sydney, said to bo the only concern of its kind in Australia, the objective of which is to make sieh businesses well. In tho role of "business doctor," the firm investigates concerns .that are becoming run down, and prescribes appropriate remedies from the accountancy, advertising, merchandising and managerial point of view. It operates on the principle that sick companies require the same treatment as sick individuals.

Mr. Fitzpatrick has also' taken an active interest in the University life of Sydney, being the '"year" representative of tho Evening Students' Association and representing the students in the diploma of public administration. At the instance of tho Students' Representative Council, which consists of the delegates of tho various student bodies, Mr. Fitzpatrick accepted the honorary business managership of "Honi Soit," the news magazine, and "Hermes," the term magazine. In .Sydney, ho stated to-day, there were the same complaints about tho academic freedom of speech as had been voiced in New Zealand. Usually the student bodies disciplined tho editors by tho simple e/tpedient of appointing new editors. The latest issue of "Hermes" was tho cause of bitter controversy, not because of any blasphemous or sacrilegious utterances, but because of the type of article produced. But just as there were bitter opponents, so were there zealous advocates. Freedom of speech was the battle cry. It had been found with the Australian universities, ho added, that the youths with tho more advanced views usually developed into tho more sober citizens, with the progress of the years and the additional responsibilities of citizenship. Mr. Fitzpatrick paid a tribute to the efficiency of tho New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department. When he used tho trans-Tasman telephone on Saturday afternoon, the voice reproduction was as clear as though the conversation wero from Sydney with an ordinary Adelaide subscriber.