PLUNKET SOCIETY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 65, 17 March 1934, Page 16

PLUNKET SOCIETY.

In view of the fact that letters have appeared in various New Zealand papers voicing the impression that the members of the executive and of the council of this society and delegates to various conferences receive some financial assistance in the matter of travelling expenses, may I have the assistance of your paper to correct this unfortunate misunderstanding? I wish to state on behalf of the society that apart from the Plunket nursing stall, the only salaried ofticers of the society are the medical adviser (Dr. Martin B. M. Tweed), the director of Plunket nursing, the secretary, and two typists, the first three of whom arc the only officers of the society whose travelling expenses on the society's business are reimbursed out of its funds. No member of the council or of the executive of the society ever receives anything from the funds of the society or of its branches either by way of honorarium or for travelling expenses incurred. No delegate attending any conference or meeting receives remuneration or expenses. In a few eases branches employ salaried officers as secretaries, and in such oases entirely at the expense of the branch concerned. The executive and members of the council have for years visited Wellington to attend council meetings at least twice a year, and in some years more often, while a large number of women have regularly attended numerous conferences and meetings since the earliest conferences were held, at. no small personal and financial sacrifice. The interest shown and the sacrifice made in the cause of the society by those who thus voluntarily serve it without reward, and who often travel great distances at considerable expense, require that there should be 110 misunderstanding in the public mind in this matter. KATE F. McGEORGE, President.