MEDICAL SCHEME

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 229, 27 September 1941, Page 8

MEDICAL SCHEME

AUCKLAND'S PROTEST NOT FULLY REPRESENTATIVE (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.). WELLINGTON, this day. "I can assure you that the representations contained in the resolution will receive full and careful consideration in spite of the fact that I cannot accept as accurate its descriptive terms and conclusions," declared the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, in a telegram to Mr. J. A. C. Allum, Mayor of Auckland, following the meeting of protest against the Medical Practitioners' Amendment Bill Mr. Allum, as chairman of the meeting held on Wednesday night, forwarded to Mr. Fraser the resolution of protest. The Prime Minister's telegram continued: "Unfortunately nothing published concerning the meeting, and certainly not the very interesting - list of speakers you kindly furnished me with, appears to indicate that any supporters of the Government participated prominently in the proceedings, and that fact, in itself, would seem to indicate that a large section of the community whose opinions naturally weigh somewhat with the Government was not represented. "It is not proposed at present to utilise the. National Broadcasting Service for public meetings, either in support of or in opposition to the bill."