THE HON. D. BUDDO.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13364, 4 March 1909, Page 2

THE HON. D. BUDDO.

' The Hon. D. Buddo, Minister for Internal Affairs and Public Health, arrived in Christchurcli yesterday. Ho attended a meeting of tho Board of .TCducaiion, and transacted some business connected -rvith his Department. To-day Mr Buddo attends tli« opening of the Collogo for Maori Girls at Ohoka, and to-morrow 'he goes to Cheviot to attend tho show, returning to Wellington on Saturday.

A of ladies representing tho Oiristcluireh branch of tho Society for tho Promotion of tho Health of Women and Children waited on tho Minister yesterday afternoon, and preferred several requests. The deputation consisted of Mcsdames Sandstein and Pratt and MLss Cook.

Tho deputation requested the Minister to authorise the Registrar of Hirths to issue to parents registering births copies of pamphlets drawn up by Dr. Trilby King, entitled "What is Best for Baby." It was desirable that each mother s'honld receive- one* of the pamphlets, on which would bo printed tho names and. addresses of the Phiukct nurses, and the nanio and address of the secretary of tho Socioty. Tho paraph lot coutuinnd information of vr.iuo to mothers Tho second request was that a lary<*r subsidy should bo paid to tl:o Christelnirch Society I'jie deputation v.-ore under the impression that tho Dunedui Society got £500 for Karitane Home, and £silo rnoro was divided among seven otlu-r societies.

In repl.v, tht» Minister .said t!jat it had ljcc-n proved that tlir.ro was a necessity for tho distribution oi such literature as that subaiittod by tho deputation. Ho could not give a promise that tho pamphlet would l:o circulated' in preference to tl«>ir> issucxl by tiio Health Department. Tl-,ero wonl'd bo some expo nd it tiro involved, but Jio would placo tho matter before his colleagues. In regard t-o tlie apjilication for an increased subsidy, bo po;:iti-<I out that the amount on tho Estimates was £000 for Societies for tho Promotion of tho Health of Women and Children excluding the jfcoOO for t'lio K.iritane Homo. He could not say how many organisations had claims to shares of tho £POO. The apnfication would bo placed before the Cabinet for its consideration.

It was pointed out that no expenditure would be necessitated !iv tbo authorisation of the distribution of th« pamphlet. The Society had 1000 copies" which, would be handed ovor wK-n authority was given, in regard to the work of the Society, the. deputation submitted statistics of tho work done by the two I'lunket nurses emplovtd locally, and the Minister oxoressed tl'o opinion that the results were m-rftv-tlv satisfactory. ' J