VENEREAL DISEASES.
I *- —r {PRESS ASSOCIATION" TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, July 20. In the House of Representatives this afternoon, the Hon. G. W. Ruesell moved that a copy of the speech delivered by him in the House last night on the subject of venereal diseases be laid on the table and be printed. The Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes said he recommended to the Minister of Defence that a pamphlet on the subject of venereal diseases be circulated amongst soldiers. Ho understood that Surgeon-General Henderson had a pamphlet ready'for circulation. A general discussion followed, in •which members freely endorsed the printing and circulating of the Minister's speech, ar, calculated to do considerable good The Minister, in reply, said his speech did not purport to be a scientific dissertation on these diseases, but a political pronoun oement of the intentions of the Government on the subject. Th' motion was agreed to.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15648, 21 July 1916, Page 2
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