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(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8.) HEALTH OF WORKERS. PERIODIC EXAMINATION. A particular opportunity for applying modern preventive measures to the problem of heart disease was suggested to the members of the Auckland Rotary Club by Dr. E. B. Gunson in the course of an interesting address on the community aspect of heart disease (says fhe "New Zealand Herald"). This opportunity, he said, was offered where numbers of men and women were aggregated in connexion with industiy, whether occupied in city warehouses and emporiums, in municipal works, banking and similar institutions, or in smaller business houses.. A regular and periodic routine medical examination of every member pf such staffs by their medical officers, with facilities for the careful investigation of commencing ill-health was required. By such routine examinations disease could Le discovered at its beginning, for, if one lesson stood out from war experience, it was that a routine examination of any group of'apparentlv healthy people would reveal incipient disease in at least a small percentage of cases, in some groups in a ivery high percentage. This field, in the adult, was at present not touched by routine medical practice nor was it dealt witli by the State, but the system which lie was now indicating , would cover i" and could be instituted by business houses. . In its simplest form, continued the speaker, such a system would embrace a central examination room or dispensary, in charge-, preferably, of a trained nurse, whose whole time need not necessarily be given up to the work. Here, with the authority of the departmental head, any member of the staff could voluntarily report for examination by tilt? medical officer at a fixed hour daily. Encouraged by the management and assisted by a certain amount of instructional work, explaining the objects aimed at, initinl prejudice had been quickly overcome where such systems had been instituted. The advantages arising out of such investigations were so considerable that thnv outweighed any apparent disadvantages, apart altogether from the suffering of the individual. l;ie economic loss to the State of allowing early disease to go unrecognised and untreated, for want of timely and exhaustive medial examination of the individual, would ultimately be far greater, than the initial expense of thorough investigation and early treatment. In conclusion, Dr. Gunson said that modern medicine was essentially scientific, and had advanced to such a stage that the claims might be made with confidence that when its resources had bi?en exhausted few rases would remain undiagnosed. ;v> ' METALS. (Bv Cable—Pre«s Association —Copyright.) (Australian and' N Z. Cable Association.) (Received May 19th, 11.16 P-™0 LOHS>ON, Hay 18. Copper-Spot £Ol 16s 101 d, forward £6l 183 9d i v Lead—Spot £24 ss, forward' £23 2s 6d. Spelter-Spot £27 2s GG, forward' £27. Tin—Spot £l5O Ts 6d, forward £lsl 1/s 6d. Silver—37d per ounce. .

HIDES. (Beceived May 19th, 11.15 p.m.> MELBGUBN®, May 19. The hides market ia irregular. All good conditioned lines are firm. Mediums have declined one farthing, and lights and Kipi are fully one halfpenny lower. DAIRY PRODUCE. (Received May 19th, 5.5 p.m.) k LONDON, May 18. Butter—The market is quiet. New Zealand, first grade 170 a to 1725, superfine 1745, second grade 164s to 1665; finest Australian 162s to 161s, secondary 150s to 158s. Cheese—There is a rather better demand. New Zealand, white 72s to, 745, coloured 82s to &4s; Australian, white 60s to 68s, eo.oured 78s to 80s. ENGLISH MARKETS. (Received May 19th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 18.Wheat—Cargoes are quiet, and occasionally easier, especially Kiver Plate, owing to the favourable exchange rates. The spot trade is quiet, witn an easy tone; Australian due, 61s 6d ex ship. . . , , Flour—The market is quiet. Australian, 48s 6d to 44s 6d ex store. , Oats and Beans—The market is steady, end prices are unchanged. ±<eas 'ihe market is firm. Tasmaman blues, 480s to 500s. > Sugar—Granulated, 48s 6d. TALLOW. Messrs Dalgety and Conjpany, Ltd., have received the loliowing cabie from their London office, dated May 17th, 1922: Tal.ow—At the weekly auction, 1585 casks of tallow were offered, and 880 sold. Since our last week's report, prices are mostly Is lower. We quote: i'ine mutton 41s, mixed (special), 335.