PLUNKET SOCIETY
DOMINION EXECUTIVE APPOINTED (PBBSS &S9OCtATIOI! TEtEGftiM.) WELLINGTON, September 18. The Plunket Society's conference was opened by the Minister for Health (Sir Alexander Young). He said the council of the society had requested an increase in the Government grant to enable adjustments to be made in nurses' salaries. The request would oe considered, and he would do his best to help the society. Grants already agreed to for the present year totalled £20.510. Both Sir Alexander Young and Lady Sidey referred to the work done by Sir Truby King. Lady Sidey suggested that the society should show some tangible recognition of its appreciation by perpetuating his name in every pos* sible way.
The following were elected as the Dominion executive for the ensuing two years:—Lady Sidey, Mesdames J. McGeorge, J. Begg, S. Cox, Messrs L. G. Tuck, A. C. Cameron, C. B. Barrowclough. The chief matters dealt with were the proposed new schedule of salaries of the society's nursing staff, the laying down of by-laws, to govern the appointment of Katitane honorary medical staffs, and the advisability of extending the society's activities in regard to the giving of radio talks in the furtherance of the society's work.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21582, 19 September 1935, Page 12
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