OF N.Z. INTEREST

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 65, 19 March 1925, Page 9

OF N.Z. INTEREST

CHILD WELFARE WORK

MEN WHO REMEMBER

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LONDON,' 11th; February.

In the current issue of.^'The Journal of Commerce" there ,is an ..illustrated article, running Sover ■ four columns, on the activities of the New Zealand Sheepowners' Debt to Seamen Fund. Doubtless it has been taken from the very excellent pamphlet issued by the organisation as the fourth .annual report. The subject, however, is attractively introduced under the heading of "Men Who Remember."

"In these days," says the writer, "when gratitude is by no means one of the commonest characteristics of members of the human .rice, who possess, rather that spirit which is expressed by the lines, '.The devil .was sick, the devil a monk would be—the devil got well, the devil a monk was he.' It is indeed a pleasure to read of the progress of what is known as 'The New Zealand Shcepowners' . Acknowledgement of Debt to British Seamen Fund.' The | scheme-underlying this fund dates from the time, just after the, war, ■when Tommy and Jack, who-had gone out in the hey-day of their youth and strong, m arm and in purpose, came back .'on the shield' full of honour and wounds, but ivith the.old British spirit still pre: dominant. ■ -Opinions differ as to the' treatment they received, when the danger was over, but there were, thank God, some who remembered what would have happened ,to them . but ' for ,;the grace of God, and the help of the British troops. And in the van of such' people were the New Zealand sheepuwners, who frankly acknowledged that it was only by reason of the dangerous and distasteful work done by tHe men of the Royal Navy and the British Mercantile Marine that they had "been able to carry on -their work as sheep rearers arid wool exporters." In response to the High Commissioner, other journals throughout the., Country "make lengthy reference to the fund. WHAT GLASGOW WANTS. What we want is a "Truby King" hospital in all our cities, and the sooner the better. This is a statement made by a correspondent to "The Glasgow _ News." The subject under discussion is child welfare. The writer replies to another correspondent who suggests that, child welfare letters, sim--lar to those in New Zealand papers, should appear fa the newspapers* of Ureat Britain. It is pointed out by the later writer■: "We do have a paper which gives advice and lectures on infant, management—the "Women's Pictonal, published weekly at the cost of threepence. "I n this paper there is apap conducted by the matron of the only one of Us kind-in Britain), under the heading 'Better Babies.' Detailed management o f lnlan ts, before and after birth, is g, V en m all its stages week by weekend specific advice is given to individual, cases by merely writing to the matron and asking for it. This advice' is free to all, although if so minded : subscriptions ; may ; be 'sent 'to ■the hospital,-as its upkeep;depends entirely on charity. The whole system is' entirely the same as that/ carried, out in New Zealand, and if more people would interest themselves in it I am sure the benefit would be widespread." j Under the same heading in the "Glasgow News," Nurse-J. B^N. Paterson writes to explain what progress has. been made in New Zealand in recent ■ years with regard to child welfare. "I quite agree," she says, "that those special New Zealand articles, if published in our newspapers, would be of great help to our 'Home' mothers.

".The population of Glasgow at the last census approximates that of New Zealand," Nurse Paterson continues, "yet I noted in' a recent report of the Town Council that the Corporation only employs 22-24. health visitors; the New Zealand society, subsidised by Government, has ti, the moment 129 specially trained nurses engaged on child welfare, the mosf? important branch of public health work; 'Prevention' is the keynote in New Zealand. The work requires vision. 'The result may not be seen ;' it lies- largely in the future. . . . Glasgow might hvell. folkjw the exampla of some of* the Engish authorities >. and send or grant leave to any health visitors who may wish'to train in New Zealand methods, as I did,.in the London centre. ' The money would be well spent."' .. V . "'-. . :,.;■... .. . ABEEDEEN-iVNGtrS CATTLE. At a dinher.' held in Perth, _§,cotland, breeders of Aberdeen-Angus cattle foregathered. Professor J. A. S. Watson, of Edinburgh. University, in proposing "Aberdeen-Angus interests," said he thought Angus 'breeders must look back with satisfaction on the year that had passed. Rarely had any breed had such a^run of successes as had fallen to the "Doddie" in the open contests at .last year's shows. It was hardly too much to say what was left of the championships after the pedigree blacks had been satisfied had gone to Angus crosses. It was a remarkable record, to which an equal ccjuld be found only in that of those other "All Blacks" who had dominated the llngby football world. He claimed to see no further into the future than other people, but he believed that Angus cattle would continue to grow in public favour. The beef thay produced was what the consumer wanted and the butcher, the feeder, and the breeder were all Becoming alive to the fact. In saying this he<had no thought of disparaging other, breeds. ' There were so many, bad mongrel cattle in the world still that there would be plenty of room for a few different kinds of good ones for a long time to come. A COMMERCIAL REVIEW?. A'whole page is, devoted, to New Zealand iif "The^Timesv Annual Financial and Commercial..Review." The letterpress deals with every aspect of finance and commerce, arid in the five colums of sinsll type-a great deal of information is compressed.- Mention is also made of the state railways, financial help for soldiers, undeveloped resources, and the , attractions of the country from the tourist and the sports point of view. -An excellent view' of -Wellington "Harbour is set at tbVhead of the page, ' and other views are of 'Auckland, Christchurch, and a typical group of freezing works buildings. The Wellington correspondent of "The Times," in another column, reviews the toade of the Dominion during the past "year. TRADE COMMISSIONER'S REPORT "The Electoral Review devotes considerable space to a review of Mr. N. Elmslie's official report,- and quotes many extracts. Further, it remarks : "The report 'indicates' the continued prosperity of . New Zealand arid her growing importance, as a customer for nil classes of goods, particularly in the class in which our readers'are most interested. . . . There is undoubtedly a need for continued effort on the paijt pf British manufacturers" to consolidate their position in Iho market if they are

to gain instead of losing ground. . . . In the absence of indications -to the contrary it would appear that, generally, British prices are competitive. This being so, it seems that attention to the points brought forward in the report will ensure the maintenance and strengthening of the trade link which binds us to the progressive Dominion of New Zealand."