PLUNKET OR TRUBY KING?
PROPOSAL TO ALTER SOCIETY’S NAME. iPee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, September 3. The Plunket Society’s Conference today lengthily considered a suggestion to name the society’s hospitals th©_ Truby Kina hospitals, in order to associate the movement with the name of the founder; also, or alternatively, that the nurses be S ° A' letter was read which had been addressed to Dr King asking his approval. Dr who arrived during the discussion, replied saying that he was deeply touched at the suggestion.. He described the circumstances of his selection of the name Plunket. He implored the_ society to leave his name out. He said that Plunket was a good name, and was well known. The question, was mot finally sotueii
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Evening Star, Issue 18729, 3 September 1924, Page 8
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122PLUNKET OR TRUBY KING? Evening Star, Issue 18729, 3 September 1924, Page 8
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