Reward For Skill Is Needed In Dominion

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 February 1950, Page 4

Reward For Skill Is Needed In Dominion

WELLINGTON, This Day (P.A.).—An appeal to New Zealand to encourage the ultimate return of young men who go overseas to increase their skill in their particular spheres of endeavour was made last night by Dr A. E. Porritt, the eminent New Zealand surgeon, who has been in England for many years. Dr Porritt was addressing New Zealand members of the B.M.A.

“Too many good young New Zealanders, in many and varied fields of activity go, or are sent, abroad to widen their experience and extend their knowledge and, having done so, find to their great disappointment that New Zealand makes no attempt to encourage their return —that is if they do return, reasonable opportunities are not available or not obtainable or both,” said Dr Porritt. “This state of affairs can be remedied and should be. Spending money, even State money, on worthy objects can often, in the long run, be economy. What more worthy object could there be than a young New Zealander specially trained in his own particular sphere, who wishes to devote his talents to his own country ” he added. New Zealand was now old enough to rely for her international reputation on other factors than her sports and her exports, said Dr Porritt, in approaching the subject.