FRIENDLY SOCIETY DOCTORS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 73, 10 March 1913, Page 3

FRIENDLY SOCIETY DOCTORS.

L'e:-ia\i) io;-: u<« leaned I ’ E k b QUESTIGA TAELE' UP BY B.M.A. Christcliurch. Llnrch 9. Hatters between the Lyttelton d . ?- t?-rs ciiid the friend’y sc-eiet'i.:' ;it port have ni t been working sinoot;, y. At the commence cm nr of last mo’-th tl.e soeieik-s r.dvtni.seil for applications fur tl.e I'.oiirion, and fro n c !ev<-n appli: a::: s Dr. Stewart, of Vfelling-ton Hospital, was appointed on Fcb-ruaty 2rtii. Last Frid-'y an advertisement ; peared in the C hrisie’.itirch papers warning medical practitionc rs against applying for any appointment advertised for by the friendly so-.-i---iies cf Lyttelton, adding that it would be to their advantage to comnnmie’.te in the first instance w!• h the secretary cf the British Hedk-.-i A.s'coeiation, Uln-istchv« reh. The cii-ri'itc- Las arisen over a demand by the previous medical ofiie? -s f r an im-rease in tl.e f. e- i'.-oui - to 21 - tier each financial member o r annrin. and ac< o-.icin ire-.'.s from fl 11 6 to £3 3'-. The societies are willing to increase to 1 ; - and £2 '2,- v. irii the right of privale practice and a guaranteed mininmum of £3Gt) per annum. One of the medical office rs, in a i int erview, stated that the mat ter was one for the British Medic :! ■ ssoeia--1 mi. .. ■ m darsto ■<! :• g t.i take up the question cf p.-.y-nert of doctors by New Zealand fric-r.diy .societies.