Noted Visitors Arriving

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 273, 21 November 1934, Page 7

Noted Visitors Arriving

Many Personages Aboard the Rangitane NOBILITY, NAVY, ARMY AND CHURCH Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. An exceptionally large nuiilber of notable visitors, including several members of the English nobility, prominent officers of the Army and Navy, and a noted Jesuit priest, will arrive at Wellington by the Rangithne from London to-morrow. Rev. Father C. O. Marlindale, S.J., a distinguished Jesuit priest and author, who visited New Zealand in 1928, is returning on another brief visit. Father Martindalc attended the recent Lucharistic Congrcs at Buenos Aires and is now on his way to- the National Congress at Melbourne. Many New Zealanders who served in the Boer and European Wars will be interested in the visit of ViceAdmiral George MeOran Campbell, R.N., retired, who is acconipancd by his wife, who was formerly Miss Maud Cicely Higginson, a daughter of the late Mr H. I’aslcy Higginson, M.1.C.E., of Wellington. Another visitor known to ex-service-men is Lieutenant-General Sir William Marshall', G.C.M.G., who is accompanied by Lady Marshall. Sir Charles and Lady Campbell and their only daughter, Miss Mary Campbell, who formerly lived in North Canterbury, arc returning to visit relatives after some years in England. Mr J. V. Wilson, a member of the Secretariat of the League of Nations, Geneva, and Mrs Wilson, arc to visit klr Wilson’s mother, Mrs J. 11. Wilson, of Christchurch.

A distinguished member of the Indian Army, who retired in 1921, who is also arriving, is Brigadier-General Robert M. Betham.

Another passenger, the Dowager Lady Swaythling, is the widow of the second Baron Swaythling, head of the banking firm of Samuel Montagu and Son.

Canterbury residents will be interested in the visit of Lady Marchamlcy and her daughter, Hon. Alice WhiteIcy. Lady Marchamlcy, who married in 1911, is a daughter of Mr and Mrs T. S. Johnstone, of Riccarton, and a sister of Mrs Herbert Acton Adams, of Tipapa, North Canterbury. Other passengers are: Monsieur A. Nihotte (Belgian Consul for New Zealand) and Madame Nihotte, Hon. Arthur Howard, Hon. Miles G. W. Pollimore, Lieut.-Coloncl R. Bagnall, Colonel and Mrs A. E. Steward, Mr and Mrs C. W. Clifford, Colonel and Mrs F. G. Newton, Colonel and Mrs H. T. Strong, Colonel Campbell Browning, Mr.and Mrs G. Shirtcliffe, Mrs E. C. R.iddiford, Captain W. H. Thompson, and Dr. Ada McLaren.

have put him on a bed and sent the mother to the admitting office for the necessary forms.

What Mother Allegedly Said

“I was off duty the following afternoon when the blood transfusion was given, but I came on at 6 p.m. The child’s condition then was serious. Mrs. Downie came between 7 and 7.30 p.m. and said she thought the child was worse. I told her he was serious and she replied, 'i knOw, but 1 can't do any good sitting there and I’m going to the pictures. If there is any message the neighbours will put a note under the doormat and I will get it on my return home.’ I was so taken aback 1 could scarcely reply for a minute and then I said, ‘you do realise the child is seriously ill?’ to which she replied, ‘oh! yes; I know.’ ” The night superintendeiu (Sister Hart) said the child had been visited frequently by the doctors and nurses during the night. She considered Mr. Downie’s accusation of negligence was unwarranted.

After the letters had been read, Mr. Downie said ho wished it to be understood from the outset that he was not attacking the case on purely medical grounds. “The crux of my complaint is that a specialist was not called iu,” Mr. Downie continued. “Even though Dr. Ludbrook says he would not have altered the treatment given by Dr. Jamieson, that does not alter the position. It is only natural for one professional man to cover up another.” Mr. Howitt: That is an unfair state-ment—-to say that one doctor is covering up another’s mistake.

Not Criticising Treatment “I am not criticising tho treatment given by Dr. Jamieson,” Mr. Downic replied. “His mistake was that Dr. Ludbrook was never notified. He is a specialist—a first-class man on his job —and his services should have been available. Dr. Pezaro told me when he ordered the boy to the hospital that he had a 50-50 chance. I. say that, when he came here, his chance was gone—evaporated. ’ ’

Amplifying his written statement, Dr. Gould said Dr. Pezaro had made no suggestion to him about performing an immediate blood transfusion. Mr. Wallace: Is it usual for a medical practitioner to order the treatment which a patient shall get in the hospital? Dr. Gould: No.

Mr. Wallace: Knowing it was a very serious case, do you not think you should have seen the child? Dr. Gould: We have so many serious cases. I gave instructions for the child to be admitted immediately and, if necessary, I could have been called from th 6 ward. Dr. Ludbrook said there was very little he could add to his report. Mr. Wood: You have noted the complaint that the child was not seen by an expert? Dr. Ludbrook: I did not see the child at all. I can give no opinion, except that, from the records of the case, 1 think Dr. Jamieson was quite right in postponing the blood transfusion.