No Signature To Maternity Contracts

Northern Advocate, 10 May 1939, Page 8

No Signature To Maternity Contracts

Per Press Association —Copyright.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. A largely attended meeting of licensees of maternity homes and obstetric nurses from all over Canterbury decided last night not to sign the forms of contract submitted by the Government for maternity services under the Social Security Act. They affirmed their support of the principle of paying a straightout benefit to the mother.

The decision of the meeting, it was stated officially, involved a definite decision not to sign the form of contract for maternity benefit sent by the Department of Health to licensees of maternity hospitals and obstetric nurses.

It could be assumed, the report added, that the decision was representative of the views of all private maternity and obstetric services m Canterbury.

Not Guilty On Negligent Driving Charge

[Per Press Association. Copyright. ] WELLINGTON. This Day.

Returning yesterday afternoon after an absence of two hours 40 minutes, a jury in the Supreme Court found Alexander Duncan, fruiterer, aged 38, not guilty of negligent driving, causing death at Seatoun on February 18. The charge arose from an accident at the intersection of Hector and Burnham Streets, a young man, Archie Beattie, the driver of a Post and Telegraph Department van, being killed when the vehicle came into collision with a motor car driven by Duncan.