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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 29 May 1914, Page 7

Better facilities for medical attention in the .backjblocks were advocate,.! by several delegates at the Farmers Liuon Conference at Wanganui the other day, during a discussion on the following re-' mit submitted by the Tenui branch : "That' the scope of the Local Government 'Bill be such as -to "enable local ibodies to declare a district over which to strike a rate lor subsidising medical men working in outlying portions of that district." In moving that the remit be adopted, j\lr H. Jsevins stated that the settlers in the district he lived in suffered great inconvenience through lack of medical attention. The most reasonable way to raise the money to meet the expenses was to put it on land. The settlers had approached' Sir Walter Buchanan on the subject, and he understood Mr Massey had been approached. It was hoped that the conference would emphasise the difficulty the iback country was suffering :from owing to lack of doctors. Every year it- was more difficult to get medical men. The reason was Mr "Lloyd George's Insurance Bill, under which assistant doctors received at" least £2OO a year, and it was not- to bf- expected that they were going to come out here for £3OO. Mr J. G. Wilson pointed out that a district nurso might on some occasions be of greater assistance than a doctor, and he suggested that an addition in this direction •be made. The remit, as amended, was agreed to on the voices.—"Post." A proposal to reduce the rate levied on the Timaru Harbour district will come before the Harbour Board nextFriday. 'r-.-l it lias already aroused a irood dcil ot interest, states the Timaru correspondent- of the "Lyttelton Times." The subject was mentioned bv Mr Jas. Craigie, M.P., at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. He said he jwa... strongly in favour of maintaining rate, or even increasing it, so that the Board could reduce the landing and ship charges. The reduction of these charges would encourage trade, and enable the port of Timaru to servo a much larger district than it was doing. Produce from as far north as Rakaki and from south of Oamaru should be shipped a'" Timaru. With" the equipment that was now available the harbour could handle 50 per cent, more shipping than it was doing at present. The charges were much higher at Timaru than at Lyttelton. He thought this should be altered. The valuation of the harbour district was about fourteen .trillions, and the nresent rate only about £II,OOO. M" C.'i'airrie's remarks were ap.plauded, and Mr T. D. Young, one of the Timaru members of the Board, endorsed them. T-h.» country element predominates largely on the Board, and it is expected that the rate will be reduced.

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