CHIROPRACTORS CONFER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 January 1928, Page 8

CHIROPRACTORS CONFER

.ANNI'AL MEETING 'll l e eighth iiniiii.tl erciico of the Now Zealand iinrl Australian Ohiropraefors’- Association has just cum-lutlt-tl nl Ctnisleliurrli. Tlrnro whs ;i ropicsunt;ilive all('utlumw, inemlicrs being present from Auckland. Napier, Mnslerloii, i’alni'Tsloii Nml li, Wellington, Clnistehureli, Tiimivu, O.’iimmi, Dunedin and Gore. Apologies lor ;itc«r wen- jc ci ia r‘l froin members al Nelson, \\ ;i----ugaimi, Hast i rigs, Gisborne. Hamilton, :i nrl Auckland Air J. A. Scot I, president, occupied (lie. chair. The report, which showed a eery healthy condition in respect to Membership and Jinanee. also referred to the energetic efforts which had been made by a member of itiVspiial hoard to have ehiropraelio intmdiierd into the lociil hospital Mr I. l ’, d. I!yder, the melidier in question, had received from several other nicniiuer,s promises of hearty support for his proposal, hut the chairman (Sir dames Wilson) intimated that tie had been advised that- the. hoard bad no power under l lie existing 'Act, to give effect to the motion that had been tabled, so that the matter was not brought to $ definite issue. '

The following were elected officers /nr (lie year:—lAresidonb and secretary, Air d. A. Scott; vico-presidenty Air .T'. IV Colw/ll; 'treasurer. Mr J. Ai. Craig; committee, .Messrs T. Giles (Auckland), A. If. Thomson (Dunedin), W. C. Law, son (Palmerston North), A. It. Afaekay (Gore), and d. Giles (Dunedin). Important amendments to the •Assoc.iatioirs co-operative insurance-scheme, in the direction of enlarging its scope, were moved by the president, and were unanimously agreed to; and the following were appointed a chiropractic defence committee for the vear: Messrs J. A. Scott, J. AI. Craig, T. Giles, d. P. Colwill, and A. H. Thomson. The question of making arrangements with two well-known American chiropractic professors, wdio are likely to visit New Zealand, for a short post-gra-

duate course at Wellington in tlic later developments of chiropractic, technique was held over for further consideration. 11 was decided that the next conference should be held in Wellington,