NURSES' SHOES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24875, 22 April 1944, Page 8

NURSES' SHOES

FITTING AND SUPPLY SCHEME ANNOUNCED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Friday Details of a scheme which will operate for one year for the supply of white duty shoes to nurses (inclnclino; hospital aides v trainees and members of the civil nursing reserve working in hospital board and Government institutions) were announced to-night by the Minister of Supply, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan. Nurses will be entitled to purchase two pairs of shoes at 30s a pair, while pupil nurses and trainees will receive a special concession "by getting their two pairs of shoes at 15s a pair. "The distribution and correct fitting of shoes will be accomplished by extending the scheme which has been in operation for some time for supplying correctly-fitting footwear to girls of the armed "forces, which has been commented upon so very favourably from all over the country,'' said the Minister. "Some nurses will attend fitting depots in Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, and other nurses will be attended to by mobile footwear and chiropody units, of which there are live covering country itineraries. The fitting procedure adopted in depots and in mobile units will l)e the same. "Chiropodists will make a thorough foot examination, after which both feet will be measured by means of a special fitting device which determines simultaneously the arch, length, width and overall length of the foot. The shoe fitter then proceeds with the actual shoe fitting and when this is completed it is checked by means of an X-ray machine. Full information of the fitting and of the treatment given is kept on index cards for future reference. Special lasts have been designed by the footwear fitting division, with the cooperation'of orthopaedic surgeons. In order to have different, types of lasts to fit the different characteristics of feet, some 218 fittings will be available to cover the exact requirements of each individual foot. "Hospital boards are being advised of the scheme through the Department of Health and it has been so arranged that very little, work falls upon hospital boards' staffs. 1 therefore appeal to them for their full co-operation_ and assistance. The footwear fitting division will commence the supply of shoes to nurses in the middle of July, and I am sure that the extension of the service to cover nurses will be welcomed by everyone and that nurses will find rapid relief from foot troubles." Mr. Sullivan mentioned that from advice received from the Registered Nurses' Association many nurses had had to take sick leave due to feet troubles, and in some cases it had been necessary for nurses to leave hospitals due to that cause. TEMPERANCE LECTURES PERMISSION IN SCHOOLS (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Friday It was not without opposition that the Canterbury Education Board decided this morning again to permit temperance lectures to bo given in the schools. "If these people are admitted there is no reason why hotelkeepers and others should not also have the same opportunity. The schools are going to be made a joke," said Mr. F. L. Turley when a letter was received from the Band of Hope asking permission to give school classes a three to five-minute a ddress. "Until we know more about this, I move that permission should not be granted," said Mr. Turley. Poor support was accorded the motion, which was lost, and it was finally decided that the text of the addresses be submitted for the approval of the board. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES FIVE AGREEMENTS REPORTED Five industrial disputes in which complete agreement for a new award has been reached between the parties were referred yesterday to the Arbitration Court for its approval, subject to the Economic Stabilisation Emergency Regulations. The disputes concerned the northern industrial district drug workers, coach workers (Mr. J. A. Neale). public accountants' employees (Miss E. W. Battley), Wilson's Portland Cement workers (Mr. J. H. Grant), and cycle workers (Mr. J. A. Neale). Mr. W. E. Anderson represented the employers in each case. In the sheetmetai workers' dispute a complete settlement was reported by Mr. Anderson and Mr. Neale with the exception of the clause fixing the hours of work for ship repair, which was referred to the Court. MEAT STOLEN PRISON FOR THREE MEN j The theft of pork and lamb valued i at £1 19s 4d, the property of the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company, Limited, was admitted by three men who appeared before Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., yesterday. They were Kenneth McKenzie, married, aged 32, greaser, Edward Beech, married, aged 51, shunter, and Wilfred Halifax, married, aged <lB, engine driver, for all of whom Mr. Moody appeared. Following complaints, the Southdown freezing works were kept under observation on .March 31 by Detective Wilson and Detective Boughan, said DetectiveSergeant Kearney. The detectives saw Beech walk to a freezing chamber door, where he met McKenzie. The latter opened the door and handed Beech a sack of meat. Beech carried the sack away and was seen shortly afterward with a side of pork, half of which he gave to Halifax. Over 12 months, said Mr. Kearney, pork and lamb valued at £(589 were missing from the works. Mr. Moody asked that in view of the excellent past records of the accused, the magistrate should consider straining justice to the. extent of imposing a substantial fine rather than a prison term. The magistrate said that where there was theft of rationed goods, the Court must impose a sentence to mark the seriousness of the offence. The accused were sentenced to two months' imprisonment. CANADIAN ART Educational material of much interest, .sent to New Zealand by the Canadian National Art Gallery at Ottawa, was shown to members of the Auckland Society of Arts at the society's rooms last night. The material consisted of many small colour reproductions of contemporary Canadian paintings, mostly landscapes, mounted for display, and a sound-film in colour illustrating and explaining the technique of a leading Canadian painter, A. T. Jackson. A talk on Canadian art was given by Dr. W. S. Dale, of Auckland.