DOCTOR’S RETURN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 15

DOCTOR’S RETURN

VI&T TO BRITAIN

DIRECTOR OF MENTAL

HOSPITALS

After spending several months in Great Britain, Dr. T. G. Cray, Direc-tor-General of Mental Hospitals in the Dominion, accompanied by Mi's. Cray returned to New Zealand by the R.M.SMakura from Sydney. '"Ono leaves the English vessels and joins the New. Zealand ship and finds it a relief to meet New Zealanders again. The New Zealander is a cheery soul—he takes a man* for what he is Worth,” said Dr. Gray. ‘‘The New Zealanders are well received and well spoken of in London. There is a healthier and a happier outlook about the New Zealander which strongly appeals to me. Ido feel we are Ibuilding up a good race of sound ipeople. lam not a New Zealander but a Scot. “I went down ,to Eton and went through the school, and was not impressed so much with the [youth there as I have been with the boys of, say, Invercargill High School or Wellington College. By comparison the English public, school' boys are paler and not so robust. There is a difference that struck mo as remarkable. We have a tremendous lot to be proud of. Dur people have a great advantage. ‘‘England is in greater heart, as 1 could note after an absence of seven years following visits prior to that. It was very noticeable to me how few poor people one saw about the streets. Now one does not see so much poverty. In Edinburgh, too, where the slums used to be so noticeable, as well as in most •of the large cities, there is a move from the slum area to garden suburbs.. That Is a very good sign. The pity is that in the West End of London the move is from houses to flats.”