"DOCTORS' UNION."

Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1920, Page 5

"DOCTORS' UNION."

■ BABBIEBS AGAINST SOME MBN. ■ Y^i CHANGE OF LAW BJXX>MMENI>ED (By Wire,—Parliamentary Beportttr.) /jsjj '■''-« Wellington, La»t ■Night" '/M| The affairs of the British Medical 4jv' $ sooiation were discussed in the Haute of ' ■! Bepresentativeg tliis afternoon. ,' '. :«| Dr. ;H. C. Faulke, of Wellington, hatagtt petitioned the House asking: (I) *K|>tfl, , j||| provision should be made during ,m9' : *J|| present session for the right of appeat./#|l by | a medical practitioner to thjfr-'.'fl Supreme Court against the decisions, of ;g th'o British Medical Association, Nil*,,-'* Zealand branch;',and (2) that l«gi<j*«,,§l tion should be introduced makmf legal the boycotting of a medical '-mw ,'js titioner who was not a member of the, *J Association, but who was on thevnwdi* v* eal roll, by the members of the Ataotftr" ,-Sj tion. - ; ,1, <•**'% The A. to L. Petitions Committee {«•',, , L J vomrnended the first clause of 'thfc S tion for the favorable considera&tt ; ,of, '|| the Government- The ohataoan 0* committee (Mr. WrighfO, aft that VfvjM Faulke, had been a member at thfa A*v;£g sociation. Thero had been some ference of opinion between Or. Fiutej |a and the Association, and he had tMta>j||| charged by the executive of th% Al-?S sociation with (unprofessional cqnl}Uet.'/lw He had denied that charge, and west- $9 ually was expelled from the' Association. 'lB After he had been expelled he wßf «*■ -M tracised. Other doctors would not work jH with hhn, except in extreme' Cttjeji M where life and death were involved. 3%*->' a doctor was asking now that in hl» WW /a and similar cases the' medical .jja practitioners who were expelled from the *& Association should have a right of ap- * peal at present, owing to the fact that ii» ,he British Medical Association ytla *n ■ | unregistered body and ther'efora could '■'-!/$ not bo proceeded against at law, the Association were registered, *gf- ,'t | grieved persons would be able, to appeal ' -*> to the courts. The committee hi* Men .J;* informed that in Britain the right of appeal in such cases owsted. , r < The petition, added Mr. Wright, in- ■ volvcd the status of certain doctors tjho '"• t had been imported from Britain by. the' . ij Friendly Societies. These doctors were ,■ : 4 doing the work of the societies, arid they .- : "-sj had been placed under the ban b'je the ,' ■":{ Medical Association. ' They Would BflTO U r [ a right of appeal under the recommends-: , f tion of the committee. The member* of the committee had not considered Jfe , ,•? necessary to deal with the second part- t \ of the petition, since a remedy would, . iT'J be provided if the right of appeal to the Supreme Court existed. * ■ -; Mi*. F. N. Bartram (Grey Lynn) told''. ~ the House that from a unionist's -point ;:■■ of view he had to congratulate the mem- v : ; , ' bers of the Association of their exhibl- - tion of "class consciousness and union ',< solidarity." Tho committee had been '; told that the doctors imported bythe'jj friendly societies were really "scabbing" S on the "doctor's' union." Tho evidtwee ''-m had shown that the' Medical Association ~y% was trying to induce these doctors to ~• \ break their agreements. Dr. Gibb had ' £ told the committee that if contracts ~, were made without full knowledge, of ,'-"■ the facts, repudiation of the was justifiable. Member* of the House would recall that when a Labor leader fN : said "to hell with agrenjeirts," Very 'j| loud protests were made. •. ty?.' Mr. Wright: ''Dr. Gibb (Scarcely wt»t. , :; ■. as far as that." ' Mv. Bartram: "I think he did." ,; ; The committee's recommendation was .. adopted. . •.'?