TRUE PIONEER IN HEALTH

Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1930, Page 9

TRUE PIONEER IN HEALTH

OR, VALINTINE’S SERVICES

PRESENTATION ON RETIREMENT;

DEPARTMENTAL STAFF’S TRIBUTE

By Telegraph.—Press Association.

Wellington, Last Night. The retiring Director-General of Health, Dr. T. H. A. Valintine, and Mrs. Valintine, were entertained by the staff pf the Department of Health, which extended to them best wishes for their future. In making a presentation of a wallet and Cheque to Dr, Valintine and a purfie and cheque to Mta, Valintine the Assistant Director-General ,Dr. M. H. Watt, referred tp the great work Dr. Valintine had done for the public health of the Dominion. . To him wag due a great deal of credit for the de? velopment which had taken place. He had been a true pioneer, who.. had the vision to recognise the problems of the future, knowledge to grapple with them, and will and determination to carry him through. It was a matter for gratification that they were not losing him altogether as he was taking up the position of consultant in hospital administration, and his advice would be valuable to future officers. On behalf of the field staff Senior Inspector F. 'B. Gardiner also paid a tribute to Dr. Valintine’s work. Dr. Valintine said he.l appreciated deeply the references to his career. He had always endeavoured to do his duty to the department, and he gave in? stances of the fight the department had had for recognition. It had met With hostility from local bodies and in-dividuals-all oyer the country. Dr. Valinline added? “I always made up my mind that OU my retirement at 65 years J would band over the burden to my great friend Dr, Watt. He will be a better head than I have been. He has greater professional ability than ever I had and he is a man of high ideals.”