COST OF DENTAL CLINICS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1931, Page 8

COST OF DENTAL CLINICS

DISCUSSION AT ELTHAM. new basis of control. A meeting of all school committees usinw the Eltham dental clinic is to bo held at an early date to discuss the formation of a dental clinic committee. Tnis decision was reached at a meeting of the Eltham School Committee called to discuss the proposal of the Health Department to demand further contributions towards the expense of maintaining the clinic. It was resolved that a letter be sent to the director, advising that the Eltham Committee had disclaimed all responsibilities for demands under the new dental treatment scheme; that owiim to its financial position it was unable °to carry out the scheme as outlined, but had taken steps towards forming a dental committee, which, if formed” would further communicate with the department. The circular received provided tor committees levying an amount annually against each child, with the maximum The chairman said that 2s Cd for each child would probably cover the workof the clinic at Eltham under the new scheme. The best method of collecting the amount was for the nurse receive it, when the child was brought in for treatment. Members agreed that collection by the nurse would be the better system, and one that would involve no complications. . T Regarding the charges imposed, Mr. Goldsmith said that it. was only 1 ight a levy be made by the Government, but it should have been made from the inception of the service. Free Government social services were causing deficits in all countries. It was shown that the committee was already charged £4 15s as its share of the new levy from April 1, but members made it clear that that amount would not be paid. _ Mr Kemp made the suggestion that a separate dental clinic committee be formed, consisting, say, of one or two members from each committee, this body to have the controlling power and responsibility for the clinic in the disMr. Ryburn pointed out that the department claimed the amount as due from April of £4 15s, but he was not in favour of the payment of thus amount. Mr. Bigham: I think we are going to have a big uproar from the parents. Mr. Ryburn: We should send them a strongly-worded letter and repudiate the whole thing. , GENERAL ITEMS. Offers of assistance, following the publicity given the scheme for relieving distress in Stratford, have been received by the Stratford town clerk, Mr. P. Skoglund. One farmer offered to donate a beast when required, and others offered to bring in supplies of vegetables. A resident of the town has donated £5 toward the same object, and a further £3O toward assisting the council to find work for the unemployed men. Mr. Skoglund expects to institute a canvass of the town to-day. KING’S THEATRE. MELODRAMA IN GOOD ENGLISH. If “The ‘W* Plan” can be taken as a portent, we are due for a series of romantic war films in place of the many fine realistic war films. The story is based on a novel by Lieut.-Col. Graham Seton Hutchinson, D. 5.0., of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. It is a highly romantic story. Briefly it tells how Colonel Duncan Grant, after leainino, from a dying German major of a plan to attack the British Army from the rear by means of tunnels —the vV plan—is dropped near Essen by an aeroplane. One of the first people he meets is a German girl, his sweetheart of prewar days. Grant has many hectic adventures before he is caught. He is made an interpreter to a company of British prisoners who work in the tunnels. Eventually, with their aid, he blows up one of the tunnels, and escapes to the British lines. Though wounded, lie manages to reveal the whole “W” plan, and saves the situation. He then goes to Switzerland to join his sweetheart. The Eltham ladies’ hockey team (Rewas) to play Kaponga at Kaponga to-morrow is as follows: —R. Botts, L. Potts, R. Reakes, M. Taylor, B. Campbell A. Foote, B. Walker, I. Potts, R. Townsend, P. Clare, I. Thomas. Emergency, G. Bigham.