HEALTH AND HOSPITALS

Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1932, Page 6

HEALTH AND HOSPITALS

VISITORS FROM AUSTRALIA.

MR. GEORGE FITZPATRICK.

Holding an honorary commission from th© Government of New South Wales to inquire into hospital administration and co-ordination, Mr. George Fitz Patrick, 'Sydney, is a visitor to New Plymouth for a few days. The primary reason for his visit to New Zealand, is a health one, but he is combining with it a tour of inquiry. He is accompanied by Mrs. Fitzpatrick and Miss Jean FitzPatrick and is at present a guest at the Criterion Hotel. 4 1 have come to New Zealand to listen and to learn,” said Mr. Fitz Patrick to a Daily News repeater last night. He Baid he had not come to talk or to teach; he came hopefully because he believed that conditions in New Zealand were different from those in New South Wales.

Mr. Fitz Patrick, who is superintendent of th© New South Wales Community Hospital, Sydney, deputy-chairman of the St. Margaret's Maternity Hospital, chairman of the Dalwood Health Home and chairman of the Board of the Food for Babies Fund, land-ed at Auckland a week ago. He was in New Zealand about I's years ago, being associated with J. C. Williamson’s Courtney Neidge Comedy Company which then toured the Dominion. It might be remembered that the leading man was Mr. George Tully, an English actor whose salary at the time was in the vicinity of £2OO a week. At th© same time Mr. Fitz Patrick was a director of the Sunday Times newspaper and the Referee, which were later incorporated by Smith’s Weekly. Before its death th© Times was th© oldest Sunday paper in Australia. Mr, Fitz Patrick is a shareholder in th© Associated. Newspaper Company and represents a large number of the shareholders at the annual meetings. He was on© of the earliest members of the Australian Journalists’ Association and was once editor of the Cumberland Times, one of the older Australian papers. During his life, Sir Henry Parkes, the “father” of the Australian federation, was a regular contributor to Mr. FitzPatrick’s paper. When the Hon. D._R. Hall was Attorney-General of New South 'Wales Mr. FitZPatrick was associated with him as departmental head of th© Wheat Acquisition Board. Mrs. Fitz Patrick is a member of the Food for Babies Fund Board and Miss Fitz Patrick is the foundation honorary secretary of the Cheerio Club, which by means of social activities raises revenue for the fund.