Territories

Fate Of The

Hospital Plan

AN Australian political columnist,,; writing on July 31, remarked!: that the Commonwealth Gov- ernment, greatly troubled by thee economic crisis in that country, had£ thrown out of the Cabinet room al- most every proposal involving heavy y public expenditure. He proceeded: “Ministers other than Service', e Ministers had to endure similar re- buffs for their lesser schemes..

Territories Minister Paul Hasluck had a scheme for hospitalisation ino New Guinea and Papua that was a quite imposing. But it had what f.

Cabinet in its present mood con siders to be a major defect —it would b cost money.”

The Rev. M. G. Check of theei LMS, Niue Is., was receiving medi cal treatment in NZ in August.