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Representatives from Dannevirke, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Hastings, Napier, Wairoa and Gisborne attended the provincial conference of the Plunket Society held last week in the War Memorial Hall. They were welcomed by the Gisborne president, Mrs A, Christie, and the Mayor, Mr H. H. Barker, and addressed by Dr. N. Begg, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.E., D.C.H., the Society's director of medical services. Dr. Begg's address included a warning that a wave of poliomyelitis in epidemic proportions was a distinct possibility this coming summer. He urged young mothers and pregnant women to have a course of Salk injections now.

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Some of the delegates to the conference.

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Dr Begg addressing the gathering. With him are Miss J. MacKay, director of Plunket nursing services; Mrs H. J. Ryburn, Dominion president; Mrs A. Christie, Gisborne president; and Miss K. J. Rapps, Dominion secretary.

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Four generations in this picture are Mr J. Armstrong, of Waitara (aged 92), Mr J. R. Armstrong (Waitara), Mr W. B. Armstrong, of 78 Centennial Crescent, Gisborne; and his 10-year-old son Howard.

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Cutting the cake at the 10th birthday party of the Gisborne Caravan Club is the wife of the first president, Mrs Frazer.