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dentistry, either directly or by implication.—The amendmentwas wit.hdrawn.

Colonel WEDGWOOD moved the adjournment of the debate.—Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY seconded the motion. Hewas not opposed to the Rill. but he had received manycommunications from dentists in his constituency askingfor amendments, not wrecking amendments. Owing tothe way in which the Bill had been brought in he had nothad time to put them on the paper.-Sir A. MOND resistedthe motion to adjourn the debate. Long negotiations hadtaken place between all the parties affected, and practicallyit was agreed that after the Bill passed through Committeethe Report stage should be treated as agreed.-ColonelWEDGWOOD : Agreed by whom ?-Sir A. MDON : By repre-sentatives of the registered and unregistered dentists.-Colonel WEDGWOOD : What about the public ?-Sir A. MoND : The Minister represents the public, and it is in theinterests of the public that the Bill should be passed.—ColonelWEDGWOOD said the Report of the Departmental Committeeincluded a great deal more than the putting of the dentistsin the same category as the doctors. It included also afree dental service. It also included some form of scholar-ship which would enable children of the working class tobecome practitioners. All that had been dropped.Dentistry had been made a close corporation, confined, likemedicine, to the children of the middle and upper classes,and ruling out those who were dental mechanics.—Mr.LAwsoN asked what guarantee the public had got againstmonopoly prices for dentistry.--The motion to adjourn thedebate was negatived.On Clause 3, which deals with the right of certain persons

to be admitted to the Register, Colonel WEDGWOODmoved an amendment to substitute for the words " prp-scribed examination," " a modified examination." Hisobject, he said, was to ensure that dental mechanics shouldnot be called upon to pass a very stiff examination such aswould be necessary for future aspirants.-Sir A. MONDresisted the amendment and urged that the word

" modified "

meant nothing.-The amendment was negatived.The Report stage of the Bill was completed.On the motion for the third reading of the Bill, Colonel

WEDGWOOD moved the rejection of the measure.—Mr.MYERS seconded.-Major MOLSON advocated the passingof the Bill in the interests of the public and not in theinterests of any branch of the profession. As to the questionof a monopoly, he thought Colonel Wedgwood seemed toforget that they were going to -double the number of quali-fied dentists in the country, and if they increased the supplysurely that was the best way of reducing the price. The

quality would improve.The Bill was read a third time and passed.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH.Financial Position of the Hospitals.

Colonel MILDMAY asked the Minister of Health whetherhe could find it possible to take steps which would resultin immediate action based on the recommendations of LordCave’s Report, with reference to the financial position ofhospitals.-Sir ALFRED Dlovn replied : The matter is nowbefore the Cabinet, and I hope to make an announcementon the subject in the course of the next few days.

Drunkenness Statistics.Sir J. D. REES asked the Under Secretary of State for

the Home Department, as Chairman of the CentralControl Board (Liquor Traffic), the number of convictionsfor drunkenness in the scheduled areas of England andWales during the past quarter of the current year ; and thedecrease on the figures for the corresponding quarter of1920.-Sir J. BAIRD replied : The returns of the CentralControl Board are compiled weekly. The most accurateinformation therefore which I can supply to my hon. friendis contained in the returns for the first complete 13 weeksof the year. They are as follows : 1920, 23,993 ; 1921,19,854—decrease in 1931 as compared with 1920. 4139.

The Services.OFFICERS’ ALTERNATIVE PENSIONS.

THE Ministry of Pensions announce that officers andnurses disabled by Service in the Great War who intendto claim alternative retired pay or pension, based on pre-war earnings and present earning capacity, must makeapplication before July 2nd, 1921, or before a year haselapsed since the first award of disability, retired pay, orpension, whichever is the later date. Applications foralternative pensions by widows of officers whose deathswere due to service in the Great War must also be madebefore Jr.ly 2nd, 1921. or within a year of the dateof first award of the flat-rate pension. A widow who

may not be eligible at present owing to the receipt ofallowances for children, but who may become eligible whenthese allowances cease must make application beforeJuly 2nd, 1921, in order to establish her future claim.A disabled officer is not eligible for alternative retired payif his pre-war earnings did not exceed £132 a year (ratherless for navy warrant officers), nor is a disabled nurseeligible for alternative pension if her pre-war earnings didnot exceed E95 a year. In the case of officers’ widowsthere is no fixed limit. As the substitution of alternativeretired pay or pension for the ordinary flat-rate pensionrepresents in some cases a substantial addition to theamount of the pension, disabled officers and nurses, andofficers’ widows who have not yet made application, shouldascertain without loss of time whether they are entitled tothe benefits of the alternative system. Applications andinquiries should be addressed to the Officers’ Branch,Ministry of Pensions, Cromwell House Annexe, Millbank,London, S.W.l.

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ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE.

Surg. Comdr. J. H. Pead has been placed on the retiredlist with rank of Surg. Capt.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.The undermentioned temp. Capts. to be temp. Majs.

whilst specially enipld : H. St. A. Agate and A. G.Higgins.The undermentioned relinquish their commns. :-Temp.

Maj. J. F. O’Malley (and retains the rank of Maj.). Temp.Capts. (and retain the rank of Capt.) : R. J. Snider andR. A. Shekleton. —

ARMY DENTAL CORPS.

The undermentioned Dental Surgs. to be Majs : Temp.Maj. F. W. Shilton, from Spec. List; Flight Lt. (actg. Squad.Leader) C. L. Colbran, from R.A.F.

Flight Lt. D. Blair, Dental Surg., from R.A.F., to beCapt.The undermentioned temp. Capts. to be Capts. : R. M.

King, from Gen. List.Dental Surgs. from Gen. List : D. Clewer, A. E. Webb,

R. J. Condie, H. J. Procter, and H. L. McCallum.Dental Surgs. from Spec. List: J. V. M. Byrne, F. H. W.

Beer, A. T. Madin, and W. R. Wotton.Lt. T. D. Corke, from Midd’x R., to be Lt.The undermentioned temp. Capts. to be Lts. (with the

temp. rank of Capt., but without the pay or allowances ofthat rank) : J. Baillie and M. J. O’Reilly, Dental Surgs.,from Gen. List.

Dental Surgs., from Spec. List : H. E. Flavelle, H. J.Higgins, and A. B. H. Cole.

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

Maj. W. Bryce is granted the rank of Lt.-Col., with per-mission to wear the prescribed uniform.

, Capts. G. T. Willan and C. Corfield to be Majs.Capt. E. S. Stork, from T.F. Res., to be Capt.Capt. D. Stewart (late R.A.M.C., S.R.) to be Capt.A. G. Williams (late R.N.V.R.) to be Capt.D. M. Lindsay to be Lt.

DEFENCE FORCE.

C. I. Ellis to be temp. Col.H. G. L. Allford to be temp. Capt.2nd (Home Counties) Fd. Amb. (D.F.).--To be temp. Maj. :

R. A. Freeman.1st (W. Lanes.) Fd. Amb. (D.F.).-R. R. Thompson (Capt.

R.A.M.C.) is granted the rank of temp. Maj.1st (S. Midland) Fd. Amb. (D.F.).-To be temp. Capt. :

J. H. Sheldon1st (Highland) Fd. Amb. (D.F.).-To be temp. Maj. :

F. M. Rorie.1st (Welsh) Fd. Amb. (D.F.).-To be temp. Maj. :

R. A. Beaver.53rd Divl. San. Sect. (D.F.).-To be temp. Capt. : P. W.

Kent. —

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.The following relinquish their commissions :-Temp..

Capts. Jitendra Mohan Ghosh (granted the rank ofCapt.), Henry Richard Rishworth (granted the rank ofCapt.), Chandragiri Rangabhashyam Naidu, Vasant RajaramMasurekar, Kedar Nath Goyal, Teja Singh Uberoi, JustinianAnthony daCosta, Muqatlal Damodardas Munim, ArdeshirDadabhoy Shroff, Ram Singh Sharma, and Lieut. GeorgeFredrick Andeen.Temp. Capt. Bantwal Shankar Rau is granted the rank

of Capt. on relinquishing his temporary commission.

Mr. F. E. De B. Pim, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Irel., hasbeen appointed a Knight of Grace, and Mr. R. D. Thomas,L.R.C’.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., an Esquire, of the Order of St.John of Jerusalem in England.