The second match had been more or less already arranged. A much nged staff team including "professionals" Messrs. Shuttleworth, ' lissett and Robinson found the School team equally strengthened, suiting in a goalless first half. Though sunny, the hard ground and a oss-wind made conditions more difficult than in the first match. The rsistent running of Mr. Chapman-Smith on the right enabled the staff to go two goals up and this remained the final score after the School d had a penalty saved. It was felt that all masters who wanted to play had had a game (indeed the physics department had provided a 100 per cent turnout in the first match) and everyone had enjoyed playing—surely the object of the exercise. Thanks must be given to those boys who acted as linesmen and to the referees Messrs. Hirst and Power. S.E.B.
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FLYING DOCTOR A DOCTOR GOES ON HIS ROUNDS580 MILES IN ONE DAY! —a doctor working with the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Port Hedland describes a day in his life
In the Metropolitan area we may feel inconvenienced if we have to travel across the River to attend the surgery of our chosen doctor. However, for the people living in the remote areas of our State, their link with their doctor will be through a radio transceiver, and periodically the doctor has to bring his "surgery" to the patient—sometimes a distance of 250 miles or more, using the Royal Flying Doctor Service aircraft. Doctors and nurses who work with the Western Australian Section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service are actually employees of the State Public Health Department. Their close association with the Service and the use of the Section's communications and aerial medical transport facilities enables them to cover their wide area of responsibility. The use of the radio network maintained by the Royal Flying Doctor Service enables medical consultations, as well as clinical and emergency visits to be arranged using the Service's specially equipped aircraft. These dedicated men and women help to provide the very necessary medical care for people living and working in the remote areas of Western Australia. Here is an account of a day spent by a doctor working with the Royal Flying Doctor Service at Port Hedland. His journey took him 290 miles to Jigalong and meant that with the return trip, he had a working day of 12 hours plus. "7.30 a.m.—it's Jigalong day. I work as one of the Royal Flying Doctor Service doctors who fly out to clinics and emergencies in the outback. 61
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