Mahomet Allum’s qualifications – letter for the Director-General of Health

Typed letter to the Director General of Health about Mahomet Allum.

Memorandum for the Director-General of Health, Canberra, regarding a letter to the Prime Minister from Mahomet Allum.

Transcript

[top left, printed] TELEPHONE: CENTRAL

(TWO LINES)

{4898 4899

[handwritten, black ink] 47/8/5 [crossed out, red pencil] 7

[top right, black ink] 1301/1/12 [end handwritten]

FBMcC/JW

[Header] COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

C.M.L BUILDING.

KING WILLIAM STREET.

ADELAIDE, [typed] 1st August, 1951.

[round purple stamp, mostly illegible, reading 'REC'D 1951']

[underlined] MEMORANDUM: [end underlined]

The Director-General of Health,

[underlined] CANBERRA [end underlined], A.C.T.

[underlined] Letter to Prime Minister from Mahomet Allum.

Reference 1301/1/12 of 25th July, 1951. [end underlined]

Mr. Allum is well known in South Australia where he is regarded as quite a reputable citizen and somewhat of a leader of the Moslem community.

As is evident from his letter, he is a straightout Herbalist without any qualifications and from that aspect cannot be treated seriously.

[signature, blue ink]

(F. B. McCann)

Deputy Director of Health,

South Australia.

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