CARE CF THE BLIND.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 132, 5 June 1923, Page 3

CARE CF THE BLIND.

! COMMISSION IN CHRISTCHURCH

SIGHTLESS MAX'S STORY. i (H.v Telegraph.—Presa Association.) : CURISTCnURCH, this day. I The commission regarding the care of ' the blind sat to-day, air John Caughlev and Mr. Chltha Mackenzie, M.1., being present, and Messrs Nolan and Tibbs absent. Evidence was given by C. A. Bloomtield, who has been blind twenty years. He said he had had no training since he lost his sight. His application for training at the Jubilee Institute was declined 20 years ago without any reasons, except that there was no provision for adults. He believed he could have been admitted if he had paid fees. The Jubilee Institute was a private charitable institution. In 1010 he bought a cottage in Invercargill, and commenced hawking, but was advised to apply to the Charitable. Aid Board for help, as it was inadvisable that his. seven-year-old daughter should assist him in the work When he applied he ' was told his home would have to be sold, and his daughter committed to en industrial home, as no relief could be i granted to anyone possessing property. The blind had difficulty in obtaining employment even when traianed.